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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Nabs mission Is to direct the drafting
of O plan for complete reorganization
of the enforcement, administrative and
judicial machinery called into existence
by the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act. The white House wishes
to have material In hand on which to
base legislative recommendations to
Congress In December.
In message dated June 6 Mr.. Hoo
yer asked Congress to join him in
evolving new prohibition program. His
purpose is to marshal, under centralized
administrative control in the Depart
ment of Justice. the several scattered
bureaus and units that now deal with
the dry.wet issue. The joint committee
Of House and Senate which the Presi-
dent proposed has never been organ
lied. Farm relief and tariff absorbed
the time and energies on Capitol Hill
to the exclusion of extraneous issues,
even the eternal liquor issue.
Now, with the hearty approval Of
Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary
Mellon and Chairman Wickersham, Mr..
Hoover has Communicated the services
Of Mr.. McNab to study and formulate
the changes In Federal administration
and judicial machinery which will be
recommended to Congress for the more
effective enforcement of the laws under
the eighteenth amendment"
The proposed inquiry will not end
with ways and means for bringing re
sponsibility for investigation and en-
forcement" into the Department Of
Justice. 1t will include methods of ex-
pediting judicial action" The laws de-
lays have multiplied enormously since
the adoption OF the eighteenth amend
ment ten years ago. Federal dockets
everywhere are ohronically choked with
prohibition cases, some of them of
trifiing character. The whole machinery
of justice Is slowed up. causing expense,
irritation and loss OF time to litigants in
other domains.
The President hopes that Congress
may still join him and cooperate in
work he urged 1t to shoulder at the
beginning Of Summer. Whether II does
or not. Mr.. Hoover Is determined to
proceed under his own steam, and an
other new patriot" ready to serve the
Chief Engineer at sacrifice Of private
interest, will put his hand to the
throttle.
The McNab one-man commission is
thus yet another aspect of the con-
structive administration upon which
Herbert Hoover from day to day
stamps his hallmark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
Germany's Great Loss.

Germany has suffered q sudden and
grave loss in the death at Berlin yes
terday of DR.. Gustav Stresemann, the
Reichs foreign minister. His passing
is more than q bereavement for the
Fatherland. All Europe, and that
means the world at large, is the loser
for his untimely going. 1t would be
difdcult to, conceive Of greater single
misfortune that could overtake the
cause Of international peace at this
hour than Stresemann's untimely TAX
ing.
A distinguished American authority
on foreign affairs only the other day
called Messrs. Macdonald, BRAND and
Streseniann 1.-THE three musketeers Of
peace" On their shoulders had de-
scended sort of personal responsibility
for maintaining that new order Of
things In Europe, which has been the
laborious outgrowth Of Locarno and,
more recently. Of The Hague repara.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

The return Of the wet season had to
contest with murder mysteries, ship
hearings and other sensational matters.
so that 1t mostly passed unnoticed, ex-
cept by those astute persons who spe-
cialize in noting everything.
There is nothing new about rain. It
Is the Oldest thing in the world and al
ways one of the freshest. Whenever 1t
po,irS down on the just and the unjust
1t brings with It quite new evidences Of
an amazing vitality resident In Nature.
That is why the old, old rain is ever
new, always replete with interest. I'm
less the amount of rainfall exceeds past
proportions there Is nothing sensational
in 1t, nothing to draw the comment of
those who pretend to notice large af-
fairs only.
Unfortunate are those who pose as
wiseacres-at least they seem unfortu-
nate TO pleasantly wise men and women
who are willing to see something in
teresting In an old story.
Especially when the rain descends
upon q city after long dry spell, dur
ing which 1t becomes sort of stran-
ger-"conspicuous by its absence" as
the much-abused phrase has it-does 1t
bring pleasure to those who retain
their interest in everything.
=
1t Is amazing how many people there
are who concentrate their interest In
few things only.
Perhaps they have read somewhere
that specialization Is the key to wealth,
health and success and so have i'm
munized themselves against a host Of
intriguing smaller specialties.
They are willing to discuss world af-
fairs with which they have nothing TO
do, but will not give a second to con-
versing about the best way OF running
their furnace, which keeps their house
warm.
They think that municipal affairs de-
serve much attention las ne doubt they
do). but they equally believe Cor pre-
tend to believe) that the things Of
home and garden are only to be spoken
OF with an amused smile. II at ALL
Wherefore those who think otherwise
smile at them In their turn. convinced
that the everyday things Of actual life.
whether big or little, deserve the at
Of those trying to take life as it comes
and make the decent best of 1t.
There Is no other way. That is why
many q man who could not define the
word philosopher" is one nevertheless.
Such an individual Is concerned with
actually.
He does not sit in Judgment branding
one thing as worth while" because it
meets certain standards, another as
trivial" because 1t does not. He &C
cepts rain along with hearings.
X
One does not have to have his ear
attuned to Natures voice to hear the
plain patter of drops on the roof.
He does not go into poetic ecstasy
because he is able to enjoy watching
the water pour down after holding of
so long.
1t is too late he knows, to do much
good TO grass or gardens. but II is in
time to prove q beautiful and inter-
esting sight.
There seemed TO be a perverse some
thing which held back the rain, day
after day. week after week. until finally
1t appeared that no rain could fall.
1t, the impersonal st." would not be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

