Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

Evidently President Hoover believes
that one good Hughes in the Office OF
the Solicitor General deserves another
At any rate, when Charles Evans
Hughes, jr., enters the Department OF
Justice to become Uncle Sans principal
trial lawyer, he'll find one more Hughes
there waiting for him-William j., who
has been Assistant Solicitor for many
years. They are not related, unless 1t
be that all HugheseS once upon time
must have sprung from the same root
Assistant Solicitor General Hughes is
completing his forty-fourth year in the
Department of Justice. He is an en-
inent authority on. questions of juris-
diction and procedure in Federal
courts, particularly in the Supreme
Court. A long line of attorneys gen.
eral and solicitors general has leaned
on Hughes expert knowledge on tick
lish occasions. He says he has an even
greater claim to renown--that of the
only man ever delivered alive at his
own home in a hearSe. Hughes was
once smashed up in an automobile
accident near Washington and was
picked up by the first vehicle that
came along-a hearse bound for town
after country funeral.
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Politicians consider the Hoover ad-
ministration's stand against creation of
Department of Education, as recently
enunciated by Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur, stiff uppercut at the Ku KluX
Khan. The sheeted knights for several
years have been III the forefront of
the agitation to establish the projected
form of Federal control over public ed
ucation. The Klans zeal for de-
partment presumably was generated by
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Church opposed it, The National Ed
ucation Association also emerges with
missing tail feathers as the result of
the administra tons decision, as 1t was
the spearhead of the long campaign
waged on the proposals behalf. Sec
rotary Wibur's pronouncement evident
ly dooms the Department of Education
scheme as far as the Hoover regime
is concerned. but, temporarily crushed
to earth, il probably will rise again.
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One of the House of Representatives
Floradora Octette is authority for the
statement that it's no longer permissible
to greet the Vice President of the
she encountered Mr. Curtis in a Cap
itol lobby the other day, addressed
him by the name she's always called
him, and was gently, but firmly. re-
minded that he's now Second-in-com-
mand of the Republic and desires his
rank and title to be recognized even
on the most collOquial occasions.
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When Gov. Alfred E. Smith this week
received the Laetare medal from the
University of Notre Dame. he utilized
that intellectual occasion for the pur-
pose OF clearing up the 'raddio' mys-
terry. Speaking over broadcaSting net
work in acknowledgment of his honor,
Gov Smith began by paying his re-
SpectS to the "raddio" audience, as of
yore, Then, in concluding his remarks,
he said: Honestly, have it from
professor of English in one OF our great
universities that my pronunciation OF
radio Is the pure one. But I'll be frank
with you and say that before he told
me was not sure about 1t"
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A congressional recess is generally re-
garded as imminent. The House OF
Representatives will pretty well have
wound up the business in hand when
it sends the Hawley tariff bill to the
Senate, to which it submitted the
Haugen farm bill a couple of weeks
ago While the Senate finance commit
tee is milling over the House tariff bill
prospecttyely matter of weeks-there' II
be little knitting for the Upper House
TO attend to. The farm relief bills will
by that time be in conference between
House and Senate, so that the two major
issues for which the session was called
will be off the floors of Congress. The
Senate, IL it pleases. can take up re-
apportionment. national origins and the
census, all of which business awaits
Senate action after House approval. But
many leaders in both branches expect
recess while the farm relief and tariff
are being ironed out behind committee
doors. A spell Of broiling weather is
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