Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14

Republican leaders in Washington
are no longer guessing at the approx
mate date when the new tariff bill will
become law. They are now trying to
determine whether they possess SUM-
cient strength and ingenuity to write
any sort of tariff bill into law. 1t be-
comes increasingly apparent that some
on the Republican side have reached
a frame of mind where they believe
that worse misfortunes could overtake
them and the party than to have the
Hawley-Smoot bill die aborning. Chaos
seems not too strong word TO apply
10 the present tariff situation on Capt.
toll Hill The farm spokesman profess
to see In the bill gold brick for ag-
riculture. Statesmen from the East are
talking about political revolutions which
will ensue II the tariff raises the prices
Of foodstuffs and accords no new bene-
within the realm Of possibility that all
the hard work put In in revising the
tariff since last January and more hard
work in the months ahead may 60 for
naught.
Senator-elect William g. Ware Of
Pennsylvania has this week called for
Showdown" on the disputed title to
his Senate seat. He announces that he
has SO far recovered his health that he
intends to come to Washington in the
Autumn to direct In person his battle
for admission to Senate membership.
Last Winter when Reed Of Missouri
the Ware nemeSiS-on the eve of his own
retirement was demanding final DISPOSE
ton OF the Ware contest by nat and
final rejection Of the Pennsylvania,
Wares friends worked hard and sue
cessfully to stave 1t OF. The plea was
advanced, with good effect, that Ware
should be accorded an opportunity to
present a personal plea, which his Ill
health then precluded. Now the tables
whether the Senate will this Winter
tackle anew the Ware case. Most prog
nosticators doubt 1t. Senate state Of
mind may be expressed in the vernacu-
lar Of the Two Black Crows, why
bring that up, Mr.. vare?"
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William B. Wilson, Secretary Of La
Dor In the Wilson cabinet and Mr..
Wares Democratic opponent in the 1926
election, who still stands on the record
as a claimant for the Ware seat, has
recently found himself an important
and lucrative post. He has been jointly
retained by the Illinois Coal Operators
Association and the United Mine Work.
ers Of Illinois as permanent arbiter,
umpire and referee of all disputes aris-
ing between them In the operation of
the Illinois coal fields. He sits as o
one-man court, from whose decisions
there Is no appeal. Both sides have
contracted TO accept his awards as
nifcant movement in the bituminouS
coal industry, to preclude future strikes
and lockouts was initiated earlier this
year In wyoming, where John p. White.
the predecessor of John L. Lewis as
president of the United Mine Workers,
was engaged by the operators and the
miners. union to I'LL a similar role In
Wyoming.
An uncommonly long time is being all
lowed to elapse in the naming Of q sue
cessor to Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt
as Assistant Attorney General. There has
been no contradiction OF the report
that whoever is selected 1t will be
man rather than a woman. It is known
that a list of 40 or more candidates,
actual or receptive, was assembled
nearly two months ago in the Depart
ment Of Justice and is supposed to have
been receiving anxious and painstak-
ing scanning by Attorney General
Mitchell and the President. But all In
uuiries as to when the appointment is
TO be announced are met with the uni.
form response, mot yet, but soon."
Meantime. one guess Is as good as an
other.
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The first newspaper ever to be print
ed on paper made from cornstalks has
Just now been placed on exhibition In the
Smithsonian Institution. 1t is claimed
that the making of news print and other
varieties of paper from cornstalks Is
now approaching commercial stage
and foreshadowsl q revolution in the pa
per industry. This will be something
else for President Graustein Of the In
ternationaI Paper D. Power Co. to worry
about. Farmers will cheer and news
paper proprietors will smile II the corn
stalk news print era ever arrives.
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Each month witnesses q new high
water mark In the volume Of mail
transported by air. For July the total
was 63e,sl0 pounds, equivalent TO $40
tons. The. air mail service Is stili q