The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-09

partly or wholly disabled veterans
not already receiving compensation,
no matter what their illness or
when contracted. Soon after the
enactment of this law the Presi-
dent put into effect the cOnsolida-
tiOn of the three bureaus that had
been in charge of veterans of all
wars and appointed Gen. Frank T.
Hines as chief.
Some of the recommendations of
the Wickersham law enforcement
commission were adopted by con-
gress, the most important being the
transfer of the prohibition bureau
from the treasury to the Depart
ment of Justice. The change was
made on July l. Col. Amos w. w.
WOOdcock took command of the
new bureau and former Commits
siOner James NJ. DOran was made
! head of q new industrial alcohol
bureau under the Treasury depart
ment.
When William Howard Taft re-
signed as chief justice of the Su-
| preme court on February 3. only
! five days before his death, Presi-
dent Hoover Immediately named
Charles Evans Hughes to succeed
| him. The appointment was con-
frmed by the senate with 26 votes
| in opposition. Then Associate JUS
tice Edward Terry Sanford passed
away and Mr.. Hoover picked Fed
eral Judge John J. Parker of North
| Carolina to fill the vacancy. Labor
and negro organizations rose in
opposition and the senate rejected
the nomination by a vote of Al to
80. The President then named
Owen ]. Roberts for the place and
he was accepted.
Prohibition and the Election.
Prohibition as a political issue
increased in Importance as the
months passed. A poll conducted
by the Literary Digest indicated
that the country was largely in fa-
vOr of repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment or at least of modifica-
tiOn of the enforcement law. The
liquor question was great factor
in the prediction campaign in
many states and had a decided eff
feet on the results when the people
went to the polls on November f.
The voters of Illinois, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts in a referendum
were against prohibition by large
majorities.
The election turned out to be
very much of a landslide for the
Democratic party. The Republican
majority in both senate and house
were almost wiped out for the next
congress, and many states and cities
elected Democratic officials to re-
place Republicans. Naturally the
more rabid opponents of the admin
iStratiOn saw in all this a severe
rebuke for President Hoover and
his policies; but sane opinion was
that it was the natural result OF
unfortunate economic conditions.
With large appropriations avail
able the farm board worked for the
relief of agriculture by promoting
and financing various cO-operatives;
and later in the year undertook,
with some success, to stabilize the
price of wheat, which had fallen
rapidly in all world markets. In
this latter operation the board was
forced to accumulate something
like 1OO,OO0,00O bushels of wheat,
the future disposal of which was
an unsolved problem. Chairman
Legge of the board campaigned un-
ceasingly for reduction of wheat
acreage.
Diplomatic Posts Filled.
Among the diplomatic appoint
ments by the President were:
Ralph II. Booth, minister to Den
mark Fred NJ. Dearing, ambassa-
dor to Peru; John N. WHY'S, am
bassador to Poland; Hanford w.
MacNider, minister to Canada; w.
Cameron Forbes, ambassador to
Japan; w. M. Jardine, minister to
Egypt; Herman Bernstein, minister
to Albania; Nicholas Roosevelt,
minister to Hungary, and ]. Reu-
ben Clark, Jr., ambassador to
Mexico.
Taking of the fifteenth decennial
census DeSan on April :. Inc 1ndl
figures, announced in November.
gave the population of the United
States as 122.775,046. The increase
for the decade was about 16.1 per
cent.
On November %, President Hoo
yer appointed William n. Doak of
Virginia secretary of labor to sue
ceed James ]. Davis, who had been
elected senator from Pennsylvania.
The short session of congress
opened December 2, and the Pres
ident's message was largely con-
cerned with measures of relief. Fol
lowing to a great extent his rec
concentrations, congress appropri-
ated more than one hundred mil
lions for an emergency construction
program designed to aid the un-
employment situation, and also set
aside a large fund for loans to
farmers who had suffered from the
drought. Mr.. Hoover transmitted
to the senate the revised protocols
of the World court and asked early
action on them.
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