Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-28

Midsummer In Washington always
brings one hot weather "rumor"
story of prime interest. Last year 1t
was the report that Secretary Mellon
would shortly resign to be succeeded
by Dwight W. Morrow of ]. p Morgan
Co. This year it is the tale that
David A. Reed of Pennsylvania will
quit the Senate to succeed E. H.
Gary as the head of United States
Steel. Important If true, with heavy
understanding of the If. Stories of this
type make their appearance out of
thin air, are on many tongues at the
Capital, circumstantiated by plausible
arguments, theories and deductions,
but entirely lacking any responsible
authorship and invariably without the
slightest direct confirmation of the
parties most concerned.
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The Reed story seems to have had
It's origin with recent after-dinner con-
versations of Pennsylvania politicians.
1t proceeds in this fashion, that Reed
is sick of the political game and dis
gusted with Senate cliques and blocs;
a stalwart Coolidge defender, who
has frequently found himself bearing
alone on the floor of the Senate the
brunt of attacks on the administra-
ton, and shabbily rewarded at the
White House when patronage was
passed out; grieved by the defeat of
his colleague, Pepper; forced by politi-
cal expediency to become an ally of
Ware, much to his personal distaste;
facing a most arduous and unpleasant
Job in defending Wares title to a seat
in the Senate when the real fight
and it will be a real f1ght-comes
around.
On the foregoing hypothesis is plant-
ed a. fact or two. Reed termed the
Pennsylvania voters "dunderheads" in
referring to the Pepper-Vare fight
And in the Congressional Record are
several other equally candid and I'M
fiattering remarks of his, which no
first class politician in his right mind
would ever think Of uttering publicly.
This proves" according to the story
tellers, that Reed is not contepplat-
ing running again at the expiration
of his term two years hence. That
Mr.. Gary will retire from the Steel
CORPORATION within another two years
at most has a far sounder basis in
fact. He is on record as saying that
the time Of his retirement is near
at hand. Two years looks like a
pretty good guess.
It Is also true that Senator Reeds
Pittsburgh law firm, naturally enough
has long had close affiliations with
the steel industry. The Mellon fam
ily is only one of their many rich and
distinguished clients. Senator Reed is
a. LAWYER of the first caliber, with
demonstrated business acumen, execu-
tive capacity, abundance of good
health, full of ginger, neither TOO
Young nor too old---in word, he has
the qualifications for Gary's job. Such
at least is the Washington estimate.
Then to "cinch" the story comes the
highly confidential "tip" which Rep
resentative declares he heard a Sena-
tor say he had been told by a banker
friend, whose New York partner had
whispered, that 1t was secretly re.
ported In Wall street that 1t was air
arranged that Reed should succeed
Gary, when Gary steps down.
REPRESENTATIVE Allan T. Treadway of
Stockbridge, Mass has earned a repu-
tation of being one of the most urgent
pleaders In the House for coal legisla-
ton. ITO remove New England from
the grip of the anthracite monopoly"
is the way he puts it. A genial per-
SON is Treadway, who in private life
is proprietor of the Red Lion Inn, one
Of the tourist landmarks of the Berk-
shire Hills. Visitors there this Sum-
ner discover that the heating of the
inn in cold weather is quite q prob.
1.,,, arA that 10 81 TorsaYln her axyIaAn a N.
thracite coal in New England was
scarce and high Mine Host Treadway.
who disdained anthracite substitutes,