Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

AS children Of the wilderness, Demo-
Gratis in these times must extract JOY
out of life wherever they can find 1t.
Especially the Wilsonians among them
find comfort in the fact that the three
Federal agencies now in the limelight
are each and all the creations Of Demo-
cratic Congresses during the first Will
son administration. They are the Fed
eral Reserve Board, the Federal Trade
Commission and the United States
Tariff Commission. Every one OF them
is functioning full might at this witch
ing hour. The Reserve Board Is the st.
George that is graphing with the
dragon Of specula ton. The Trade Com
mission, with its sweeping survey Of the
activities of power interests, Is giving
one of the most effective accounts OF
itself ever rendered. The Tariff Com
mission, thanks to recommendations by
President Hoover. Is on the thresh-
old of a new and more useful sphere
of accomplishment. Democrats point
with pride to this trinity Of legislative
progeny and dare the Republican foe
to match it with constructive achieve
ments bearing the G. o. P. hallmark.
X X X x
William M. Jardine, former Secretary
of Agriculture, isn't allowing any alfalfa
TO grow under his feet. Not satisfied
with being general counsel of the Fed
Grated Fruit and Vegetable Growers
and chairman of the board of banking
and trust company, Jardine has now
invaded radio. He has become president
of the Radio Service Bureau, which is
about to pioneer in brand-new field
that Of providing experienced technical,
as we'll as legal, assistance to the ever
increasing army of broadcasting sta
tons and communication companies.
With DR.. Jardine will be associated G.
NJ. Jansky of Minnesota, an eminent
radio engineer, whom President Cool
idge appointed a Federal radio COM
missioner, but whom the Senate did not
get around to confirming. The purpose
of the Jardine organization Is to render
first aid to the entire radio industry in
its relations with the Federal Radio
Commission and other governmental
agencies. Bill" Jardine. jr., is active i'll
his fathers new venture. The former
Secretary Of Agriculture put radio on
the map as far as the farmers are con-
cerned
X X X
Former Senator James D. Phelan OF
California is visitor to Washington,
and renewing memories OF the days,
during the war and after, when he was
one Oh Liz pOSSIo III LlLc oCIlnLC anu
the Democratic party. The San Fran
ciscan is sure TO pay his respects ct the
White House before leaving town. Per-
haps MIR. Phelan will recall TO the
brother Californian who now occupies
the presidential chair the scheme with
which he Phelan) was reputedly identi
FED in 1920-to make Herbert Hoover
the Democratic candidate fer President
that year. The walls within which that
I'D IL fnf1 itNSt
like the plan itself did, crumbled-thc
old Shorellam Hotel in Washington.
There in a private suite Democratic
power wielders sat one night at dinner,
in Midwinter 1890, and highly re-
solved that the former food admlnis-
TRAITOR was the party's winning card for
1920. But the card turned up IN the
other deck.
Timeliness is given Lindbergh story,
not widely known. by the mlSfortunes
ting in a New York movie house one
night a year or so ago looking at the
news-reel pictures of the Zeppelin that
flew TO America and along the Atlantic
seaboard at about that time. Gee" the
colonel calculated TO couple Of young
men in his party, I'D hate to travel
in anything like that!"
X X
Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Com
merce, has decided to become a house
holder in Washington, and to that end
has Just purchased a beautiful home
on the outskirts Of Rock Creek Park.
He becomes a next-door neighoor OF
John Hays Hammond on Ka)orama
road in a section that long has been
filling up with notables Nearby Her
bert Hoover lived for seven years. Just