Evening star., 1928-06-17
BY IDA GILBERT MYERS.

Samuel Crowther, author Of The
Book OF Business" etc New York;
Doubleday. Doran g. Co.
~ oMEBoDY knockin at the door.
Somebody calm you. MFR. Aver
age Citizen of these United
~ States. to wake up, to rub the
sleep from your eyes. to snap out
to front around upon the new world
that has grown while you were dozlng
unstirred and indifferent. The man
knocking at the door is Samuel Crow
ther. all set to give some important les
sons upon the brand-new United states
which has been shaping afresh within
the years Of your Somnolence. The les
son itself is projected squarely against
the presidential campaign now in ac-
ton. Placed there because TINS pro,
vides the most Illuminating background
possible 10 conceive. For 1t is here that
the secrets of the closet are proclaimed
from the housetop, here that hidden
things step into the open The nrst
view is strange and startling one.
Nothing less than the whole united
states offering the panorama of huge
economic and industrial unit. II Is
pointed out that this effect is but the
result Of a partnership between the
enormous natural wealth OF the country
and applications And out OF such
partnership rises the promise of a fu-
ture rich in opportunity for all, not
alone to those favored by this or that
of special privilege. The new purpose
Of program and plan is to level up the
whole body polite TO the situation OF
the best, where permanent human sats-
factions are bred ana where they i've
Economics in its full sienlncance Is
SS.;e
ff its proper conception and admins
tratiotl are to come general well-heing
such as this great country is able TO
promote by way of individual EFFORT and
announcement At the head OF this
gigantic enterprise must stand an ao-
rfinistrator measuring TO II IN VISION
end capacity. Mr. Crowther here pays
tribute TO that which the Government
has already contributed to the new fu-
ture--"It has played great part. not
in the doing but In the encouragement
Of the doing. The great ADVANCE mas
come under the administration OF CAL
win Coolidge. For he conceived OF gov !
eminent as an aid TO progress ana not
as an obstacle-or as an end in Itself
One by one the author presents the i'm
mediate problems of the future. stating
each succinctly and clearly. The fac
tory. the farm. the worker; science in
its bearing upon the business OF gov
ernment; business methods apphed 10
government procedure, and so on. May
Sc you ask where are the old poiitlcaI
parties-melted, run together IN tneir
essentials, so Mr.. CTowther tells you.
leaving only the very useful two-party
machine as an instrument for getting
things done.
IRE second lesson. the second part of
ffaig exposition bears the name OF Her
bert Hoover, Here, listed in set OF
balances as dependable as those OF an
other expert accountant, Mr.. Crowther
specifies the particulars IN respect 70
Herbert Hoover that bear directly upon
the first long lesson OF this book. sup
pose YOU count and weigh them for
Yourself. This and the reading OF the
book as a whole viii be an experience
THAT Mr.. Average Citizen should seek
ut once. seek for his own broad en-
iighiennent.
PRESIDENTIAL YEARS: i7s7-iseo.
ny Meade MinnigeroGe, autilor OF
Lives and Times" etc. Illustrated.
New York: q. r. Putnsmis Sons.
BESIDE these June conventions OF
~ 1928 Meade Minniserode rnarshals
the presidential campaigns running
backward from Lincolfi's time TO that
OF WasitnEto1 At this moment pretty
much the whole world Is listening in
sipon the Kansas City convention. Two
weeks from now the same audience
VIII be gathering at Houston. Through
the miracle Of the radio these political
assenblages Of such nlonientous signih-
canoe spread Ike pictures before the
eyee Of the world. An amazing means
40 aAsaH~ kf<Sa k14A %1Afn Marry fl1fNra
seen and heard, viii bring out the
familiar lament that the world Is get
ting less honest. le&s e9upulous, less
hagn-ninded IN its political purposes
and issues and methods. We, as a
people, are given 10 yeneration for the
fathers and founders, for the days
gone by and the leaders In those old
days. And this IL a finely sustaining
sentiment, In 50 far as 1t Is founded
Upon the truth, In 50 far as it does
not serve TO give distorted and un-
fair view OF the present. That the
world II on the up grade, that the
people az q whole are getting more
intelligent In politics and Ia every other
direction Ia fact TO be accepted and
used. Meade Minnigerode at this time
oners q series Of pictures covering
some Of the old campaigns. Here Is a
limited electorate. Here are CLASSES
Here IL tremendous baliyi1oo Of noise.
marching processions torchlight pa
fades, singing iiurrahing and here are
amazing oristtS Of personal sbtise that
are calculated TO make us not 50 very
much ashamed OF our ogn political
manners and procedures. For our en-
eouragensnt IN weii-doing. listen back
locking through old papers for a re-
assuring light On the present day, comes
across statement that Patrick Henry
yas theatrical old windbag" that
Alexander Hamilton, the "uncroyned
ktng OF America" was man as
crooked rs he was ambitious, without
shame on morals. enemy of all liberty.
81 sii equality" that kbrailan1 Lincoln
wsG 'hogr11 looking wretch, Gooty
sn1 EcoUn6Yelly In aspect, q lark-sided
Yankee Of the unconeiieet yisage," and
% On and 50 On. Even the great
Washington comes IN for q generous
snare Of political abuse. Yet politics
e. this period seems A. lacking as. In
effect. II is D31ay. Then the prcoccupa-
ton Was with superficial matters, social
CLASSES, dress, niAnners, preferences
bz&E1 upon birth Or upon q leaning
toward the political precedents set by
England, on through the denocratiza-
ton EEt 10 by Thomas Jefferson and
GeseDpeG py Ms successors. At Our
Negtts tobay, We resort 10 nothing Of
ts4ss Kind, Moreover. today politics, az
such, he's gwen way " the economic
significance 81 thx country, not. a.
tnen, 10 fhk structure Of society In
classes and Inequalities, A most inter-
eeitng book for present reading q
WHcIkA0k6e TezGsufAHck, BESIDES, tnat
t6s VoY3r is 8 progressive world. not
s1jy In It's political conception bat In
ts9k growth If general intelligence, In
me acceptance If more widely 6ifusef
reeroEAib.lttsfG, and in the common
E6cene5fs pf sfbsyioE one Nwsrd
sAother. The spirit ~ The bgok Is In
& beautiful s1c1Td WITH its purpose