Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-13

The story now going the rounds Of
the Capital of the genesis Of the nlys-
terious preliminary report on prohibit
ton of the Hoover Law Enforcement
Commission is to the effect that In
mid November, when the President was
drafting his annual message to. Con-
gress, he asked Chairman Wickersham
to send over to the White House q
memorandum dealing with prohibition.
This memorandum was to guide and as
Sist the President in framing the pro-
hibition paragraphs in his message. 1t
related to unification of the prohibl-
ton enforcement agencies Of the Gov
eminent, and to needed expansion Of
the legal machinery, at present 90"
viously inadequate, in conformity with
the Presidents own previously an
nounced policies on these points. BY the
mutations Of time this memorandum
became the commissions preliminary
report, which the commission itself has
never avowed, but which the White
House allowed had been on the Presi-
dents desk for many weeks waiting
for Congress to make suitable arrange
ments to receive It. Congress ana the
country Is now to be treated 70
perlisal Of this much-debated document
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Mai, Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, re-
tired, beloved commander OF the
famous YD (Yankee) 26th Division
in France. has Just fired broadside
of his own in the present assault on
prohibition. He declared in Boston last
week that If the Army and Navy
should be called upon to enforce pro-
hibition every officer who Is gen
tleman ought to resign" He preoicteo
that In such an eventuanty potn
branches OF the service would % en-
DIV. Mai. Gen. Preston Brown, COM
mandant of the LIST Corps Area, said
tersely. 1.-THE attitude Of the Army u
that it obeys the orders OF the Presi-
dent of he United States" ACCORDING
to reports from Massachusetts, Gen.
Edwards harbors various ana sunory
political ambitions.
It is q matter Of friendly wager e
to how long q time Will elapSe neLose
Mr.. Hoover will ask the Senate 70 COZ.
world Court protocol On the basis OF the
Root formula, in lieu Of the Senatee
fifth reservation. Most observers DO not
expect that the President VIII lay Inc
matter before the Senate before next
December, at the earliest. But some
incline to the opinion that Mr.. Hoover
will deposit the documents on the sen
ate doorstep just prior to the summer
adjournment of the present session, TOO
late. of course, for any debate prior 70
| the November elections, but so that It
may not be said that responsibility Tor
delay in ratification lies with the White
House. Meantime the substitution OF
Robinson of Indiana for Sackett OF
Kentucky, on the Senate foreign rela-
tons committee, adds another rabidly
arlti-World Court member to the group
which will first deal with the subject.
Robinson Ii against American adherence
| to the court Of any terms whatever.
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Nominated for the Hall of Fame Is
GLADYS Moon Jones' high-salaried press
agent on the side Of low tariff sugar. BY
common consent the palm goes to this
| charming, though peppery, lady for turn
| ing the tables on the Senate lobby In.
| uuisitors, when her turn came at last
weeks hearings. Satire, ridicule and
| indignation overwhelmed the COMMITTEES.
| For once, the witness rather than the
| Senators scored In the repartee. It de-
veloped that Mrs. Jones Is being paid
at the rate Of $2T 900 per year, but after
| seeing her In action no one denied she
was as smart as any of the highly paid
| male press agents and lobbyists who
have been hailed before the committee.
Some Of them seemed mighty dumb In
J contrast.
|
| Justice Brandeis Of the Supreme
| Court invariably retires at 10 pm. This
has been his long standing inflexible
rule. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes u
reported to follow a similar regime,
which customarily precludes acceptance
of any evening social engagements. II
was this fact which accounted for their
| absence from the White House recep.
! ton last Thursday rendered to the SUI
preme Court. the first Of the formal
Hoover soirees Of the season. As 1t