Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29

President Hoover Is said to be en-
countering unexpected difficulties In
making up the personnel of his Law En-
forcement Commission. He wants men
Of the highest legal attachments and
of unquestioned impartiality on the
prohibition issue, for, though the in
quiry is aimed to 60 far beyond merely
prohibition enforcement and prohibit
ton lawlessness, the President recog-
nizes that the commission will encoun-
ter prohibition questions at every turn.
It Is reported that several men, whom
the President wanted to name to the
commission. disqualified themselves by
reason Of positive convictions respect
ing the part which prohibition plays In
the reign of lawlessness and in the
breakdown of legal machinery. APP
pointment Of the commission is long
past due, and Is now presumed to be
imminent, though the White House
continues silent as to when the an
nouncement may be expected. There Is
a possibility that the commission may
be limited to five members. instead of
nine, as originally contemplated.
Recent rlimors that Justice Stone
of the Supreme Court, and member OF
the Hoover medicine ball cabinet"
has been asked to head the Law En-
forcement Commission were brushed
aside at the White House, without
either confirmation or denial. 1t is
no secret that Mr. Hoover has confer
red with Justice Stone on this prob
lem, as well as with Chief Justice
Taft. Richard Washburn Child, dip
limat and author. friend of Coolidge
and Of Hoover, Is also reported to figure
In the selection Of the commission and
the preparation Of its agenda. MIR.
Child has made notable investigations
the United States. He has been a re-
cent White House guest. Charles
Evans Hughes, Silas Strawn. Newton
D. Baker, George Wharton Pepper and
william Draper Lewis, president OF the
American Law Association, continue to
receive prominent mention In Washing
ton speculation as to the personnel of
the commission.
The announcement by Bishop Free
man of Washington Cathedral that
the body of Norman Prince, American
aviation ace, and founder of the Lafa-
yette Escadrille, now inferred In the
Americon Pro-Cathedral at Paris, is to
be brought home and entombed In a
hero's shrine in the new cathedral here,
Is the SEQUEL to abandonment OF the
plans of his father, Frederick H. Prince
of Massachusetts,, to build a memorial
chapel and mortuary at Fort Myer
adjacent to Arlington Cemetery. The
site had been picked, the plans drawn.
and Mr.. Prince had agreed to spend
half q million dollars for its erection
as gift to the Nation in memory OF
-. Ar$r Communication
raised eleventh-hour objections, trtc-
ton developed over the site and size
of the chapel, and few weeks ago the
War Department made known that its
original permission had been rescinded.
Mr.. Prince has now donated to the
Washington Cathedral several hundred
thousand dollars, which provides for q
memorial chapel on the main floor al
the great church structure. It will be
known as the Chapel of st. John, and
will contain the tomb Of the gallant
ace.
Believe it or not, the class of 1894
at Harvard College furnished the only
two Republican votes in the House re-
corded against the Administrations
farm bill, which was Overwhelmingly
adopted by the lower branch of Con-
gress last Thursday. The two Republic
can ''irreconcilables" to farm relief, as
embodied in the measure, were George
Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts, and
william H. Stafford of Wisconsin.
Though college classmates, their agree
ment to disagree on the farm ques-
ton was just coincidence.
X
The feud between Senators johnson
and Caraway over possession Of Calvert
Manor, historic Maryland estate 8
miles from the Capitol, which both men
coveted as q Washington domicile, Is
at an end The fiery Californian and
the sarcastic Arkansan are by way of
burying the Ratchet. johnson moved
out of Calvert Manor on March 4, the
day his lease expired-and not day
sooner-and Caraway has moved In
Senator johnson has purchased fine
old city house at 1872 Maryland avenue
northeast, on the very slope of Capitol
Hill, and Is already in occupancy, while
extensive alterations and remodeling are