Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

According to the Jewish Daily
Bulletin of New York, Senator Jim"
Reeds appearance as Henry Ford's
counsel at Detroit this week has the
1928 presidential campaign in view.
The Bulletins well Informed" au-
thority points out that Senator
Reeds consent to serve as Ford's
lawyer is a move to win the SYM
pathy of the Ku Klux Khan and the
dry elements" for the Missourian's
candidacy. Both these elements"
observes the Bulletin, find in Henry
Ford a spokesman and a protagonist.
His legal activities. Senator Reed
hopes, will win the drys who are sup
porting McAdoo, as we'll as reconcil-
late the Khan, which Reed in the past
has attacked" The Jewish publica-
ton, which assumes responsibility for
the statement, adds that lin addition
to the 100000 retainer given Senator
Reed by Mr.. Ford for his services In
the Sapiro trial, the Missourian Is to
receive court fees of $4,000 day."
X
Senator Henry w. Reyes, Repub-
lican, of New Hampshire, who has
spiked the guns of the slush fund In
yestigating committee by the simple
ruse of refusing to o. X. its expense
account. is one of the few members
Of the upper house who officially de-
scribe themselves as farmers. Washing
ton politicians see the deXtrous hand OF
Farmer Reyes canny colleague, George
Higgins Moses, in the subtle ex-
pedient that has apparently put the
committee out of action till further
notice. Senator Moses was Senator
Dave" Reeds principal co-conspira-
tor in the filibuster that prevented
vote on the slush resolution. AS 2
newspaper man, diplomat and polf-
tician rolled into one, Moses has few
peers on Capitol Hill in the realm OF
resourcefulness, and the betting Is
that it was his little scheme to have
the chairman of the Senate commit
tee on audit and control of the con-
tingent expenses of the Senate with
hold approval of additional expendi-
ture by the Reed probers. Hard
hearted Democrats are suggesting
that one of the reasons Senator Reyes
cleared for action is that there's some
curiosity about the 1926 Republican
senatorial campaign in New Hamp.
shire. which Moses won at the end or
a bitter contest.
X X X X
There's music in the air, off the
coast of Nicaragua where an Ameri-
can SQUADRON rides at anchor, be-
cause Rear Admiral Julian l.. Latimer
Is in command. Among Admiral Lati-
mers many claims to fame In the
NAVY is his love of music, especially
orchestral. He's known as the officer
who always insists on having the best
ba nd in the feet aboard the ship Whicn
flies his flag. u. S. S. Rochester, nag
ship of our forces in Central American
waters, carries an accomplished or
ganization Of musicians, and their
concerts are among the things that
make life worth living for the whole
squadron. Latimer likes dancing, too,
and the quarterback of the Rochester
is frequently turned into ballroom
whenever her skipper puts in at a
harbor in either home or foreign
waters. When the cruiser was on
guard off Tacna-Arica last year,
Admiral Latimer's dancing parties
We're GASES in desert of Latin
American ennui.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Demo
crat, of Montana, is following in the
footsteps of his Republican colleague
from Connecticut, Senator Hiram
Bingham. and heading for China via
Panama. Accompanied by his. wife
and three eldest children, the Mon
tanan will sail from New York on
March %. He expects to be gone un.
til August /. Wheeler shares the
view of many members of Congress
that affairs in the Far East will domi.
nate international discussion at Wash
ington next Winter, and he Is graft
flying long cherished ambition to
explore the other side of the world at
frst hand. Before he comes home.