Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-22

Clifford Pinchot's announcement that
President Hoover has Endorsed him and
the rest Of the Republican ticket In
Pennsylvania takes washington COM
pletely by surprise. It particularly as
toniShes insiders, who have long been
aware Of the somewhat strained rela-
lions between the two men. Pinchot,
after having Knocked at many wartime
doors In Washington. finally was taken
into the Hoover food administration,
though not directly at the chiefs" in
stigation. The Pennsylvania had not
been q member Of the organization very
long before he was transferred from 1t,
or at least from headquarters in Wash
ington, and given an assignment which
took him abroad. Since Hoover be-
came President, Pinchot has been at
the White House on conservation affairs
But it Is not Of record that anything
resembling an entente cordiale between
them was re-established. The forester
politicians Washington Affiliations are
up the street on which Norris Of Ne
braska lives.
Selection of Col. Arthur Woods as
minister for unemployment" as the
British or French would dub him, re-
veals President Hoover's enduring pen
chant for experts. Each big jobless
cally handed over to him for solution
Newton D. Baker, Secretary OF War,
drafted Woods from the military Serv-
ice In 1919 to bring about civilian re-
Mobilization of eX-Service men. The
colonel had just acquitted himself
notably in that task when the Harding
Industrial Commission in 1921, with
Secretary of Commerce Hoover at its
head, engaged Woods to tackle the
,,~ot.lay,, ~ the no,tpfry,c < nm mn ur0Tk-
less men and women. With that gigan-
tic job, too. he came effectually to grips
Col. Woods has played many parts in
his day. Harvard man C92), he was
successfully a schoolmaster at Groton,
reporter, cotton broker, lumberman, po-
lice commissioner of New York, and
finally-today-corp and bank
director. Sitting on the boards OF the
Bankers Trust Co. and the Colorado
Fuel 81 Iron Co., Col. Woods brings to
his national unemployment assignment
first-hand knowledge Of economic con-
ditions.
Former Senator Charles S. Thomas of
Colorado who's Just told washington
audience that he could take drink
with 90 out of the 90 members of the
United States Senate, is in town on a
shale-oil proposition. He represents
tested by the Interior Department on
the ground that they have not done
work enough on the property to justify
a title. Though Simon-pure Demo-
crat, Mr.. Thomas thinks the shale-oil
corruption charges leveled against the
Interior Department are without any
real foundation. He particularly de-
Hubert D. Work and former Gov. John
c. Spry In shale-oil affairs. Thomas
treatens to rival Justice oliver Wendell
Holmes longevity record. The one-time
Governor and Senator of the Silver State
Will be 81 years old in December. Tall
and straight as an Indian, he has the
mental and physical vigor of a man Of
so. Thomas is a Georgian.
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If Robert Johns Buckley is elected
United States Senator in Ohio on No
vember 4 his name can confidently be
pasted in anybody's hat as a Demo
all the more favorite the larger his
majority turns out to be. Victorious
Ohio Democrats are additionally pres
idential timber-the names of Thur
man, Harmon, Cox and Pomerene
spring easily to mind. Buckley politi-
ca1ly Is q youngster--only 80. He's
Harvard man, with degrees both from
the university and the Law School;
has served q couple Of terms In Con-
gress; made . private fortune. out Of
building operations in Cleveland: rem
dered distinguished legal service to the
Government during the war at the
Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet
Corporation and has fair for politics.
Trained in the liberal school of Tom"
johnson, though not as radical as the
latter, he can be described as pro-
gressive Democrat. Six feet Of physical
impreSSiveness are rather belted by