Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

Jim" Davis may not actually resign
from the secretaryship OF labor-atter
his impending election as United States
Senator from PennsyIvania--until the
zero hour of his induction into the
new once on December /. There was
some expectation that he would re-
linuuish his cabinet job on November
S. the morning after election day. Davis
is one of the two or three men to be
elected on November 4 who will assume
ONCE Immediately because they ran for
unexpired terms. In the Secretary OF
Labor's case, his flrst period of service
on Capitol Hill will be that which
Senator-eject "Bill" Ware once hoped
to have. Davis decision TO hang on to
his Hoover portfolio an extra month
may be due to the Presidents troubles
in picking a new labor chieftain. In
siders are assured the place Is still wioe
open. william N Dcak Of West Vlr-
GINA and John L. Lewis OF Indiana still
rank as leading possibilities, with a de-
termined drive afoot for Miss Grace
Abbott, chief Of the Childrens Bureau
in the Department Of Labor.
When Secretary Davis took the air in
the Republican radio rally Of the
Columbia Broadcasting System last
night, he inaugurated the latest kink
in use of the wave lengths for CAM
paigning purposes. The q. o. p. Ma
tional Committee has decided not to de-
pend on casual listeners, but to organize
gatherings of them all the way across
the country. Paul Gascoigne, Republic
can radio manager, estimates that at
least 100000 persons, assembled IN
Republican clubs and other arranged
meetings all the way from New York 70
California, heard Davis expound the
doctrine that the American working
mans bread is best spread with Re-
publican butter.
Il
DIR. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce, Is sailing for Europe this
week to give the Old World economic
situation an expert and close -range
once-over. He wants to f1nd out, both
by personal observation and conference
with the Department Of Commerce.
commercial attaches, just how hard
Europe has been hit by wOrld economic
depression. In particular, of course,
Klein intends to discover what erect
Europe's woes are having on American
trade, present and prospective. No man
on earth understands international eco
! Monies more thoroughly than Klein. His
storehouse Of knowledge Is amazing. He
has at his tongues tip the PER capita
consumption of toothpaste in Patagonia,
the exact amount Of our exports OF type
writer's to Czechoslovakia, or how many
tons Of Malaga grapes we import from
Spain. Big business continues to angle
in vain, from time to time, for klein's
services. To date he prefers the lure
Of Uncle Sans relatively frugal pay roll.
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Well, that Henry Clay stuff about
| rather be fright than be President" has
q counterpart, and an up-to-date one,
now. It was sprung at Boston yester-
| day. when William Green was reelected
president of the American Federation OF
Labor for the third time. Il would
rather be president of the American
Federation Of Labor" he CALCULATED, in
acknowledging his new vote OF conf1-
dence, than be President Of the United
| StStes!" Green Is proving himself, in
the estimation of labor leaders and
many others outside the ranks Of organ
ised workers, a worthy successor Of
Samuel oompers. Radicalism, always
more or less chronically rampant within
| the federation finds Green q resolute
| foe. SO does Communism, which long
since selected organized labor in the
| United states AZ its chief objective.
President Green succumbs to no alarm
| conscious Of It's existence. "Labor's
duty" he says, lis to serve as the trum-
peter on the wall-to watch and to
warn"
Another highly trained and expert
enced Government expert, this time .