Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-12

II President -elect Hoover and his
forthcoming hosts in Latin America
get down to brass tacks, tell one an
other their real names and let colo
fact. rather than mere tact, prevail.
great good will ensue. That is another
way Of saying that the 20 sister re-
publics south of the Rio Grande are
| fatigued with after-dinner assurances
| from the Colossus of the North and
banker nowadays for more tangible
things. The United States has inter-
vened in Latin American countries 10
times during the past 20 years-an
average Of once every two years. Are
these biennial friendly interferences"
to continue? Whatever Mr.. Hoover IS
able to tell his Latin American well
corners on that score will be eagerly
heard all the way from the Mexican
border to the tip of Cape Horn. Is
Uncle Sam determined to keep the
Monroe Doctrine purely "unilateraI'
affair, or Is he disposed to take Latin
America into partnership in its main
tenance? If the United States looks
upon peace and friendship with the
rest of the Western Hemisphere as this
countrys paramount international con-
Germ, is America willing to liberal!ze
her tariffs on Latin American products?
Herbert Hoover is a realist. Here's a
menu of real things Latin America
would like to digest with him this
Winter.
New York City, where this observer
tarried over the week end, reverberateS
with strange tales of the real reason
| why the sidewalks of Manhattan went
back on AL Smith. On all hands the
story can be encountered that Tam
| many Hall knitted him. District leaders,
acting under orders from the sachems,
are said deliberately to have let the
| Smith vote sag in many metropolitan
boroughs. The result was that the
Democratic presidential nominee rolled
up a majority of only 400,000-odd
against Hoover in Greater New York in
stead of the required 500, 000-odd needed
to overWhelm the Republicans at the
Bronx. Commenting on the alleged re-
volt of the Tammanyites, the New York
Times said editorially: The talk is
=" that they resent Smiths emf
nence and believe his point of view to be
ungrateful to his beginnings. There are
quotations of unnamed leaders who say,
Well, we're rid of that high haiti" The
side-trackirg Of Tammany began at the
Houston convention. Its repression and
suppression were held necessary to
Smiths nomination. Apparently the
wigwam feels 1t was similarly relegated
during the campaign.
That day may be counted lost, of
course-and until further notice
whose Understanding sun sees no new
cabinet officer chosen for President-elect
| will ho
next March Two names which have
to date not figured in the cabinet gossip
are being mentioned with considerable
persistency. One is that of G. G. league
Of California as Hoover's Secretary OF
Agriculture. The other Is that OF Julius
RoSenwald of Illinois, mail order mer-
chant prince and philanthropist. Both
league and Rosenwald, besides intrinsic
merits, are original Hoover men or en-
thusiastic lineage. RosenWald is dls-
cussed for either the secretaryshlp OF
commerce or the postmaster generalshlp
It's exactly 40 years ago that PRESIDENT
Harrison reached into the merchandise
ing world and put John Wanamaker al
the head Of the Post Office Department.
league is president of the great CAN
fornia Fruit Growers Exchange, an out
standing cooperative marketing au-
thority. and not involved in the CO.
temporary farm-relief controversies.
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If Ruth Bryan Owen, who Will come
to the Seventy first Congress'as a Rep
resentatives from Florida, hadn't been
widowed year ago. 1.-The Commoners'
talented daughter wouldn't have beer
eligible to sit in the House. TIL thar
time she was British subJect-tne
wife of Maj. Reginald Owen OF the
British Army. Mrs. owen lost her nus
band when he succumbed to injuries
suffered during the World War. He
was a member of Gen. A!lenby's stan
when the captor of Jerusalem made his
triumpfal entry into the Holy City
Mrs. Owen inherits oratorical talent
from her silver tongued father. and dur
ing recent years has lectured profess
sionally. She is tall, slim. handsome
twinkling-eyed and a brunette who Is
turning gray. The first lady OF Miami
campaigned on the issue OF higher
tariffs on Florida fruits.
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Senator Borah Is being quoted IN
certain circles as DESTROYS cf becoming
Secretary of State for one particular