Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
BY THOMAS CARENS.

~HE men and women Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, have learned
with considerable surprise that
Il their friend and neighbor,
Claudius Hart Huston, Is going
to settle down. For many years ne has
been having gay time running a
dozen jobs at one time. Now ne Is
going to try the experiment OF con-
centrating on one. He has had ofaces
in half q dozen different places and he
has used airplanes, fast trains, racing
automobiles and ocean greyhounds 70
keep his appointments. Now he Is go
ing to limit himself to a single ofnce
in the Barr Building in washington
The lettering on the door OF that once
informs the world that the occupant Is
the chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee. Mr.. Huston mas just
moved in.
According to his friends, Chairman
Huston responded with some misgivlngs
to the request Of President Hoover that
ne take over the duties Of party manage
ment Not that he dislikeS politlcs. On
the contrary, it has proved the most
fascinating of all his business adven-
lures, and he has always believed, on
the basis Of results achieved, that IL was
q more important business than running
a great big oil company, managing q
SCIMH Oh ldDOT u1iioA OoLLn0s ~ q
sick Industries from an ONCE IN wan
street or directing the affairs OF ms own
banking house. But he is not yet con-
WINGED that he will find even IN TINS
place of tremendous responsibility
enough to keep him busy during me
waking hours Of the day, which IN MS
case average between 10 and ~.
why He Picked Huston.
The bright young men who tell us
the why's and the vherefores OF Things
that happen in Washington have peen
explaining why the President, faced py
the duty Of selecting q new manager Tor
the party Of which he Is the ntular
head, picked out Mr.. Huston, OF Cnat-
tanooga, Tenn. Some assert that Mr.
Hoover was looking for man WIN
proved business ability, who could keep
an organization of some 10000. 900 souls
running smoothly. Some believe that
the President was looking only for q
man with political acumen. Some nlnt
that he selected Southerner because
the States below the Mason and Dixon
line possess greater strategic mpor-
lance than ever before. Some point OUT
that the great need Of the moment Is
a man who can coordinate the actlVl.
ties Of the Republican "Old Guard" ana
the Hoover boy Scouts" ana cnat
Huston is accepted as a member OF both
these contrasting groups.
There Is certain amount OF logic IN
every one Of these explanations. Per-
haps all Of them had an influence on
the President when he made his choice.
Nobody knows, because Presidents can
not be interviewed on questions as per.
sonal as that. Yet over and above all
these reasons, Mr.. Hoover was probably
governed by one of the simplest OF
human emotions. I hazard the guess
that II the President were asked to
compress his reasons for selecting MT.
Huston into one short sentence, he
would answer In three words: Il Ike
him"
Huston Saw Things Coming.
Although these two men never met
until eight years ago, there has grown
up between them q bond akin to that
between two brothers. Claudius Huston
! doesn't claim TO be the original Hoover
man." because back In 1920 when men
and women drst began to discuss Her