Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-11

result Of executive and legislative CO.
operation since the Inauguration of
President Hoover. We have placed the
Radio Commission upon a permanent
basis, and have made progress in lay
ing down the lines of development for
this mighty fundamentally for the in
struction and the entertainment of the
American millions. We have remedied
the long delay in reapportionment by
more eQuitably distributing representa-
ton in Congress and the electoral coll
lege upon the basis of existing popula-
ton. We have completed census re-
vealing the steady growth OF our popu-
lation, despite the decrease in immigra-
ton under restrictive laws. We have
placed in the Department of Agriculture
the power to license dealers in perish
able farm products so as to eliminate
fraud. We have made further pro-
'ision for our disabled soldiers in line
With policy unparalleled for gener-
oSlty elsewhere on earth, and which
holds 1t to be the duty of the Nation
to save its defenders from hardship or
want, to protect those who in time of
need protected us, and in so doing have
passed practically every measure de-
manded by the American Legion. We
have reorganized the, Federal Power
Commission with three members who
can give all their time to questions of
hydroelectric development, instead of
permitting this to be the incidental
work OF already overburdened cabinet
officers. We have made appropriations
for the beginning of the work on
Boulder Dam, which will confer large
benefits on an important group of
States We have established Bureau
of Narcotics in the Treasury Depart
ment to better control the Illicit traffic
in abit-formlng drugs.
President Hoover has named COM
mission to investigate the administra-
ton and conservation of the public
domain, looking forward to vesJing
more power over public lands to the
several States. The Interior Depart
ment has taken steps toward the con-
servation of oil. All agencies dealing
with the affairs of veterans have been
consolidated. Our prison parole and
probation system have been reorganized.
/ have mentioned only matters of
major Importance. But for lack of
time, many other constructive measures
of legislation and administration might
be added to the catalog of things per-
formed for the public good during the
l6 months which have succeeded the
Inauguration of President Hoover.
Suffice it to say that measures that
might well distinguish years of legisla-
tive enactment have been crowded into
few months, and yet up to the pres
ent time they have not been properly
appraised by the American people
largely because of the adverse economic
condition which so depresses a large
part of our people. AS time goes on,
however, and these achievements Of the
administration and of Congress have
been given an opportunity to manifest
them n hInc
and social life. the people will rightly
estimate this successful record and give
to this administration a high place for
successfully conducting the great affairs
Of our Nation in time of perpleXity
and doubt.
Regrets "Age Of Criticism
In conclusion, let me say that we live
in an age of criticism, when all too
little thought is given to the service of
Government, all too much to the faults
of Government. When we look within
ourselves and realize that perfection
does not seem to be the law of Nature.
we should not expect perfection in the
body polite. If just little of the
thought and effort devoted to criticism
of public men and public measures,
much of 1t based on misinformation
were spent on cultivating some appre-
CldJlOn Oh The BOOQ IN our Government,
in our institutions and in our public
servants, we might acquire a more just
and rational view of the work going on
at Washington. 1t is easy enough to
pick flaws, to find fault, to sneer and
to defame. It takes some knowledge
and some thought to fairly appraise the
work constantly being done in Washing
ton in the interests of the American
people. 1t is true that such work has
no news value; 1t is not sensational.
The orderly, industrious, useful citizen
who goes about doing his duty and help
ing make better world, seldom gets
into the headlines; let him make a slip
and he Immediately attracts attention.
So it is in Washington. 1t is only when
something happens which easily lends
itself to criticism that the public is
likely to know much about it. But it
should be remembered that news is the
unusual, and the usual in Washington
is the faithful performance by public
men of the duties committed to them.
President Hoover is perhaps the
hardest worked man in the country
Coming to the greatest post in
Christendom with a Worldwide reputa-
ton for wisdom, efficiency, humani-
tarianism and a genuine desire to serve
his fellow-man. his administration is
disappointing only to those who have
prepared to be and who want to be
disappointed. He is near mid-stream