Evening star., 1928-06-12

| Senator Dave Reed of Pennsylvania
came out and told the newspaper men
the Secretary had decided he wouldn't
make statement. And that ended
that.
| On the eleventh floor of the Muehle-
! bach Hotel sign in large printing an
nounceS the presence of none other than
| Mayor Hale Thompson and, as usual,
wherever big Bill' goes he takes a
crowd with him. There are 43 mem
bers of his family there, and outside
his door is large table covered with
stacks Of pamphlets. All who pass are
urged to take one. The cover of the
pamphlet presents the picture OF a
target In the bull eye is written
America First" In the second Is
written Farm Relief" in the thild is
written Inland Waterways to Double
| Exports" and while there is nothing in
the next ring, the outside ring has
National Flood Control to Prevent
Disaster"
Big Bill" is for Coolidge and says
ito hit the bull s-eye for American pros
| perity we must have united action. -
Last night there was thousands Of these
pamphlets in the cutters along the
| streets.
Some Of the Watson adherents we're
heard TO express extreme diSapproval
! of the fact that the sign Hoover Head
quarters" at the Baltimore Hotel is
made Of resplendent letters In gilt. The
| sign, these Indiana people argue, must
| have cost lot Of money. They seem
to think that there ought to be law,
or something, to keep one candidate
from gliding his signs when other can
didates either hadn't thought Of IL or
else didn't have the necessary funds.
The farmers caravan headquarters,
which Is located in large room on the
first floor OF an Office building in the
hotel district, resembles nothing so much
as an employment agency with lots OF
men standing or sitting around wait
ing for Jobs. Yesterdays influx Of
farmers brought perhaps so or 100 sit
ters 10 this room, and as far as could
be seen, all they did was to sit and
look after registering and getting their
Equality for Agriculture" hat bands
The original three automobile loads
OF farmers who camped in Electric
Park. near the city, as the vanguard
Of the thousands who were 10 follow,
spent the day in town yesterday, and.
instead Of cooking their meals over
camp fires, as they started out TO do,
dined at one Of Kansas City's best res
taurants. The farmers. it is now ex-
planned. will not have TO camp out.
They are provided with hotel rooms and
quarters IN boarding houses.
They must work hard during the con-
vention, but the reading clerks, tally
clerks and assistant secretaries Of the
Republican national convention have
seats which II they we're for sale would
bring twice their weight IN gold. These
officials occupy q long table which
stands on the distinguished guests
platform directly in line with the pre-
siding officer. Those seated at this
table are c. NJ Harger. chief assistant
secretary; p. r.. Ealdridge, assistant
secretary: Jean Hitchcock. tally clerk.
George Johnson tally clerk; TheIma
Lilly, tally clerk: Thomas j. McGauly,
tally clerk; Frank p. Stewart. assistant
secretary; Clarence c. Willard. assist
ant secretary; Frances NJ. Kaupert. as
sistant secretary; Howard Bancroft,
reading clerk Dennis Atwood. reading
clerk; John Risher. reading clerk, and
II. q, Baker, reading clerk.