Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ness of the Lausanne pact. The treaty
has had turbulent experiences on
Capitol Hill. One of the phenomena
in connection with it is that Senator
Borah, chairman of the foreign rela-
lions committee, favors ratification.
Borah is not habitually a, supporter
of administration foreign policies. He
hopes for favorable action next
Winter.
One of the things that more rabid
prohibitionists have always hoped
for at President Coolidge's hands,
and never obtained, was a ringing
declaration in favor of the Volstead
law undefiled. All that the master
of the White House has ever had to
say on that subject is that he favors
unqualified Flaw enforcement" a view
that satisfies most people. but not all
100-per-cent dryS. Perhaps the latter
will get a slant on the President s
real attitude in the following state
ment recently extorted from Senator
Butler, in Massachusetts,:
I favor the enforcement of the
VolStead act, and would not amend
it, except, If necessary, after fur
Their fair and thorough trial, and
then in no way which would tend
to break down the principles in
volved in the eighteenth amend
ment. / frankly say that I was
not in favor of the amendment
when adopted. but 1 am con-
WINGED that it has brought about
a great improvement in living and
economic conditions in this
country.
| Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife Of the
| Secretary of Commerce, IS about to
join the ranks of professional Wash
ington newswriters. A prominent
| journalistic syndicate announces tina,
| she has signed contract with it tc
supply weekly a Letter Of a Cabinet
Officers Wife," Mrs. Hoover's activ
tiles will set in with the beginning
Of the forthcoming political season al
the Capital. 1t is not her maiden ex
perience with the pen. AS bride
she collaborated with Mr.. Hoover ir
the translation of "Agricola de Re
Metallica," a. standard metallurgica
textbook. Mrs. Hoover has gone ir
for the practical things Of public life
rather than a purely social. career
since she became cabinet hostess
five years ago. Much of her time Is
devoted to the Girl Scouts Of America
of which she is honorary president
Evidently she intends now following
somewhat in the literary footsteps OF
| Mrs Henry w. Keyes, wife Of the
Senator from New Hampshire, who
has long written for monthly maya
zine THE Letters of Senator'S
Wife,
1t is to an Immediately white
| White House that the President anC
Mrs. Coolidge will return some time
after the middle Of September The
| most famous Colonial manor house
in America is just out of the hands
Of the painters, who have had posses
sion since July 6 and who have giver
the Executive Mansion fresh Goa,
of shimmering white from top to bot
tom. 1t will look almost as good as
new when its distinguished tenants
resume residence there. Congress
appropriates money to repaint the
White House about every two years
| Only q little inside work was done
| this Summer. After March 4, 1927
the major repairs contemplated-put
! ting on of a new roof and upper
works-wil1 be undertaken. Where
the presidential family will camp out
in the intervening seven or eight
months has not yet been considered
X X X X
Today is the first anniversary OF
the wreck of the naval airship Shen
andoah and the death of Lieut.. Comdr
Zachary Lansdowne and his gallant
comrades. The commander and three
Of his men--Lawrence, Hancock and
Shepard-are buried close together on
Dewey Knoll, the most picturesque
spot in Arlington Cemetery I'm
mediately adjacent to Lansdowne'a
grave, now marked by a masnificently