Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

Virginia Hoovercrats, who swung the
Old Dominion to the G.. o. P. by a
| plurality of 14,T17, will meet in con-
ference at Lynchburg tomorrow for
the purpose of conserving the fruits
| of the recent victory" The call for
| the conference, which was issued early
| in January. is signed by IL Virginians
| from as many different counties OF the
State, with George N. Conrad OF Har-
risonburg as chairman. Although the
| Invitation to the meeting was sent out
on the letterhead of the headquarters
| Committee, Anti-Smith Democrats" OF
which Bishop James Cannon, Jr., IS
| chairman. the latter had nothing par
| ticular to do in connection with the
call. The Hoovercrats have two imnle-
date objects in view-to consider the
| formation of a permanent organlzation
and TO determine what position tney
shall take in the Virginia state eiec-
| ton this year. 1t is possible their plans
| will prove contagious in Dixie.
One of the prime movers in the Viz
ginia mutiny is Frank Lyon, Washing
| ton attorney and Fairfax County
| farmer. Mr.. Lyon has just addressed
letter to Chairman Raskob, in which ne
expresses a readiness to contribute sou
| toward the Democratic national deflcit
provided the speeches of Gov smith
are not printed and distributed. Mr..
LYON added: Having departed from
| the traditions of a lifetime because OF
Gov. Smiths speeches and believing
| that the doctrines he expressed In those
speeches are what led to the over
| whelnling defeat of the Democratic
| party at the polls last November, do
| not feel am justified In adding to the
| further discomfort of the party by
| pursuing a course Of action that would
tend to drive Democrats to other
| parties"
It is not generally known that bril-
| liant young American flnancier- econ
omist, Walter w. Stewart, has COM
pleted his first year as economic adviser
to the Bank of England. Mr.. Stewart
has Just arrived in the United States
| with Montagu G.. Norman, governor OF
the bank, who is holding his annual
consultation with the New York Fed
eral Reserve Bank and other lords of
Wall Street. Stewart halls from Man.
haitian, Kans., and Is in his 44Eh year
From 1922 to 1925 he was director OF
| the division of research and statistics
at the Federal Reserve Board in Wash
inrton. Then he went into private
banking business in New York. Gov.
| Norman came in contact with Stewards
unusual talents at the end of 1927, and
| induced him to become the first Aineri-
can to be employed by the "Old Lady Of
| Threadneedle Street" in all its ancient
| history. After graduation from the Uni
versity of Missouri, Stewart studied at
Michigan and Columbia, and later
taught economics at Missouri, Michigan
and Amherst His job in the Bank Of
England is to keep 1t posted on Amer1-
can economic trends.
X X X X
Louis 3. Mayer of Hollywood, who
has been offered the American ambaS-
sadorship to Turkey by President-elect
Hoover, is the first movie magnate 70
mount into public life from the silver
screen. He has long been Hoover en-
| thusiast. AS a member of the Cali
fornia delegation at Kansas City, Mayer
rendered yeoman service in helping to
| turn the convention chariot into O.
| Hoover bandwagon. He and Mrs. Mayer
are great cronies of Mabel Walker WILLIE
brandt The appointment OF a distin-
guished Jew to the American embassy
| in Turkey would carry out q precedent
| frequently observed by American FfeSi-
dents since the late oscar s. Straus was
sent to Constantinople. Two others,
Abram +. Elkus and Henry Morgenthau,
both of New York-Were Ambassadors
there after Mr.. Straus. Mayer is the
producing end of the Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer combination. He is a composite
of artistic sense and business acumen.
| Friends say he Is made OF the stun that
should equip him to be an ideal envoy
to the court of Mustafa Renal.
| y X X X
Cuba Is the latest foreign country to
draft an American expert to help 1t out
of its troubles. DR.. Van H. Manning,
former director Of the Bureau of Mines
and later director of the American Pc
troleum Institute, has been appointed
consulting petroleum engineer to the
government at Havana. He has been in
Cuba since early in January. His as
sipnment covers a survey of all fuels