Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22

1t Is pointed out that II Col Henry
L. StimSon is really to become President
Hoover's Secretary of State he will be
about the only one appointed to that
office who has not actually assumed his
duties coincident with the President
himself on March 4. The retiring gov
ernor general Of the Philippines cannot
reach this country before March 20. He
is scheduled to sail from Manila aboard
the liner President Pierce tomorrow. In
case StimSon Is cast for some other role
in the Hoover enthusiastically of
War or Attorney General--the CORE
spending portfolio will also be vacant
pending his arrival in the country, I'M
less the present incumbent Is invited to
hold over. II the State Department is
to be the scene Of Stimson's future ac-
tivities, therefore, Secretary Kellogg's
Official existence may be prolonged a
few weeks. All that Col. Stimson has
said on the subject Is that he's coming
home to accept service under Mr.
Hoover. What that service Is to be is
the President-elect's secret.
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Washington's heavy snowfall this
week sent cold shivers down the backs
Of all and Sundry connected with In
auguration day arrangements. Probably
the chief actor himself-Herbert Hoover
was given furiously to think. The
Capital is emerging from an unusually
mild and salubrious Winter, but it's just
possible that the weather man may be
intending to make up for lost time and
do his seasonal stuff early in March,
William Henry Harrison was inaugural
ed in lB4l under such unfavorablo Gil
matte conditions that he died of pnsai.
monia month later. Nearly everybody
now in Washington recalls the atrocious
weather which descended upon Wash
ington on March 4, 1909, when William
Howard Taft was indicted into the
presidential Office. The possibility of
rough weather on Mr.. Hoover's great
day has bulled the market for window
seats along the line of march of the
inaugural parade.
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There was a painful moment at a
fashionable Washington dinner party
the other night, at which the guest of
honor was member of the cabinet.
He happens to be a teetotaler and a
MISUNDERSTANDING the one isn't
the other. The hostess fell i'll with the
grip the day of the party, leaving
her debutante daughter to do the honorS
at dinner. Evidently the deb thought
the occasion called for snappy remarks,
so proceedings hadn't been in progress
very long before she turned to Secre-
tary and asked, Mr.. Secretary.
who's your bootlegger?."
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Lots of people think there's such a
physical resemblance between Presi-
dent-elect Hoover and his private Sec
retary-to-be, George Akerson, that It is
going to be difficult in a crowd to tell
them apart. Akerson is perhaps IA or
Is years 1.-The Chiefs" junior, but he's
the grayer of the two, or almost So
They are of about the same height,
breadth and girth, and share in COM
mon q chubbiness of countenance.
Movie audiences are constantly mis-
taking the President-elect for his able
young adjutant, and vice versa. Mr..
and Mrs. Akerson conform to the coll
legiate tradition which will be so pro-
nounced In the Hoover era. The for
mer met his prospective wife while she
was an undergraduate of Wellesley and
he q student at Harvard.
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If plans now undergoing serious con-
sideration are carried out the Demo-
Gratis will take the field soon after the
new administration is in power, for the
purpose of keeping themselves on the
political map. One of the schemes to
that end, which is highly favored, is
the use of the radio. Regular broad
casts of Democratic doctrine and con-
structive criticism of Republican mis-
rule" would be put on the air. as we'll
as other features" designed to remind
the country that the Democrats are
down, but not out. The program also
calls for the maintenance Of an agrees
siye party news service from central
headquarters In Washington. South
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