Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05

Edgar Allen McCulloch, CHIEF JUS
tice of the Supreme Court Of Ar
kansas. is said to be slated for the
vacant place on the Federal Trade
Commission. The vacancy is allo-
Gated to a Democrat and Judge Nc
Culloch is of that persuasion. like
most good Arkansans. Senator
"Joe" r. Robinson, minority leader
in the Senate, receives credit for
bringing the Little Rock jurists
name to President Coolidge's atten'
ton. 1t is some time since a South
erner has been a member or the
Federal Trade Commission. Judge
McCulloch, who, If appointed, would
succeed Huston Thompson of Colo
RADIO. is a Tennesseean by birth. but
began practicing law in Arkansas AZ
years ago. He has been on the Su-
preme Court bench of the State since
1904 and it's chief justice since 1903.
His term expires in 1928.
An observer with an eye more
discerning than this writer possesses
sends word that Coolidge economy
apparently extends to such uncon-
sidered trifies as the flag that flaps
over the White House when the
President is in residence there. Said
witness deposes and affirms that as
he was standing in line on the White
House lawn New Year day he dis
covered to his establishment that the
starry banner atop the Executive
Mansion bore unmistakable signs OF
recent repair. On the third white
stripe from the upper edge OF Old
Glory there was a patch possibly
foot long. 1t had been put on so re-
Gently that it's whiteness was con
spicuous compared to the rest OF
the stripe. Inquiry in exalted quar-
ters reveals that the White House
has two flags. One is hung out when
the skies are fair. Presumably the
PATCHED symbol Of our liberties was
flung to the breeze on New Year
day in the expectation of bad
weather.
Not in years has so reasoned and
ringing a plea for national de1ense
been heard on Capitol Hill as Senator
Hiram w. Johnson's denunciation or
unpreparedness on January .. Al
though the California Progressive
read from a prepared manuscript ne
was in Bull Moose fighting form ana
held the attention Of the Senate from
start to finish of tWo-hour speech.
Some politicians think that hiram is
casting a rowing eye in the direction
of Republican national honors in 1928,
desnite the unkindness of fate when
he attempted it in 1920 and 1874.
Stranger things have happened than
that an aspirant to the presidency
should win popular favor on the Is
sue of national defense. So 1t Is just
possible that johnson has pitched
subtle hat into the ring with ms cru
SADIE for an adequate Army and navy.
His home fences are in little petter
shape than they were some time pack.
Hiram failed to keep Sam" Snort
ridge from returning to the senate
but Johnsons power In California IT.
self was re-established at the recent
elections, wherefrom his candidate Tor
governor emerged victorious.
* u X n
American missionaries have for
generations been trying to convert
"the heather Chinee" and other ORR
entails, and now there are to be re-
prisals from the unbelieving East.
The Nishi Hongwangi, the most pow
erful and influential Buddhist sect,
plans the establishment of a strong
Buddhist church in the United States,
and the conversion Of Westerners to
the faith Of Japan. Burma and Siam.
Europe is also to be invaded for that
purpose. Announcement Of the prof.
ect emanates from Count Sonyu
Otani, Lord Abbot ef the Misht Hong