Evening star., 1926-08-16

Gen. Frank T. Hines. director Of
| the Veterans Bureau. tells this OBJ
! server that Just about the biggest job
| now confronting him is arranging to
| deal with the guardianship of 10000
| wards of the bureau which Congress.
AS result of the disclosures in the
| Fenning case, directed that the bu
reau should hereafter supervise.
| "Whoesale" guardanships are to be
| abolished. guardians accounts are to
| be inspected by bureau agents as
| check against overcharges. and the
welfare of the wards safeguarded by
| personal oversight of the bureau. OF
| the 10000 wards about one.half are
orphans or fatherless children. The
remaining 10000 are the mentally in.
| competent cases. of which approx
| mately 1000 are now in Government
: hospitals and 5000 outside under pri
vatc guardianship The hospital
cases, too. have private guardians
whenever they own personal property
or are the recipients Of Government
insurance. The legal aspects Of the
guardianshipS rest in $500 equity
courts in as States with a variety of
| laws.
The appointment of - women as
|
| authorized by Gen. Hines. These
women will be assigned to hospitals
and TO bureau regional Offices Their
| duty will be to visit at regular inter,
walls the children and the insane
! wards and see to it that they are be
| ing adequately and properly provided
| for. BY another executive order just
issued, the bureaus legal division has
| been reorganized and enlarged.
| Henceforth there will he two separate
units. one to handle litigation and
| claims, the other to handle guardian
ships. The American Rar Association
| has appointed special committee to
| cooperate in the legal work. The
| American Legion is doing splendid
work on its own account, but in en-
tire harmony with the bureau in look
| ing after the welfare of the orphans.
| Herbert Hoover celebrated his fifty
second birthday anniversary last
week, closed his desk at the Depart.
ment of Commerce and Joined the
Summer pilgrimage to White Pine
| Camp. This duty disposed of in hand
| some fashion, he headed for California
and a 30-day vacation on the West
Coast. where the fishing is quite as
good as in the Adirondacks. Secretary
Hoover is doing his best to spike the
runnors which picture. him as angling
for the presidential nomination two
years hence. It would he poor poll
tics and had manners-and he is not
given to either shortcoming-for him
to take public cognizance of the
| bandving about of his name in con-
neCtion with 1928. But in private
conversation and personal correspond
| ence he. does not mince words in
denying that he is candidate or
even a potential seeker for the NOM
ination. AS proof of the good faith
and wholeheartedness Of his denials
he couples them with the assertion
that i'm his judgment the Republican
party should and will renominate and
re-elect Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
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The delivery to Mr.. Coolidge Of a
brani.new limousine shortly after his
| arrival at White Pine Camp served to
focus attention on the automobile
fleet which every President has at
his disposal-two limousines, two
seven passenger touring cars and one
of the town car type. OF course, the
| President does not own them person
ally. but it is a little-knowu fact that
the Government does not own them
either. They are merely rented to
the executive department by the
company manufacturing the partic-
| ular brand of auto now in use at the
White House. The contract is on a
yearly basis and stipulates that the
manufacturer shall keep the cars In
good order and repair and replace
from time to time cars which are be-
ginning to show signs of wear with
new ones. Needless to say, every
one Of the White House autos has
the perpetual appearance Of being
right of the showroom floor.
Will Rogers or some Wit who pat
terms his style after the Rogers man