Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27

It's dollars to doughnuts that Presi-
dent Hoovers private and confidential,
as we'll as chief, cause for thanksgiving
is that even for the noT1ce he has no
Congress on his hands. II landed there
six weeks after he took ONCE last Spring,
and relief came only for the brief spell
between the collapse of the special ses-
sion and the converting of the regular
session next Monday. The whole po-
litical world knows that the past seven
months we're not happy time for the
Californian. Hoover conspicuously re-
Trained from lambasting Congress. even
in the inner circle of his closest friends,
but his real feelings were not difflcult to
imagine. The President has heard from
some of his advisers that most, if not
all, Of his troubles in the Senate might
have been avoided by the right kind of
leadership there. Assurances on this
score were given by @. o. P. House
spokesman. who instanced the smooth
running Of the administration machine
in the lower branch. But the majority
which Representative Tilson commands
is one thing. and the mutineers who
wear the Republican label in the senate
are another. 'er
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One of the big CAPTAINS of industry
who fitted in and out of the White
House during the sunny-side-up BUSH
ness conferences is the head Of great
5 and 10 cent store organization. He
told the newspaper men a story about
the most absent-minded person ever
heard Of" 1t was. he said, a young
saleswonan whom the 5-and-l0 concern
had to fire, because she couldn't remem-
Der the price of the goods.
Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philan-
thropist and maik-order king. also had
a merry quip for the reporters who
wanted some inside stuff about what
happened in the cabinet room while the
President had the Nations economic
commanders around the conference
table. A correspondent had asked
Rosenwald when he thought Stock EX-
change prices would recover. IN an
swer that" said the man of many mil
lions, by telling you about q partner
once had. He used to predict that the
World War would end in two weeks
He kept on prophesying 1t 80 long that
one day his prediction turned out to be
right"
~
Mai. Parker W. West, deputy COVER
nor OF the United States Soldiers Home
at Washington, was a young lieutenant
Of Cavalry at Fort D. A. Russell. near
| Cheyenne, when the late Senator Fran
els e. Warren Of wyoming ran gen.
eral store out there. Warren, according
to West, gave signs even then of the
talents which made the greatest shep-
herd since Abraham" so pains taxi
ing a chairman of the Senate appro-
priations committee. II turned up at
| Warren's store one day" Maj. West says.
ito buy an OUTFIT for my quarters. Are
you in debt?' he asked. told him l
owed $500 for my uniforms and other
! equipment, and now wished to get some
carpets and furniture. Well said War
rem, a rag carpet or two and a couple
OF shelves with chintZ curtains are
about all you can afford, young man,
and that's all I'm going to sell you
Senator Joe Robinson, Democrat. of
Arkansas, the Senate minority repre-
sentative on the American naval con-
ference delegation in London, expects
to take his brace Of favorite shotguns
to Great Britain with him. Joe" Is
| the crack shot of the Senate. as far
as hunting Is concerned though Sena-
tor Brookhart, Republican Progressive
of. Iowa probably can best him on ths
rife range. When Robinson wa
abroad a couple Of years ago SOM
British friends invited him to take part
in q grouse shoot and lent him gum
for the purpose. Although the Ar
kansan had never hunted grouse before
or ever shot over British preserves.
he two days in succession bagged the
biggest booty In the whole party, wiz
ming warm encomiums on his unerring
aim Senator Robinson regularly hunts
in the Carolinas and his duck lunch
cons In the Capitol, after these expV-
ditions, are coveted and celebrated.
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Representative Emanuel Celler. Dem
ocrat, of New York is pressing the De-
partnent of State for vigorous action
In connection with the killing of sever
American citizens in the Arab riots
IN Palestine last Summer. He con-