Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-16
THREE PROBLEMS !.
. CONFRONT HOOVER
President Excludes Other
Matters, to Be Studied
at Future Date.
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press.
| President Hoover has three big prob
| lens at hand and is concentrating on
these to the exclusion of other matters
the study Of which he believes may well
be deferred until some later time.
This accounts to large degree for
| the lack Of reaction from the White
House to suggestions for considera-
ton OF relations with Soviet Russia. q
new naval arms conference and other
subjects within both the foreign and
the domestic field.
Foremost among the present problems
Is the redeeming of the party campaign
! pledges for farm relief and tariff re.
vision. the chief subjects with which
the SeYenty-firSt Congress soon will be-
gin to grapple at this. Its first and
extraordinary session.
OF only slightly less importance Is
the completion of the reorganization Of
| the administrative machinery of the
Government. which has been In process
almost since March and still Is far
| from an accomplished fact.
Law Commission to Be Set Up.
Third In the list is the setting UP of
the law enforcement commission which
Is to conduct an exhaustive study into
the operations Of enforcement machinery
in all of its branches and into the
working of the prohibition enabling
acts in particular.
Administration officials foresee little
ditiiculty in getting through farm re-
lief measure along the lines laid down
in the Republican party platform and
in the campaign addresses Of the Presi-
dent. and they are hopeful that limited
tariff revision can be accomplished
.,,tkI aA1A al
session ended within three or four
months.
They also expect that within that
time administrative reorganization will
be practically completed. Substantial
progress has been made In that direc-
ton and announcements probably will
be made this week of appointments Of
the full personnel of assistants to the
Postmaster General and the Attorney
| General.
This win leave only two departments
State and Commerce--in which re-
organization work will be incomplete.
That in the State Department Is await
ing further study of the situation by
Secretary Stimson, while that in the
Commerce Department awaits the re-
turn here of DR.. Julius Klein. director
of the Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.
Some Changes Contemplated.
Some changes in bureaus and
contemplated. These will be brought
about gradually as the new cabinet Of
ficers are able to study the situations
In each case, so as TO determine to
| their own satisfaction whether sweep
! ing reorganiZations are necessary.
Having filled the important post OF
| Ambassador to Great Britain with the
selection of former Vice President
| Charles G. Dawes, whose nomination Is
expected to be confirmed promptly by
! the Senate the Chief Executive is Civ
| ing little thought TO other diplomatic
| appointments and changes.
| Secretary Stimson wants to canvass
| the whole field and he will be given all
the time necessary for the completion
of this rather stupendous task. Conse-
| ouently, the naming of successor to
! the late Myron T. Herrick. as AmbasSa-
dor to France, probably will be deferred
! for several months, as will various
| transfers In the diplomatic corps.
President Hoover has made progress
| in selecting members OF the Law En-
| forcement Commission, but thus far he
has been able to keep his selections
secret. The personnel OF the commits
sion probably will be completed within
| a week or 10 days, and 1t win organize
for work as speedily thereafter rs prac-
| ticable.
When the commission reaches the
study of prohibition enforcement, all
sides will be given an opportunity to be
heard, and this phase of the inquiry
alone probably will corsume some
weeks. The dry organizations are ex-
pected to join forces for presentation
of their case, as they did during the
| Senate inquiry, while the vets VIII be
represented largely by the Association
| AGAINST the Prohibition Amendment.