Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
OFFICIALS DESERT
CITY FOR HOLIDAY
Curtis and Few Senators Re-
main to Spend Labor
Day in Capital.

Aware of the intense governmental
ana social activity which begins in
Washington with the first chill wind
of Autumn. nearly all officials OF the
Government and members of the Sem
ate followed President Hoover in pass
ing the Labor day week end out OF
town. Seldom this Summer has there
been such dearth of authority in the
Capital.
President Hoover with Arthur M.
Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture: five
and other guests, will remain at his
fishing preserve on the Rapidan River
In Virginia until Tuesday morning. He
is expected, however, to devote some
of his holiday to a discussion Of the
agricultural situation and the Stabili-
zaIlcu program being worked out by
FIR. hyde and the Farm Board.
Curtis Remains in Capital.
Vice President Curtis will be among
che lew officials in Washington. He
VIE: t:2ve company in few Senators
concerned with the tariff bill now
gnGer consideration, and who are
grooming for the fight over the legis-
lation in the Senate. Scattered others
will be here on Labor day, but all are
planning short motor trips or like di-
version
Mr.. Hoover's cabinet members are
all out of town with the exception of
Secretary Davis. Some of them have
been away for some time but Henry l..
Stinson, Secretary of State: Charles
Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy,
and Walter Brown, Postmaster General,
who have been here, left for short va
cations. All of them are looking to
the busy days ahead, during which de-
partmental budgets and other important
business must be disposed of.
Although many Senators have not re-
turned from their recess vacations,
those who came back to Washington
when the tariff bill was made public
by the committee on finance, are TAX
ing advantage of the three-day holiday
for trips back home and to Eastern re-
sorts. Nearly all of the members will
return next week to begin consideration
of the tariff bill on the floor.
The House of Representatives will
not begin functioning until october IA,
but already members are beginning to
drift back to complete their routine
work in preparation for reconsideration
of the tariff bill when the Senate fin
ishes with it. The House will officially
reconvene September %, but will take
three-day recesses until October IA I'M
der resolution it adopted before ad-
journing in June.
Few Diplomats in City.
Not many members of the diplomatic
corps will be here over Labor day.
Among the Ambassadors and Ministers
those who stay will do SO because of
business for their governments, most of
them having b2en away during the
Summer at resorts, or on trips back to
their countries.
With the active times expected this
Fall the vacations from now on will be
few and far between. Diplomatic rep
resentativeS, because of the tariff and
naval disarmament negotiations, will be
kept on the alert as we'll as the legiSla-
tors and Government officials having to
do with those subjects. In spite of the
coming pressure of business. most of the
vacations will end with that of the
President on Tuesday morning.
Half-holidays of Saturdays for Gov
eminent employees will come to an end
in a month, SO thousands of them also
were on Labor day jauntS.