Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

Election post-mortems have been
quickly supplanted in the news with
forecasts and conjectures about the
course Of events In the short session of
Congress. Not since war days have so
many important issues been punched
together 10 focus the country's attention
on Washington. Foremost are the pro-
posals for emergency relief Of unem-
ployment and for the revival Of busi-
ness. This category embraces such con-
troversial projects as amending the
farm bill TO provide "debentures," re-
vising TIE tariff act to enable embargo
Of Russian imports, and revamping the
antitrust laws TO facilitate corporate
consultations. Another major question
relates to the continuance or abandon
ment OF the income tax cut which was
In effect this year. Prohibition, too, Is
bound 70 figure prominently in the
short session, though the bigger battle
viii come in the Congress In 1881. A
drive for legalized real beer as an
emergency aid in these hard times" Is
one impending proposition. Over all
hangs the shadow and threat OF an ex-
| ira session of the recently elected Con-
gress, which the conservatives would
view as q calamity, but which the
| liberals think is essential. It Is only
| too apparent that Mr.. Hoover has his
| hands full, that his cup OF troubles Is
trimming over.
President william Green of the Amer
/ lean Federation of Labor has been
rendered the Labor portfolio in the Hoo
yer cabinet, according to wholly un-
oficial but persistent report now current
| In the Capital. II the veteran labor
| leader can be prevailed upon to accept,
| he will succeed Secretary of Labor Davis
when the latter's retirement is required
| by his entry into the Senate on Decem-
Der / as the new Senator from Penn
sylvania. President Green is known 70
| be extremely reluctant to accept the
| cabinet once, partly because he is loath
to quit the federation and partly be-
cause of his distaste for taking q place
| coveted by some of his friends and
associates. notably President Lewis of
| the United Mine Workers and William
N. Doak of the Railroad Brotherhoods
| Mr.. Hoover is said to be bending every
effort to obtain Green's acceptance,
though the odds are against his sue
! ceeding.
Thousands of letters to the Interior
| Department inquire how to obtain work
on the mammoth 4100,000,00O Boulder
| Dam project, on which actual constrtic-
| tion Is to start. within the next Two
weeks Advertised from coast 10 COAST
as a project equal in magnitude 10 the
| 5iroiY1r of the Panama Canal, 1t appears
| to have raised false hopes in the hearts
| AZ the Nations unemployed, for all the
letter writers are destined to disappoint-
nent. The Interior Department states
| that not more than 500 additional men
viii 20 on the pay roll, either in the
| Government service or In the employ
of the private contractors, in the near
| future, and not more than l,0OO wnen
| the work is in full swing year or
| two hence. It appears that already
| 00o men are camping out at Las Vegas,
N. Mex, ready to crash the gates OF
| the employment Office as soon as the
ONCE opens. The Government pro-
poses TO seek Nationwide publicity 70
Contradict the notion that Boulder Dam
offers opportunities for jobs.
X II
This week witnesses the widely her
Aided "White House Conference on
Child Health" which was conceived ana
NIT in motion by Mr.. Hoover, financed
by anonymous private philanthropists,
and which has been over year IN
preparation. 1t brings together more
| than a thousand volunteer expert COM
mitteeS and investigators anu euuCa-
/ tors. indicative of the fact that It's
sponsors are leaving no stone unturneo
10 advertise the conference to the ut
most is the battery of distinguished
publicists who are attached to its stall
Thus the latest letterhead bears this
legend: General Consultantsi-French
Strother, washington, d. c., and George
Barr Baker, New York City; Assistant
Director IN Charge Of Public Relations,
Mrs. Aida de Acosta Breckenridge, New
York City" French Strother Is at the
White House as the Presidents "ad-
ministrative assistant" Mr.. Baker Is
MIR. Hoover's premier confidential adj
wiser on publicity. AS for Director Of
Public Relations" that is the only title
by which press agents are nowadays
known in polite washington society.
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