Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

AnOJneF SCnOldT III IOliilCS WIFI
background comparable to Woodrow
wilson's or that of Henry Cabot Lodge
adds interest as we'll as atmosphere to
the 1880 campaign. DR.. Wilbur L. Cross
| dean emeritus of the Yale Graduate
| School and editor of the Yale Review
nominated by Connecticut Democrats
| for Governor, is one of Americas lead
ing literary critics. A professor, editor
lecturer, college trustee, university dean
Der OF the American Academy of Arts
and Letters and a chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, DR.. Cross, at So, now
tits with the j. Henry Rorabacks who
for years have made a practical thing
Of politics in the Nutmeg State.
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The George Washington Bicentennial
Commission will soon determine which
portrait Of Washington, of the many in
existence, is the best, meaning which
bears the closest resemblance to the
man himself. OF the 81 artists for
whom Washington sat Gilbert Stuart
is perhaps the best thought of today.
His portrait OF washington in the BcS-
tom Athenaeum has been most widely
copied of all. Other popular portraits
OF the general are those by Charles
Wilson Peale, Rembrant Peale. John
Trumbull, James Sharples and Edward
Savage. The portrait of Washington
designated the best by the commission S
Portrait Committee, of which DR.. Lei
cester B. Holland is chairman, will have
the most extensive poster circulation
ever accorded a picture. 1t will reach
every community of the United States
and nearly every community of the
world.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Ar
kansas gets first honors in the prelim-
inaries of the 1882 national presiden-
tial sweepstakes. The ringing indorse-
ment given him by his State ccnVen-
ton may not thunder as far or bring
as many reverberations as Gov Roose-
velt's repeal declaration. but it was the
first formal Endorsement among the
numerous statesmen whose names are
being heralded in connection with the
next quadrennial party clash. The
finger of destiny is pointed straight at
Arkansas" the Democrats OF that State
heard and joyously believed.
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Unemployed persons are warned by
the Commerce Department against
looking to Latin America for jobs, mas
much as the economic situation in not
one of those countries is good at this
time In a special bulletin the depart
ment seeks to destroy some myths
deemed to be partly responsible for the
| habit of jobless young men to turn
| their faces to the sunny republics. The
glamour and romance foStered by novels
| Of adventure concerning life in Central
Land South America have miSled many
youths into believing that in that region
/ is to be found a rich and virgin fed
where a minimum of effort VIII pro-
6Cce a maximum of golden returns in
! the most pleasant of tropical atmos-
| pheres," the bulletin comments in eX-
| ploding the delusion.
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Gov Huey P. Long, self-styleo
Kaiser of louisiana" Is described as
fantastic Snowman of huge diamonds
| tremendous energy and limitless ambl-
ton. At SO he has led political revolt
which will take him from the magnifl-
cent executive mansion built under his
| direction in Baton Rouge to the United
| States Senate, where his seat, ne pro-
| fesses to believe, will be a stepping stone
to the presidency. OF the Governor
mansion, ne said to the architects, j
want it built as a miniature White
House, so when / get to Washington
will be amid familiar surroundings.
The man who received Capt. Lothar de
Ia Perriere in green silk pajamas and
| Mai. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy, u. S. A.
! in his underwear usually appears IN
! extensively tailored clothes but loves tc
/ talk of the days when he wore hickory
shirt and one-gallus overalls. MY head
is bloody, but unbowed," is his favorite
| quotation.
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The States have 175,O00 peace Off
! cers-ma.shals, constables, sheriffs ano
policemen. The Federal Government
has 1850 prohibition enforcement
agents, one to every 100 State peace
oficers. or one to every 10000 inhab.
itants. That's why G. Aaron Young.
auist. Assistant Attorney General, char.
acterized the national prohibition force
as "pitifully inadequate" and appealed
to the States for the cooperation o.
their peace ofhcers Youngquist, point.
ing out the movement to curb the liquor