Evening star., 1928-05-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLI4M VILE.

II Calvin Coolidge had chosen TO run
the course prescribed by section s, ar
ticle II OF the Constitution, he could
have adjourned Congress any time he
pleased, following this weeks difference
Of opinion between the two houses.
The President may, on extraordinary
occasions" says the pertinent section,
convene both houses, or either OF them.
and In case OF disagreement between
them with respect 10 the time Of ad-
lournment, he may adjourn them to
such time as he shall think proper.
William Tyler Page, clerk OF the House
and eminent parliamentary authority,
asserts there Is no precedent of Pre5i~
dent 50 SeiZing House and Senate oy
the scTuffs Of their respective necks.
There have been adjournment DIS
agreements" before. but, like the late
one, they were temporary in character,
and no Chief Executive has ever exer-
cised his constitutional prefogative TO
put Congress asunder.
SHs
Capitol Hills long series OF committee
clashes has seldom been marked ny 50
ferocious a tilt as the one this week be-
tween former Gov. Pinchot OF Penn
sylyania and Francis Skunk Brown. for
mer attorney general OF that corrupt
and contented" commonwealth. The
arena was the Waterman subcommittee
which III sitting on the Vare-Wilson
senatorial contest. Pinchot was sub
poenaed at Wilson's instigati0n to give
testimony about Keystone primary and
election conditions. He was subjected
10 a ruthless gi1iling by the Ware coun-
sci He was forced 10 admit. time after
time, that he had no personal knowi-
edge 10 substantiate his charge that
Wares election 10 the Senate was part
ly bought and partly stolen" AT one
Iuncture Brown snaried at the witness,
80 II was Just street talk, wasn't 1t,
GovernOr?" Senator Waterman stls-
tanned all the objections which PM
chot's inquisitor made TO "hearsay,
gossip" and opinion" The forester
politician took refuge In the Reed sltiSh-
fund committee findings when pressed
for court proof" Of his wholesale IN
dictment OF Pennsylvania political
crime.
Coffee Ii natural after dinner topic,
so It's appropriate that Senior Gurgel
do Amaral, Brazilian Ambassador at
Washington should make II his fayorite
post ~prandial theme. He has just held
Senior do Amaral h at pains 10 dlsalpate
the theory tina, the celebrated Bra
lillian coffee yaloriZation" scheme hits
the American household In vulnerable
gp0t~vthe breakfast table. The Am
bassad0r denies that "FalOrizatlon
means monopoly He says the plan
Was devised " conserve iIis country q
vital agricultural resource, and IN no
| Wise works hardship 10 American cotlee
buyers. Il am reliably informed" AM
baaAador do Amaral dep0ses. getting
down 10 the beans III the situation.
that we can make so cups out OF every
pound of we'll ground coffee we buy
/ The highest price ot good ground coffee
what we call cafe de luxe~-~is 66 cents
a pound, but grades vary from 20 cents
~ 50, 81, So or SIS cents. Yet. even al
the highest price. ID or so cups can
easily be made from every pound. which
works out al less than cents cup
/ A 50-cent coffee put the price at
cent, / contend that coffee Is one OF
| tfe cheapest. II not the cheapest, life"
ngCegsiLy cXLant"
| ~
| Hoch. Herbert iIooyeU Vol. ], page
| $40 III the Abridged Compendium oi
| American DeDeal0gy, plainly Indicate
| ihat the Secretary of Commerce II oi
German descent. II he becomes Pres
| dent, he'll bs The FIRST man II that an
! cestry ~ enter the White House, The
| link Is long but direct, II begins Win
! Andrew Hoover. born In Baden Whd
came 10 America about l740 and settled
! III Maryland The ensuing tiye genefe
ali0ns of Hooyefs we're dOmieiled sue
oeEgiyeiy IN North Carolina, Ohio and
| Iowa An authority who claims 81
speak fE cathedfa ayers that the family
name originally WAS spelled Huber
which The Germans pronounce fHoobef "
| y
! Curtis -. Wilbur. Secretary ~ tbs
Navy, psgs This sffsetiopats FiDpts u