Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BIZ FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Has Herbert Hoover SHE'D his hat into
! the denomination ring for 1882? Lots
of people are going to think 80 when
they read of his impromptu outburst at
Salisbury, n. c., yesterday. A crowd
! around the rear platform Of the prest-
Dental special was giving Mr.. Hoover
an uproarious welcome, when q man
shouted, Were for Hoover 100 per
cent?" The Chief Executive. wsiDly
the hs habit, keep it uni" That's almost
| Raoseveltian In its snappy and good
humored form. North. Carolina went
| Hoover in 1928. Is that the habit"
! the President wants the Tar Heel State
to keep up" in 1899? Nobody has ever
seriously doubted that Mr.. Hoover
would seek reelection. In accordance
with time hcnored White House prece-
dent. The one reservation expressed
has reference to the business situation.
Politicians say that II bad times should
still exist as 1882 approaches the Presi-
dent would be ill-advised to tempt fate.
If the economic pendulum is swinging
in the right direction, Hoover's renomi-
nation Is freely predicted and his prob
able reelection almost as generally
foreshadowed. What he makes up his
mind to do about prohibition VIII De
the really determining factor, many
think.
$3.50
AZ to prohibition. the President y
known to be sorely disappointed over
submit any WiekeFsham Commission
recommendation to Congress this Win
ter. Chairman Wickersham's statement
that there's no chance Of completing
the commissions task for another six
months. e., before April /. 1881
means that it'll be the next, not this,
Congress which will be called upon to
| act on Volsteadian notifications, Il any.
| Evidently Judge Macintosh OF Wash
| ington State, who was determined that
the WiekeTshamites should get down
to the "guts" of prohibition this Fall,
isn't going to force the pace. PreSt-
dent Hoover IS now the object OF
rllmors which credit him with readi-
ness TO urge important changes in the
enforcement statute. White House In
siders, lending little credence TO these
are fathers to the thought.
~ ~
Word drifts down from the Fedora
ton of Labor Convention at Boston
that the cards are set for John l..
Lewis, president Of the United Mine
| Workers of America, to succeed Jim"
| Davis as Secretary of Labor on Novem-
Der g. Men calling themselves close
friends of Lewis sponsor the report and
declare it ID well founded. The miners
chief was an ardent Hooverite during
| the 1928 campaign and took the stump
| for the Republican ticket, both in per-
son and on the radio. Perhaps the
| Presidents references TO demoranzed
conditions In the mining industry, in
his Boston speech, have galvanized the
Lewis. story into fresh life.
~ $50
Representative Clyde Kelly, Republic
can, of Pennsylvania, has been putting
IN working vacation by addressing con-
ventions of national trade associations.
He is co-author Of the pending Capper-
Kelly fair-trade practices bill. which
aims at curtailing cut-rate methods.
| One of its provisions would authorize
manufacturers and wholesalers TO fix
| the prices at which certain standardized,
| patented articles could be SOLD to the
consumer over the counter. incidentally,
| SO retailers think, such law would clip
the wings Of the chain-store octopuses.
Mr.. Kelly is corkiDg story-te.ler. Dis
| cusslng the business depression, he al
ways gets a laugh with a yarn about
| cause and effect Not long ago, at
county fair" he says. i watched
some athletic contests, A husky house,
wife won the rolling-pin event by throw
ing that projectile 81 feet Q inches. The
next event was a 100-yard cash, won
| by her husband"
y Il \
Page Arthur Capper, king Of the ag-
rtcultural optimists! IR the current
number Of Cappers Magazine the SEN
Tor Senator from Kansas, under the
caption Of 1.-THE Silver Lining" deposes
and says that the worst Is over in the
farm belt. Agriculture has struck
bottom" Mr.. Capper declares. 1.-THE
great drought has given the long farm
depression Its first decisive check En-
HANGED prices will be the farmers SAL
walton and will help the dairyman. It's
an III drought that does nobody good
The live stock raiser and the COM
pletely burned-out farmer are the ones
hard hit, From this time on ! believe
the situation will gradually and def
nitely change for the better. And that
will be cause for rejoicing both East
! and West"
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