tons conference. OF even later origin
was the series Of imprisoned pledges,
uttered by the respective British, French
and German leaders before the League
Assembly in Geneva last month, and
which drove still deeper the foundations
of common interest and common as
pirations Of q Europe he,rtily tired OF
war and war-breeding policies.
DR.. Stresemann might have looked
forward to a long career of service to
Germany. He was in the prime OF life
just turned ffty-one years Of age. He
had been an industrial and economic
leader In the pre-war Reich. AS the
head of the Deutsche Volkspartei, or
German Peoples party, he inherited the
Berlin foreign ONCE after the war, and
under his direction Germany acceded
to the Dawes plan five years ago. He
impregnated the Wilhelmstrasse with
liberalism. But for Gustav Strese-
mann's conservative and constructive
tactics during periods when super
nationalist sentiment often threatened
to coerce the German government into
reputation of the Dawes reparations
agreement, there might have been no
stable, reconciled Reich to assent to
the Young plan.
The late foreign minister was always
and vitality a German patriot, but he,
for one, -Bourbonlike, had learned
and had proved intelligent and strong
enough to direct Germany's intcrna-
tional course into channels which were
destined to restore her to front rank as
European power. DR.. Stresemanns
representation of the Reich at success
sive sessions of the League Of Nations
steadily fortified Germany's position.
He vanishes from his country's service
laurel-crowned. 1t has known no more
meritorious or effective soldier Of peace.
The world mourns with 1t.
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THIS AND THAT


permitted to rain! An eternal edict had
gone out forbidding the gathering OF
clouds on sky corners.
y II y X
Those who had new shoes wore them
day after day, with never q fear that
rain would spot them.
Picnics could be planned for any day
in the week, for there was no danger
that a downpour would spoil them.
easy. time Of 1t, as they were not re-
quired to move.
Ladies never got rain spots on their
stockings: children were never forced
to wear rubbers. From the standpoints
of apparel and good times 1t was q
great season.
Precisely because of these facts, how
ever, 1t was poor year in the garden.
Nothing did well.
There wasn't enough water, that was
all. Gardeners, recognizing the impos-
sibility of doing much with q hose, let
the yard go to pot.
Only the deep roots of certain flow
ers. going we'll into the soil, enabled
back yards to look as well as they did.
Fine hairlike roots went down to where
water was. since 1t did not come to them
from above.
LIE gardener WHO valued proper
amount Of rain continued to scan the
sky. to read hopefully the daily predic-
tons of the Weather Bureau.
AS day by day went by without rain
he came to the point where he looked
no longer at sky or predictions.
X
Then came the darkness of evening
and in its soft folds was the first good
rain in many days.
It was followed by more rain-rain
that fell upon a soaked world getting
wetter every moment.
Concrete walks took on the slippery
black look characteristic of them on
rainy days. Children usually permitted
to run loose remained housebound.
More peace than the old community
had known for several months settled
down to the tune of falling water.
Modern cities are becoming so noisy.
what with the increase in traffic and
lack of restraints OF various types, that
harassed urbanites often pray for rain
in order to get little peace and quiet.
They want blanketing rain. not so
much for its wetness as for its magic
quality Of sitting other noises. The
effect Il something like that secured
when spigot is running with the bath
room door open.
Falling rain, pattering on roofs. run
ming out downSpouts. into sewers,
creates a soothing noise Of It's own.
1t gurgles almost comicaly as it slides
along the gutter into the downspout.
1t makes tremendous uproar on roofs
and garages; 1t splashes joyously on
walks and sides Of houses.
Those who like the rain love 1t all
the more because it substitutes Natures
noise for manmade noises. Somehow
there is quality In her noises which
mans noises seldom possess.
Manmade noises are irritating: one
has but to think of a riveting ma
chine. But Natures noises are soothing;
recall the beat Of surf on sandy shore.
Rain. after weeks Of drought, is a
symphony. lulling the sensitive nerves
of humanity. 1t is a beautiful music
written in water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

