Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

Secretary Kellogg Is of for Paris
where he will be- the central figure In
the forr,- execution Of tho multilater-
al treaty for the remuneration Of wal
the so-called Kellogg peace treaties
on August %. II has been suc-
gested that Mr.. Kellogg modcstly dis
claims any desire to have these treaties
recorded in history as the "Kelloee
pact" and that they NAV become docu-
mented as the 1928 Treaty Of Paris.
The Canadian premier w. l.. MacKen-
1ie King. is q fellow voyaeer with the
American Secretary OF State and bound
on the same missionto sign the treaty
| In behalf of Canada Before Secretary
Kellogg returns home. he will visit the
Irish Free State and London, going TO
Ireland first TO return the ofticial call
which President CosgraVe paid the
/ American state Department last Spring
| ]. Reuben Clark IT,, OF Utah, noted
/ authority on international law and APP
pointed Undersecretary OF State to sue
I coed Robert E. OldS, who resigned SIX
weeks ago TO enter private law prac-
! tice. will preside over the deStinleS OF
! the State Department In the absence
! of Mr. Kellogg. In the past two years
/ MIR Clark has mad large, though IT.
/ tie advertised. hand in our dealings
/ with Mexico. He was Ambassador Nor
rows principal aid in bringing about a
settlement OF the Mexican oil lands
/ controversy and before that he was
/ American agent OF the Mexican~Ameri~
can Mixed Claims Commission. His
state Department service dates from
/ the Roosevelt days and under Taft he
| vas the State Department solicitor.
/ He Is 81. and the father Of four chill
crcn In the Republican nominating
| convention IN Utah week ago MS
name was presented for the Republican
! senatorial nomination along with that
| Of Ernest Bambereer, former Repuh-
lean national committeeman. me con-
Vention nominated Bambergor, and the
| following day Mr.. Clark's appointment
To the Stale Department was announced
II hardly seems fair to call IL "conso-
liation prize" for he is now on the road
to full cabinet place or major diplo"
matte post
Twentv-four hours after the Pale
Alto acceptance speech of Herbert
Hoover, talking movies Of the Republi'
can nominee reading portions OF has ad-
dress were being shown In the Broad
way film palaces and In Washington
and Chicago Next dav the Hoover
movietone was being shown at the
Executive Mansion al Albany Tor the
cdification Of Gov Smith and his cam
paign cabinet. The Democrats are
going the Hoover managers one bet
ter, and the Smith acceptance speech
moVetone will he shown all over the
country simultaneously win the oe"
livery Of the address on the statehouSe
"Wednesday
Hoover picture rendition" Is devoid nj
gestures, with but f1eeting giimpses Of
the sneakers ewes. which are constantly
cast down upon his manuscript, Gov
Smith is reported In have had better
movie direction. to look into the
camera" as he talks. and Ia reinforce
his verbal punches with gestures
= =
The Smiths for Hoover Club In New
York has enrolled 30 members. Ihh
news item secures large headline, hu'
obviously iA but a drop In the proVerhla
: bucket There are nearly two millior
Smiths listed In telephone and CITY
directories II the rule of directory
publishers Is adopted, 10 multiply b>
2ta SO as To include married women ahc
children not In the published list, thef
the Smiths Of the Nation must number
close To seven million persons There
are more Smiths embalmed In the annal'
Of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, ane
listed Ia Who's Who IN America anc
in who's Who IN New York state, thar
any other name The Twin Cities al
Minneapolis and ST. Paul are the nnlA
places where the Smiths are felegatee
In second place. There the johnson'
. lead There Is q Coolidge Family II
America Association embracing moa