Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-29

The nineteenth annual conference of
State governors, which met this year
at Mackinac Island, Mich, has now
passed into history. Eighteen COVER
nors attended in person and the eX'
ecutives of several other States were
represented by proxy. The ghost OF
the McNary-Haugen bill lowered over
| the sessions and the need of agricul
tural relief was frequently emphasized
| in the discussions, but the conference
| formulated no concrete recommends.
tons on the subject. The governors
were unanimous in the opinion that
Mississippi Valley flood control should
be the exclusive business of the Fed
eEal Government, which ought to as
sumo the entire cost, rather than un'
dertake to saddle any part Of 1t on
! the individual States. But as to other
current problems, such as water-power
development. the sentiment favored
the State rights doctrine, and there
was insistence that Washington keep
| it's hands Off
X X X X
The suggestion of Senator David I.
| Walsh of Massachusetts that Congress
ought to establish an "air COLLEGES
which would be to the air service
what West Point is to the Army and
Annapolis Is to the Navy, has failed
| to evoke any support in Army and
| Navy circles, or even froE7 those in
the aeronautics branch Their con-
tention is that the military flyer needs
everything that West Point or An
napolis gives him anyhow, besides his
| aviation training. All that Congress
needs to do, from the service view
point, is to put more money at the
disposal Of the present naval and mil
| itary academies to increase their avia-
ton training facilities. An exclusive
air college would only tend to widen
/ the breach between the air service
and the other arms of our national
defense.
Buddies Of Lieut.. Maitland, hero of
| the Army's nonstop flight to Hawaii.
narrate an amusing and unpublished
episode in which he was the central
| figure. 1t occurred during the avia-
| tors service at the Hawaiian Army
post a year or so ago. Lieut.. Matt
| land found himself likely to be late
for o'clock tea at the Country Club,
so he hoped off in his plane and
made a perfect but rather dramatic
landing squarely in front of the club
house and in close proximity to the
eighteenth green. All might have
been well but for the fact that the
general in command was in four
some just playing the eighteenth hole
and did not relish the interruption.
"Who in the devil are you, sir?''' the
general clustered. Maitland clicked
his heels, saluted and gave his name.
He did not take tea that day. He was
grounded" for 80 days, which, in air
service parlance, means he was dis
ciplined by being forbidden to fly.
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The marriage of Alexander w
Gregg, the hoy wizard" of Treasury
| finance, to the daughter of former
Congressman Frank w. Mondell of
| Wyoming, which occurred this week,
is accompanied by circumstantial re-
ports that the bridegroom is to quit
his post as chief counsel for the In
ternal Revenue Bureau to enter pri-
vate business. Tho wedding cards,
which read. lat home in New York
City after September Is, lend color
to this report. Gregg is credited with
4 most remarkable set of financial
brains, and has won the highest es
| teen OF Treasury Department Off
Gals from Secretary Mellon all down
the line. 1t is limited that his new
business connections will be with the
Mellon enterprises. Gregg has been
conducting almost single handed the
Governments side of the CouZens tax
case involving the millions which Sen.
ator CouZens received from Henry
Ford when he parted with his stock in
the Ford company. In this case
Gregg. who Is only 20, has been pitted
against great array of gray-headed
legal talent.
y X
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
and Senator Tom Walsh of Mon
tana, both high in. the Democratic
councils. do not see eye to eye on the
subject OF an anti-third term resolu
ton which seems surely destined tC
be before the Senate in December
Both Senators have been in Wash
ington during the past 10 days and