Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-30

President Hoover has been used all his
colorful life to making up his mind
about travel and to catching trains at
the eleventh hour. That may account
for the mystiflcation prevailing at the
White House regarding the Chiefs"
Western vacation plans. Even those
Immediately around him are still in the
dark concerning his intentions. News
paper men thought Mr.. Hoover would
spill the beans at yesterdays semi
weekly press conference. But the Presi-
dent talked only about Russian trade,
the bankruptcy investigation, the vice
governorship of the Philippines and his
batting average in appointment of COM
missions, compared to the records of his
predecessors. The best guess is that the
Hoover caravan for Yellowstone and
Glacier National Parks will get under
way about August Is and return to
Washington on or about September S.
Actually everything at the moment Is in
allegiance. Only one thing is settled.
There'l be no speeches during the trip.
On that the Hoover Jaw is firmly set.
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Democrats pretend to view without
alarm the prospect of a Republican con-
greSsional campaign engineered by Rob-
ert H. Lucas as @. o. p. Executive Com
mitteee chairman. The Kentuckian,
who Is now commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington, has never had
political experience beyond Blue Grass
confines. That puts him in class, the
Democrats say, Of the men who used to
aspire to fight John L. Sullivan, only to
be contemptuously told by the Boston
bruiser, Go get a reputation" Lucas
became collector of internal revenue at
Louisville under President Harding. He
was once Republican State chairman.
Identified with the Sackett wing of the
party, Lucas several years ago was
worsted in a contest for the governor
ship by the faction headed by Elem D.
Sampson, who is now in office at Frank
fort. The Republican Jouett Shouse is
young, forceful, aggressive and shrewd.
These qualities, his friends hope, will
DISCOUNT his acknowledged tnexperience
| in big league politics on Nationwide
scale.
Marcial p. Lichauho, brilliant young
Filipino, Is winding up a Six-month
sojourn in Washington, where he has
been conducting, in his capacity Of an
assistant attorney general Of the Philip
pine Islands, study Of the Department
Of Justice. The domestic government al
Manila is evidently thinking of organ
izing q more or less similar depart
ment. Senior Lichauho, who has the
| boyish appearance of a college fresh
man, took both his A. B. and his LII. B
at Harvard and is looked upon as one
of the coming figures in law and state
craft in the Philippines
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That recent White House edict agains.
expenditure of Government funds fol
diplomatic liquor springs from the $97,-
600 allowance just voted by Congress
for representation" purposes. II you
divide up that budget among our Sc
or go embassies and legations at for
eign capitals and among several hun
dred consular ofhceS, the butter will bt
found to be spread pretty thin. No
where would it leave, even II allowed
anything &orth mentioning for upkeer
OF cellar" Congress intention was
to help our underpaid Foreign Service
men defray q lot Of the little expenses
which eat into their private funds. II
ie hoped, for one thing, that the new
allowances will cover such charges as
water, gas and electric light rates. Also
the purpose Is to chip in for the en-
tertainment Of American delegations
Army and Navy officers abroad on on
cIal missions and other folks from
pack home" without any personal
claims on ambassadors or consuls
Fourtn OF July and Thanksgiving day
parties are regular drains on the purses
OF our representatives abroad. Pluto
cratS IKE Dawes and Edge can stand
the racket, but few Of their colleagues
can.
For several years the American stiff
collar industry largely centercd Al