Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03

President Hoover made q hit with
the bankers at Cleveland last night
mainly because of what he failed to
say. On no score has the admins
-tvation been hammered and knocked
In the financial world during the past
year so hard as when it INDUCED in
prophecy and optimism. Preserve us
from any more predictions from wash
ington!" Is the cry that echoed from
almost every counting house in the
land after some cheer-up message
from the National Capital. The lamen-
tations were evoked by the strange cir
cumstance that rosy representations
emanating from the Potomac were in
variably the signals for fresh slumps
on Wall Street, the Chicago Board OF
Trade and commodity and security ex-
changes generally. Mr. Hoover, there
fore, watched his step before the bank
ers. AS the radio listeners OF the
country could observe, the convention
cordially welcomed the Presidents
speech, devoid, as it was, of attempts
to foreshadow a situation which he
knows is still heavily shrouded in I'M
certainty.
Believe it or not, but Calvin Coolidge
Is still addicted to the literary form
which gave him immortality three
years ago. Recently Louis J. Alder Of
Cleveland, who specializes in present.
ing celebrities to the American lecture
audience, approached the Sage Of
Northampton with tempting offer to
become a lyceum star. Weeks elapsed
before Mr. Coolidge answered Mr.. Al
ber's letters. Finally, only a few days
ago, came this response, Il do not
choose to lecture"
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The world is full of people who find
significance in numbers. What do they
make of this? The Washington tele-
phone number of Charles Nicholson,
Democratic publicity director. who has
met with such eminent success in get
ting the @. o. P. goat this year, has
Just been changed to 1882" What Re-
publicans are asking is whether that's
an omen, or merely coincidence.
Unbiased authorities in Washington
think the Hoover administration has
exhibited both good craftsmanship and
a clear conscience by assigning Seth w.
Richardson, Assistant Attorney General
of the United States, to probe charges
of corruption in Colorado shale-oil con-
cessions Richardson happens to be the
closest personal friend OF Senator Ger
aid P. Nye, Republican Progressive OF
North Dakota, who holds no brief as
Whitewater of regular Republicanism.
The broad-shouldered young lawyer was
appointed to his present post In the De-
partment Of Justice mainly at Senator
Nyes instigation. Richardson has shot
big game both in Alaska and in North
Dakota The animals he went after In
his own State were the Standard OH
Co. and the Ignite coal operators, whom
he prosecuted as special counsel for
North Dakota in litigation ten years
ago.
According to authentic reports, it is
Republican revolt In Oklahoma thatS
likely to send Thomas p. Gore, Demo-
crat, back. to the United States Senate
in November. Herbert Hoover carried
the State in 1928 by 175,000, but the
incumbent Republican Senator, w. B.
Pine, has not given the administration
that 100 per cent support at Washing
ton which the Oklahoma G. o. P. thinks
the President was entitled TO. The re-
suit, 1t Is now predicted, VIII be a Re-
publican swing to Gore whichn put the
blind statesman over by comfortable
majority. Cores enemies are capitalize
ing his vote against war IN 1911. Later
he played the game by backing all
requisite war measures. 80 that the
Democrats think they are enectually
spiking that phase Of Pines attack.
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One OF the strangest documents which
Senator Borah's Committee on Foreign
Relations has ever had before 1t re-
Gently arrived from Japan. 1t consists
OF a protest, signed by about 80 Amer
leans resident in Nippon, mostly mis-
sionaries, Directing to the class OF
American movies exhibited in Japan.
The protest reads.
I'VE, the following American citizens
living in Japan, basing our action upon
personal observation and opinions exc
pressed by Japanese people. feel CONF
PEELED to report to you that certainly
many, and probably the great majority