Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18

Sphinxlike silence persists at the
White House relative to President
Hoover's intentions toward the Hawley-
Smoot tariff bill now In the hopper on
Capitol Hill. Those in search Of cue
as to his plans must quest for 1t else
where. Many think that Senator Wat
son of Indiana, Republican leader in
the Senate, has just given as Significant
hint of Mr.. Hoover's state OF mind
as it is possible to divine at this stage
Of the game. The sum and substance
Of Watson's outgivings Is that the PreSi-
dent will sign, not veto, the bill which
eventually comes to him from Congress.
The accent is on the word eventually"
though Jim himself does not use it,
What he actually says is: After the
Senate shall have acted upon the House
rates as altered by the Senate finance
committee, it is perfectly safe to as"
sumo that the bill passed will very
largely carry out the ideas expressed
by the President. and that the measure
will in practically every one OF It's aspects
be the best that can be enacted in the
interest alike of the producer ana the
consumer"
Although the Democratic attack on
the tariff includes incessant belaborlng
of Hoover for refusing to wade into the
there's hardly the shadow OF doubt
that the presidential influence Is cease
lessly, though invisibly, at work in the
direction of the kind of tariff law ne
wants. Revision is not likely to be as
Limited" as he recommended IN MS
message to the special session. But the
guess is now hazarded by insiders that,
bv and large, the changes, especially
in industrial rates, will be OF character
to command his approval. 1t Is WITHIN
the range of possibilities, Is II Woulo
be within the realm OF precedents, 1or
Mr.. Hoover to sign on the dotted me
with an accompanying message ponIl-
mo out, that while the bill Is not per-
feet thing, it was the best to be had.
Under such circumstances, rs the poet
has said, angels could do no more.
Il 4
Women of the Nation, as represented
Inv the General Federation OF Womens
CIubs have taken to the warpath on
behalf of the Indians. They want
Uncle Sam to spend much more money
than in the past on the red men, tnelr
souaws and their papooses. ranging
resolutions to this end were adopCeo At
the federations biennial council At
Swampscott, Mass, ana are now en-
listing the enthusiastic support OF the
Individual and collective minds OF the
country's largest feminine coalition. AS
q reSnectable proportion Of the wives
and daughters of members OF Congress
cabinet oficers and heads OF Govern
ment departments is ahiliated with
organizations comprising the feoera-
tion it isn't unlikely that the Swamp
scott recommendations will receive
more than perfunctory attention IN
washington. The women urge q $50
600. 600 Indian service appropriation
for 1881 food allowance OF not less
than 40 cents day, wholesale pf pre-
for each Indian school child: at least
IS new hospitals and sanatoria in the
indian country, and an accurate emil
meration of the Indian population
with Indian census takers wherever
possible.
At the National Press Club tonight
there will be shown for the first time
all the moving pictures taken on the
Hoover goodwill trip through Central
and South America last Winter.
Apropos their exhibition and the proof
thew supply of the amazing skill OF the
modern news-camera man, members OF
the party tell good story about Mark
Sullivan, dignified Hoover Journalistic
confidante, and j. G. Brown, one OF
the stars of the White House news
photographers OUTFIT. Sullivan noticed
one day, as the U. S. S. Maryland was
preparing to disembark the Hoover party,
how the camera men managed to
scramble ashore almost before the
battleship had stopped moving. "You
fellows seem to contrive to get to the
dock very quickly" said Sullivan to
Brown. "Quicker than that" rejoined
Brownie" Mrs. Coolidge recently sent
the White House picture-Shooter a
cordial acknowledgment of an album OF
photographs. She was always one OF
their helpful favorites.
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washington is so full of women who
like to take hand In the affairs of
state that they'll be interested to know
of a memorial shortly to be erected in
New York City IN honor Of Mary Mur-