Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-23

Over downtown Washington these
nights there's golden glow In the sky.
It sheds its effulgence atop the tall
Office building in which the Republican
national committee has its new head
quarters and Is an inverted lighting
continuance that alluminates the sur
rounding heavens. Recent announce
ments from Chairman Works citadel
indicate that the c. o. p. Is: efetrcled
in 1928 by golden halo reminiscent OF
Mark Hanna's plutocratic days Mil
lionaire bankers have been put In
charge of the party's financial opera
tions. The national treasurer (who
happens TO hail from Hanna's home
town of ClevelandI Is Joseph r. Mutt,
president of Ohios biggest bank, the
Union Trust Co. He is a novice In poll
tics, but a power in Mldwestern high
finance. Mutt is a director of the Van
Sweringen railroads, chairman or 4
Texas power and light company and q
director of half dozen different In
dustrial corporations. The Republicans
Eastern subtreasurer is also a money
master-Jeremiah Milhank, New York
banker and philanthropist. He sits on
the boards of great banks, life insurance
companies. sugar refineries, railroads
and other corporations.
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The Mutt and Milbank appoint
ments to the gold-digging department
OF the Republican party look like the
G. o. P,s answer to the Raskob and
Lehman assignments made by the
Democrats. They are certainly birds Of
a feather. 1t would be difficult to
pick out a quartet OF men anywhere In
the United States with more identical
Affiliations II 1928 is 10 be the most
expensive and luxurious campaign on
record~-~and there are already ample
indications that 1t will deserve that de-
gcription~~both the Hoover people and
the Smith people have gone to the
sources from which all financial bless
tncs flow. Herbert III. Lehman, Ras-
kobs chancellor of the exchequer. Is,
! like Milbank. Gotham banker, with
| far-fiung directorate ramifications In
| the textile. automobile, oil and public
utility fields. No wonder both national
committees are being pestered for
| Jobs. Never was there such backsheesh
In sight In a presidential year.
Besides the yellow mirage above
| G.. o. r. headquarters. the Capitals
skies recently have been brilliantly
afiash at night with another unusual
| glare. It's the Army Air Force that's
| caused 1t. with It's wonderful apparatus
| for taking nighttime pictures from air"
craft. The camera, an American In
yention, was only recently perfected
After a series of successful experiments
at Dayton Field. the Army decided to
| try out the camera In connection with
the recent march of the mechanical
| transport force from Camp Meade. II
was also determined to make photo
graphs of public buildings In Washing.
| ton and other objects, civilian and mill"
| tary, that would be interesting to an
army under certain circumstances.
Langley Field, our aerial watch on
Hampton Roads. Is shortly to be sup
piled with one OF the nighttime pic
| lure taking equipments. Military men
think the new camera may revolution
| ize tactics and strategy. Movements
| of troops and guns under cover OF
darkness will not be so safe IN the
! future. Pictures are snapped practically
simultaneous with the flashing or u
fare by the airplane pilot or navigator.
y II Il
Secretary Kellogg presents the aspect
during these tropical days on the Po-
tornac. of shirt-sleeve diplomat dc
| facto. Though his once In the State
Department. with It's high ceiling and
broad windows looking out on spa
cious stretch OF shaded lawn, 10 one OF
/ the coolest In washington, Kellogg
sheds his coat like humber mortals
| and works IN comfort Hughes used n
: do the same. Observers notice that the
Secretary Of State keeps his ponGes