Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

President Hoover's position with re-
spect to tariff revision is slowly dawn
ing on congressional leaders. The Pres
ident is not going to battle for or against
any particular schedule or any indi-
vidual rate. He is counseling caution as
to all rate boosts. His principal tarin
objective is the revamping Of the Tarh
Commission and the elastic provision
which permits tariff changes up and
down by Executive decree. He holds to
the view that If the so-called admin
istrative" provisions in the House bill
can be written into law, then particular
ate revisions at the present juncture are
of relatively minor consequence. Oh
minor consequence so long as they are
not Of a character to arouse puonc m
dignation. It is being pointed out IN
whispers in administration circles ina!
IL a new Tariff Commission with enlarged
powers is created, rate changes can be
taken care of one by one in years TO
come by Executive order. 1t follows,
therefore, that the biggest battle on the
tariff is coming not on changes In rates,
bit on changes in the Tariff Commits
sion and in the provisions for rate max
ing by presidential authority. On THIS
phase of the tariff bill the Democrats
present a united front. They are against
'-'~ $3.50
Col Theodore Roosevelt IS due in
Washington before the month is out,
laden with specimens Of the golden
snub-nosed monkey and other animal
rarities from far-away Tibet. Presume
ably he is to proceed then to Porto
Rico to take UP the post Of COVER
nor general, for which he has been
designated by the President. though
not yet formally appointed. The idea
is abroad that his stay In Porto Rico
will be of comparatively short duration.
It Is limited that he is being groomed
to make the gubernatorial race again
in New York State next year. pitted
against his namesake, Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt. There is no doubt that
Republican strategy contemplates the
defeat of the Democratic Roosevelt
In New York State next year, with
view to eliminating" him from the
1882 picture. Young Teddy Is being
counted on In some quarters to turn
this trick. A battle between what the
Republicans will call the real Roose-
welt and the bogus" Roosevelt can
only have one outcome according to the
Republican dopesters.
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It costs q member Of Congress Q
minimum Of $4,000 per year to suitably
maintain his official and social position
in Washington, which Is $4,000 more
than his salary, according to an article
in the current issue of the North Amer
lean Review from the pen of Oliver
Mckee, jr., Washington newspaper cor
respondent, who sets out to demon
strate that political career without
independent financial means Is v1tu-
ally impossible. He concludes that the
presidency is the only elective or ap-
pointive post of any consequence in
the Federal establishment which Is
"self-supporting' financially. Twenty
members Of the present Senate are
rnillionaires and most of the others
are comfortably fixed.
Five-cent chocolate candy bars will
grow smaller If the sugar tariff is
sist that their smokes" has a Suma-
ira wrapper according to the opponents
Of increased tariff on imported tobaccos.
Millions Of Americans prefer their
coffee favored with chicory. Germany
has a monopoly on comic valentines
which sell for a penny apiece. Lace
curtains are fast going entirely out Of
fashion. These are some OF human
interest touches sprinkled through
thousands of printed pages of tarih
testimony given before the Senate f.
nance committee.
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Col. Lindbergh the youngster and
Thomas A. Edison the grizzled veteran
share honors as the only two Ameri-
cans whose names have ever appeared
on United States postage stamps in
their lifetime. Their photos would
have been on the stamps, too, except
that long-standing law forbids post
age stamp perturbation of any living
person. So the Lindbergh air mail
stamp bore an airplane and the Edison
stamp an incandescent bulb. The
pressure on the Post once Department
for special stamp Issues u tremendous.