Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16

There wasn't the slightest occasion
for any reluctance on Herbert Hoover's
part about making stop-over ir
Illinois yesterday en- route to the Sum-
nner White House and California Early
In the Commerce Secretary's quest fol
the Republican nomination he told his
lieutenants not to invade Illinois or
his behalf Hoover's point Of view was
that Frank o. LoEden. as national
figure. was entitled not only to claim
a favorite sons support from his own
State, but to seek delegates In all the
States What the Hoover people de-
cided to fight, and did fight, was the
ambitions of made to-order favorite
like Watson of Indiana. Willis OF
Ohio, and Golf of West Virginia. Hoo
yer has never seen eye to eye with
Iowden or Dawes on farm relief. His
attitude toward organized labor Is
notably more liberal than the views oil
Dawes. But personal ill-will never en-
tered into the q. o. p. standard-bear.
er's feelings toward either Of the dis
tinguished Tllinoisans. Lowden-Dawes
influence Is expected in due course Il
be put behind the Hoover ticket. Ruth
Hanna McCormick's obeisance before
the Hoover throne on the eve of the
nominees departure for the West or
Saturday indicates that.
At least two national Democrats ir
close touch with the Smith high COM
mand have had put up to them an en-
tertaining suggestion for q Democratic
campaign headquarters In Washington
The proposal Is that the party shoult
lease, for the duration Of the 1928 war
1.-THE little green house In X street" a.
a base OF operations. The idea Is thai
the drive against what Joe" Tumulty
irreverently dubs the Grand OIL Party
could be picturesquely and appropri-
ately conducted from the premises i'm.
mortalized by contemporary political
scandals In Washington. The little
green house" is now college fraternity
house The scheme to convert 1t into
an AL Smith citadel was Matched before
the Raskobites decided TO concentrate
their activities on Manhattan Island.
NJ ~
One of the most monumental masses
OF assembled American spellbinding--l3t
bound volumes of the Congressional
Record--now finds Judgment ON historic
soil. The library OF the new Hebrew
University at Jerusalem was recently
presented with volumes OF the Record
comprising the years 1915 TO 1927. Al
each tome runs to more than l,O0C
pages. Zionists and other Palestiniani
will be enabled during leisure hours In
ensuing generations to pile through nc
fewer than $4,000 pages Of CONCEALED
House and Senate oratory, including
a s.ff TnGf ND
Blanton. There's one act OF Congress
ord which probably will be consulted In
Jerusalem oftener than any other. That
Is the Joint resolution passed by the
Senate at behest of Henry Cabot Lodge
and by the House at the instigation oil
Hamilton Fish, jr.. proclaiming that the
United States favors the establishment
OF the Jewish national home In Pales-
tine.
The White House has its Rudolph
Forster. and the Republican national
committee has Its Bennett Gordon
| Forster Ia executive clerk under his
sixth successive MISUNDERSTANDING
| Roosevelt Taft, Wilson, Harding and
Coolidge Gordon is the publicity mas
| ter-craftsnian OF the q. O. r. camp
under his fourth successive national
| chairman-~Hays. Adams. Butler anc
Work. No matter who has the rank and
| title. or his name on the frosted-glass
door at headquarters. the red-headed
and curly haired Gordon Is an acknowl-
edged power In all and sundry con-
nected with the gentle art OF Republic
can bailyhoo. Besides being an accom-
plished writer, which Is TO be expected
| in almost any native OF Indiana, Cor.
! don II an uncomm0nly shrewd student
Of politics and politicians. lie may play
| an invisible role In the 1919 campaign
but II viii be an invaluable ono.