more Sun independent Democratic)
states: "A fight for the continuance of
this abomination-that is the sole result
to date of Mr.. Hoover's Intervention IN
the tariff debate" The Birmingham
News Democratic) believes that Mr..
Hoover's statement lis likely to be in
terpreted as more in the interest Of
party solidarity than of the countrys
welfare" while the Santa Barbara Daily
News (Democratic). declaring that the
plan has proved of little value" con-
cludes that the active Intervention Of
the President adds to the uncertainty
As to the fate of the tariff bill" Agree
ment that the bill will be delayed is
voiced by the Columbus Ohio State
Journal Republican,
An attack on the Democratic position
is made by the New York Herald
Tribune Republican,. with the state
ment: THE Democra tic insurgent coali-
ton is really dissatisfied with the flexi-
bic tariff provision because it has not
produced partisanly acceptable results.
The Democrats want more reductions.
II the President were Democrat and
the commission were anti-protection,
Senators Simmons and Harrison would
be lauding its work and defending the
flexible system" The San Francisco
Chronicle independently deplores the
fact that the tariff is back in partisan
politics." and adds. Plenty of Demo-
cratic sections and plenty of Democratic
congressman are for protection because
their constituents require them to be,
but officially the party has backslid
from its high announcements of last
Summer"
Senator Robinsons alternate plan
a commission that would report to Con-
gress," says the San Antonio Express
independent Democratic), probably
will not appeal to most citizens. The
effect would be to reopen the tariff
question once year, and recent expert
erce affords an idea of the results: The
country would face the prospect of
ceaseless debate on the tariff, with trass
unsettled accordingly. and CongreS
would find little time for anything else
ut is hard to see how the Democratic
Progressive coalition in the Senate can
expect to make opposition to a flexible
tariff a profitable political issue" AYERS
the Cincinnati Times-Star (Repub-
lican), while the Detroit News Jinde-
penden) is convinced that President
Hoover, at last. speaks in the voice of
the consumer or general public"
Judgment on the flexible prov,zicn
passed by the Richmond News Lead.
independent Democratic) 1T Is neither
a curse nor cure-all, but it will remain
IN the law because. conceivably, there
may arise emergencies in which it might
be useful. Practically 1t will be used
only to further the economic policy Of
the party In power"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

to British interests and. he said, it was
obtained by "betraying the Arabs of
Damascus. At San Reno We calmly
announced that we had obtained the
mandate for Iraq, and that the French
had got that for Damascus. This
aroused the indignation of the Arabs.
who revolted. and as a result 5000 OF
them were killed. Then King Feisul,
expelled from Damascus by the French,
was installed King of Baghdad Qraq)."
In Mr.. Wallhead's opinion, 80 far from
being of temporary character. this oc-
cupation of Iraq Is part of the military
and naval alignments that are taking
place. 1t is in line with the establish
ment of base at Singapore and with
the development Of animosities OF the
Pacific"
So 1t Is now announced that the
Labor government, headed by Mr.. Mac
Donald, is determined to recommend to
the League of Nations the admittance OF
Iraq to membership, which will auto
matically relieve Great Britain OF her
costly mandate.
What will British oil interests do
about it7 VIII they "let Lloyd George
do it2"
tcopyriEht. 1879, By Paul v. collina.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
For More Effective Enforcement. y

President Hoover has not waited for
his Law Enforcement Commission to
deal with that branch Of its all-inclu-
sive subject concerned with prohibition.
but has moved on his own account TO
see what can be done about it. Noble
experiment." as he once proclaimed
prohibition to be, the President has
come to the conclusion that the time
has arrived to see whether It, cannot be
made a more practicable experiment.
To that end MFR. Hoover has called to
his aid fellow Californian and lawyer,
John McNab Of the San Francisco bar,
who Is also . Palo Alto friend and
neighbor Of the President. Mr., Me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Police.
When some ones parking overtime
And traffic needs release,
We venture, with a faith sublime,
To call for the police.
For every little thing We need
To bring us mental peace,
1t now seems proper. it's agreed,
To call for the police.
And when detective stories show
A prospect Of decrease,
Truth conquers fiction. Forth we 60
To call for the police!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Business concentration leaves a large
amount of responsibility with hopeful
subordinates who would like to be out
playing golf, but cannot afford it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

The benign and uplifting influence
of Congress might easily prevent boot
Logging and gambling II problems Of
international import did not demand so
much urgent attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Driving while intoxicated Is an I'M
pardcnable offense. PedeStrianizing
while intoxicated is also to be con-
demned on the score of contributory
negligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Bus lines are said to have the rail-
roads worried. Railroads, although
growing little old, are doing their best
to meet brand-new line Of COMPETE
ton,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

It is evidently the intention Of those
taking charge Of the Ramsay MacDon-
aid visit to hold the occasion to terms
Of diplomatic rather than social in
terest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
A Thirty-Fortv Plan.

