Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

In undermining the importance Of
speeding up building operations as an
antidote to unemployment, President
Hoover is in full agreement with fnan-
cial interests chiefly concerned with
large-scale construction. An outstand-
ing leader in that field, Samuel j. Tilden
Straus of s. W. Straus & Co., declares
that 1.-The employment of building labor
will be the beginning Of the end OF ex-
listing depression" He contends that
labor Of all kinds constitutes approx
mately 80 per cent of the Nations pur-
chasing power in all commodities required
for living and business purposes. Mr..
Straus calls attention to an Issue" at
the November elections, of which prac-
tically complete sight has been lost in
the shuffie Of prohibition and other con-
troversies. The issue Is the approval Of
innumerable bond issues, on which
ment. The people should be made to
understand, while there is yet time, he
says, that disapproval Of bond projects
will mean the defeat of public improve
ments. BY Just that extent to which
these enterprises-State or municipal
are held up, according to Mr.. Straus,
the return Of prosperity will be delayed.
DR.. Hjalmar Schacht, former presi-
dent Of the German Reichsbank, who
was received at the White House today,
narrowly escaped becoming an Ameri-
can citizen and Icing brought up in this
country. His parents lived in the
United States a time, but took
their son back to Germany while
he was still a lad. DIR. Schacht,
even in the fatherland, grew up in
something Of an American atmosphere,
for his father for many years was the
resident Berlin actuary Of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United
States and practically conducted its
business in Germany. Speculation is
rife in Wall Street as to DR.. Schacht's
real mission in this part of the world.
Early this year rumors circulated that
he was going to be offered a partner
ship in one of New York's leading in
ternational banking houses.
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The score of the foot ball game at
Annapolis on Saturday was, Duke, ID;
Navy, swabo. "Swabo," it appears, is
Navy language for zero. Many thou
sands of people who saw the Carolinian
HuskieS torpedo the Middies made the
acquaintance of "swabo" for the first
time. Throughout the afternoon the an
nouncer at the field scoreboard, who
was bulletining results of other games,
.
s; Harvard, swabo"; "Notre Dame, IL;
Carnegie Tech, swabo"; Cornell, 6;
Princeton, swabo," etc., etc. This OBJ
server asked an Annapolis man what
"swabo," symboliZing zero, means. The
explanation was that it comes from
"swab," the last word In nothingness
aboard SIMPLE, "swabbing" deck.
After the game. in the shower room in
which the Duke team was swabbing
- he Sva hat IL he r0ll
rang with ribald shouts of "Swabo"
at poor old Nays expense.
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AUGMENTATION authorities at Wash
ington are scanning the seasons foot
ball line-ups with particular interest
and noting that the melting pot and
the gridiron have met at last. On
Saturday Schereschewski played right
halfback for Harvard. Suarez was at
right tackle for West Point. Ro-
senzweig held down left end for Car
for Notre Dame; Viviano from right
halfback carried the Cornell ball
through the Princeton line. Reinmund
was at left half for the Tigers, Stef-
fanides and Tschirgi were at opposite
ends of the Navy line and Loeser was
Yales main tower of strength at center.
MAJ. Ferry K. deaJn, ASSISCdHJ OeC-
rotary of the Treasury in charge of
public buildings, is having the devil
of a time keeping people from calling
him Perry" Heath. Confusion arises
from the fact that Perry S. Heath for
many years was a Republican star OF
the FIRST magnitude in Washington. He
passed away in 1927, after having left
an indelible impression upon national
politics. Heath, who was a Hoosier,
had almost as much to do with Will
liam McKinley's nomination for the
presidency as Mark Hanna himself.
Mckinley made Heath First Assistant
Postmaster General. He remained in
charge of the postal patronage gull
lotine until he was drafted to become
secretary of the Republican National
Committee in 1904. Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Ferry Heath is an
original Hoover man. He halls from
Michigan and is a veteran OF the
Spanish-American and World wars.
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II Barney" Baruch isn't careful
Chairman Raslzob will hale him before
q Democratic l. ial board and charge
him with heresy. The capable head Of