Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-05
WILBUR TO SPEAK
ON RAD|O.FORUM
indian Lands to Be Subject of
Secretary of Interior To-
morrow Night.

DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of
i the Interior, who has been an init
mate friend of Herbert Hoover since
the days when they were undergradu-
ates at Stanford University, will again
speak in the National Radio Forum,
arranged by The Washington Star and
sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast
ing system, over Nationwide hook-up
Secretary WilburS address, which
VIII deal with the important problems
facing his busy department at this
tl1ne' is scheduled for 1890 o'clock to-
morrow night. This will be the second
time ne has addressed the National Ra-
ulo Forum. the first occasion having
been soon after he took over the man
agement of the Interior Department
He will be heard in Washington over
Station WMAL.
Secretary Wilbur's public utterances
are necessarily looked forward to with
more than ordinary interest, not only
because OF his wide experience and his
long association with Herbert Hoover,
but because OF his recognized ability
and the capacity which he has always
shown in handling big affairs.
Presidents Adviser.
Moreover, DR.. Wilbur is looked upon
generally as President Hoover's closest
adviser and one whose opinions upon
national and governmental affairs are
always sought by the President.
There is one thing certain about this
cabinet ofhcer-no matter what subject
or subjects he may touch upon during
this forthcoming radio talk, he will
have first-hand knowledge of his sub
ject and will be able to express himself
in clear and interesting fashion. If
it is Indians, he will have a compre-
hension of his subject gathered from
hundred visits to as many Indian
reservations.
Wilbur is not alone familiar with the
law on Boulder Dam, but Is familiar
with the Deep Black CANYON where it
is to be built. Last Summer, Drawing
temperatures which ranged up from
100 to 100 in the shade, he clambered
over volcanic rocks with engineers to
inspect the site, and finally took a
small boat and rode through the can
yon. 1t took 10 minutes for the boat
to go from the landing to the dam site
downstream, but two hours were spent
getting back up against the powerful
current of the Colorado River.
Attention to Indians.
The Interior Department chief has
devoted particular attention to the
problem of the Indian Service since he
took Office. After a careful study he
announced that he was going to try to
get man for the job OF Indian COM
missioner who would be so good that
he would work himself out of job.
He feels that the Government should
place the Indian out into the life of
the country, instead of shutting him
up on a reservation. A commissioner
who could work out such problem, he
felt, also would work himself out of a
job, because if the Indians were taken
of the reservations there would be no
need for an Indian Service. Charles
j. Rhoads, a Philadelphia banker and a
Quaker, has undertaken to carry out
the policies outlined by Wilbur.
Secretary Wilbur is head of President
Hoover's Child Welfare Conference,
which will be held in Washington some
time within the year. and has been
busily engaged working out the pre-
liminaries incident to this important
conference. Also he is head of the
commission appointed by President
Hoover to return lands in the public
domain to the so-called public-lands
States.