Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18

Chief Of Staff Gen. Macarthur avows
and AYERS that he called off the night
bombing" of New York City with
1000, 000-candlepoWer flares wholly on
his own initiative; that protests from
the public had nothing to do with it.
The fact remains that ever since the
country began hearing about this weeks
great maneuvers of the Army Air Corps
the White House and the War Depart
ment have been bombarded with APP
peals, complaints and yowls of every
description. President Hoover's mail
bag on the subject has been particu-
larly heavy. There's suspicious re-
semblance between these popular olt-
cries and the organized protest that
wells up in Washington every time Con-
gress is considering a naval building
program or some new and needed mill
tary project. Members of the House
and Senate have long been accustomed
to that sort of thing. The executive
branch of the Government seems to be
more sensitive to it. The blunt and
brutal truth is that if the United States
wants an efficient air force 1t must be
trained and kept in training. Training
is not a matter of theory. 1t is cues
ton of practice If the nervous Nellles
of Manhattan Island who favored the
curtailment of the Air Corps exercises
in that region have paved the way 10
important changes in the Ar CORPS,
plans elsewhere, national defense VIII
be the serious loser.
II 4
Atlantic City is about to launch
vigorous campaign to capture the 1857
Republican National Convention. Under
the auspices CT Roscoe j. TompKlhs,
nationally known hotel man, who helpeo
obtain the G.. o. P. conceive Tor chi
cago in 1920 and the Coolidge IoVeLeaSI
for Cleveland in 1924, Ambassador wal
ter E. Edges home town is OUT heii-
bent for-leather to bring the Repupn-
cans to "the Shore" next year. 1ts
immediate goal Is the raising OF
al so 600 fund with which to impress the
National Committee when it assemblies
in Washington next December to choose
the convention city. The Worlds Play
ground" knows that it may be necessary
considerably to raise that ante before
Atlantic City can hope to win, and ar
rangements to that end, too, are being
perfected. Between its salubrlous ocean
climate. its mammoth and magnlf1cent
hotels and its Al ,000-seater convention
hall, Representative Ike" Bacharach's
constituency can't see anything to 1t
but certain victory. snator Dwight
w. Morrow, Atlantic City hopes. will put
his shoulder to the wheel when the
time comes, especially as therell be no
suspicion that he's after any local color
for ambitions Of his own in 30.
At the White House they're ardently
hoping that the good burghers of VAL
ley Forge, Pa, will have patched up
their differences by the time President
Hoover gets there on Memorial day
The Rev. Dr. w. Herbert Burk, rector
of the pretty little Valley Forge Memo
rial Church, deposes that the Valley
Forge Park Commission, by becoming
the Presidents official host, has stolen
his thunder. DR.. Burk says the PreSi-
dent sent for him as long ago as last
Fall to talk over the Memorial day
program, but that somehow, by hook
or by crook--the reverend doctor thinks
mainly by crook-the Park Commission
has managed to horn in for the privi-
lege of doing the presidential honors
Chairman Pennypacker of the commits
sion pleads innocence of DR.. Burk's
charge, declares that President Hoover
duly accepted the commissions invita-
ton and that that's all there is to it,
After ALL" Mr.. Pennypacker adds, THE
commission represents the State of
Pennsylvania"
Cornell University has now gone the
way Of the University of Wisconsin in
opposing the continuance of COM
pulsory military drill. The faculty at
Ithaca has just voted, 81 to SO, in favor
of making military training elective.
It's decision chalks up a striking VIC
tory for the pacifist organization which
for years has been making a speciality
of driving the uniform and instructors
of the United States Army off school,
college and university campuses. Cor
nell is one Of the national land-grant
colleges, the original charter of which
made course in elementary military
training obligatory. The Iowa State
Legislature recently voted down the
wisconsin plan,' which Cornell has
now approved.
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Dwight r. Davis, Governor General
Of the Philippines, recently completed