Evening star., 1927-09-28

In inviting Admiral Magruder to
present plan for better organiza-
ton of the Navy, Secretary Wilbur
is taking a famous leaf out of Teddy"
Roosevelts notebook. During "T.
RS" administration a stormy petrol
named Capt. William s. Sims fired
a broadside about gunnery in the
United States Navy. He declared the
training system was fundamentally
wrong and asserted conditions would
go from bad to worse unless there
We're sweeping reforms. Come
home and make them" was Presi-
dent Roosevelts prompt order to
Sims then q captain on duty in the
Far East. Sims came. Roosevelt
gave him carte blanche. BY the time
Sims was through, the Nays target
practice records took their place
among the hest in the world. What
our naval gunnery Is today Sims and
his hell raising made it. The
grizzled old admiral, though in re-
tirement. is still in fighting togs. His
latest scrap Is with the city fathers
of Newport, r. J.. where he lives,
over their project to remove Stuart
portrait of George Washington from
it's original moorings in Newport Town
Hall.
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The bootlegging fraternity, pockets
b0(gine with booze profits, has now
gone in for radio broadcasting. Direct
evidence of that fact has just been
discovered by the Federal Radio Com.
mission. 1t gives point to the con.
tention of Rear Admiral w. II. G.
Rullard. it's chairman, that as long as
the commission is handicapped by lack
Of funds proper supervision OF the
air in the public interest Is impossi-
bile. when we get the money Con-
gress intends US to have" says Ad-
miral Bullard, I'VE can maintain an
adequate field inspection service.
There's lot more to our job than
the technicalities of wave lengths and
power limits. We should know in par
ticular the nature of a broadcasting
station-the people back Of 1t and
what they stand for-and the needs
and characteristics of the communities
it serves. To date. the commission
has been inadequately nnanced 1or
that vital purpose
Senator c. G. Dill. Democrat. of
Washington. passed through the Capt.
tai this week in the course OF hurry
up visit to the East. He has had TWO
preoccupations in his home State dur
ing the recess-feathering a masnin-
cent nest which he and his BRIDE OF
early Spring. the former General
Rosalie Jones of Long Island. nave
lust purchased in Spokane-and look.
ing after his political fences. Diii
comes up for reelection in 1928. HIS
new home was built and long occu'
pied by A. one-time United States SEN
ator from Washington-George Iur'
ner. Senator Dill let Mrs. Dill 1ur'
nfsh the house from top to bottom; eN
cept in one particular regarding whlch
he has set notions. He owns to an
individual" salt.cellar complex. ASK
ing folks to pass the salt has always
irritated me-" says Dill, $50 my WlIe
has put in enough salt.cellars TO ac.
commodate all the guests were ever
likely to have at our tab!
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DIR. Leo S. Rowe. indefatigable di-
rector general Of the Pan-American
Union. is a man who believes In taking
time by the forelock. He's sout-four
months ahead Of the schedule-w1th
handbook for the use OF delegates
to the sixth International Conference
Of American States, which opens at
Havana on January 16. 1928. The
Of the proceedings and results OF the
preceding conferences, and narrates
the steps preparatory to the holding
Of the Havana meeting. The regula-
tions OF the forthcoming conference
and memoranda on the topics to be dis
cussed there are also within the IN
formative 120 pages. AS far as the
United States Of America is concerned
all that's necessary now Is for Presi-
dent Coolidge to name our delegates.
DR.. Rowe's done the rest.
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Who knows any woman In the
Federal service who confesses to being
no older than 20 and is worthy OF in
clusion in a biographical volume en-.
titled Under Thirty" now in compila-
ton? The writer's of II have appealed
ITO this observer for suggestions. Can.
dldates. 1t appears. must be Of the stuff