From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat.
One way to settle the argument
would be to let the States enforce the
prohibition laws on Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays and the Federal
Government on the other daYs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Washington, D. c.. is now big town,
with shifts Of police authority as
natural phenomena in metropolitan
destiny.
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Some Compensation.

From the Santa Barbara Daily News.
The farmer Is lucky at that. At so
he is negotiating his third mortgage
instead of enduring his third nervous
breakdown.
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Saving 1t Up.

From the Muskegon Chronicle.
Apparently, the reason former Presi-
dent Coolidge was known as Silent
CAR was that he wanted to write 1t all
later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

In finance the phrase, Seats of the
mighty" is interpreted to mean seats
on the Stock Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
Riding" in Chicago.

From the Canton Daily News.
Chicago now is advertising the finest
boulevard drive In the world, but the
trouble Is so many persons don't dare
to be taken for a ride"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
Hard of Hearing. Too.

From the Bellingham Herald.
That cartoonist who honked his horn
twice at a railroad crossing, then went
forward to fatal collision with train,
proved, among othew things. that loco
motives do not read the traffic laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Almost everything that happens sug-
gests something more for a few Sena-
tors to investigate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
A Short Route.

From the Louisville Times.
Another good way TO avoid growing
old is to use gasoline for starting q ire
in the furnace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
A Matter of Appraisal.

from the Altoona Mirror.
A Kansas City caddy sued golfer
for $4,000 for an eye injury. Golfers
who have lost their balls on the course
may find it hard to understand how q
caddy's eyes could be worth $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
Measuring the Influence.

Measuring the Influence.
do you think women should take
part in politics?"
"As an aspiring statesman" said
Senator Sorghum. Il should say 1t all
depends on whose part they take"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Jud Tunkins says he needs farm
relief because 1t has been so much
easier to spend money on more mort
cages than on fertilizer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
Poster Places.

Poster Places.
From the Muskogee Times-Democrat.
Illinois is planning to plant trees
along the highways. Now the candi-
dates will be sure of having places to
nail their cards.
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And No Discriminate

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
When radio reform takes effect 1t
should begin with the sopranos.
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Diplomatic Banquets.

A lesson this old world has learned
Where we in peace would dwell.
The swords to plowshares will be turned
And spoons and forks as well.
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Autumn Flutters.

Autumn Flutters.
The melancholy days are here.
Leaves flutter through the atmosphere
And ballots presently will float
To show how folks are going to vote.
II WISH" said Uncle Eben, dat my
chicken coop was important enough to
start an investigation bout de mys-
FERROUS disappearance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

zone who cannot forget himself"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, runs
the risk Of being forgotten by all
Others"
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Seeing Red.

seeing heu.
'You say you saw red"
Yes" answered Mr.. Chuggins. ut
was with grateful relief that saw the
crimson roof Of gas-filling station"
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SATURDAY. e, AUGUST 10, 1929
&HNE>vuSssssssssssss Des2e&]eksS
AN INTERESTING SITUATION

Hon. John Garland Pollard has
been nominated as Democratic can
didate for Governor in the Demo
cratic primary held last Tuesday by
a plurality of more than 10000. His
total vote is 100000 and that of his
nearest opponent, Hon. G. Walter
Mapp, 28,762. The total number of
white voters in the State is esti-
mated to be approximately $4,000.
Of this number, the largest vote cast
in any election has been approx
mately 3O5,OOO.
This would leave the outlook for
November in which the Independent
anti-Smith Democrat will figure to
be exceedingly doubtful. If the
Mapp vote of $4,000 should split and
support DR.. William Moseley Brown,
the outlook for the election of Hon.
John Garland Pollard will be gloomy
indeed. The total primary vote was
approximately 145,000.
If these people will stick to their
moral pledges, then Hon. John Gar
land Pollard will be the next Gov
ernor of Virginia AS the matter
stands, colored citizens will have
an opportunity to make their poll
tical power felt at the polls either
for or against the regular Democratic
nominees. Which shall it be?