Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20

The Hoover camp is reported fairly
jubilant over the situation now pre-
sented by the bonus loan controversy
The Presidents circle Of counselors are
confident that it is a flne political
break" from which he will gather
new glory and prestige. His veto OF
the bill will show him as courageous
| and conservative, willing to Withstand
a congressional stampede, tenacious OF
his convictions and seeming not TO
count the political consequences IN re-
fusing consent to a further drain on
the Treasury for the war veterans.
Business interests, presumed TO be
trembling in fear Of bonds issues and
increased taxes, will hail the President
hand, with the veto overridden the
war veterans will get their loans and
thereby it is supposed, will cherish no
hard feelings against Mr.. Hoover since
his opposition was imperative. Lastly
| it is argued that no real harm to the
national financial structure will result
anyway The parallel is inevitably
drawn to the original bonus fight when
| Mr.. Coolidge vetoed the bonus bill
Many said then that he was signing
his political death warrant. Instead his
bonus veto unquestionably made votes
| for him and at the same time made
votes for the members of Congress who
put the bill over his veto. An apparent
| ly ineXplicable contradiction. Hoover
ties are confident history will repeat
itself IN the present instance.
Arlington National Cemetery, scene
of countless military funerals, seldom
| witnessed ceremonies at once SO re-
splendent with pomp and dignity, yet
so surcharged with sorrow and tears,
as that which accompanied the inter-
ment of Maj. Gen. Clarence r. Ed
wards, hero of the 26th Yankee Divi-
sion, who was buried there this week.
Not the least notable in the mile-long
funeral cortege was Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, present chief of staff and. like
Gen. Edwards, a division commander in
France under Pershing. Gen. MacAr-
thur was accoutered neither in Army
uniform nor in the formal funeral garb
Of the civilian dignitaries. Instead, he
marched beside silk-lnatted Secretary
Of War Hurley attired in a business
suit, brown shoes, light tan polo coat
and soft hat. But the Yankee Division
mourners were no less intensely proud
Of the honor done their departed leader
by Gen. MacArthur's presence, and they
whispered: THE chief Of staff is always
law unto himself. He can prescribe
his own uniform"
Arkansas druggists may fill all ply
siciaus' prescriptions for the needy free
of charge, send their bill for the n1edi-
cines so furnished to the drug COM
pany of which Boston's big business
millionaire, Louis K. Liggett, is head
and will be reimbursed by Mr.. Liggett'S
company by return mail. Chairman
Payne of the Red Cross has given Of
fetal publicity to this generous prefer
i To- hot iYlcY irn
other great concerns to do likewise.
Meantime, the Red Cross is slowly but
surely attaining its $10,000,000 goal in
its drive for drought-relief funds and
reports its relief activities now proceed
ing under full steam.
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For the second time in half CEN
fury the pros and cons of birth con-
troll have been just now aired before
/ congressional committee. An airing
was all that came of 1t, for the bill
| offered by proponents of birth control
and sponsored by that elder statesman,
of Massachusetts, is destined to die
aborning at noon on March 4. Sena-
tor Gillett, too. passes from the po-
litical scene on that date after half
a century in, public life. 1t was
strange coincidence that the three who
comprised the Senate Judiciary sub
committee to preside over the hear
ings were all childless, Senators Gillett,
Borah and Bratton. The bill aimed
to lift the ban on the dissemination
of birth-control information by ply
sicians and other authorized social
agencies. 1t provoked a short and
heated battle Of experts.
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Life sized busts of George Washing
/ ton of composition material Stimulating
! marble Uttered the corridors of the
Senate ONCE Building one early morn
ing last week, o statue in front of
each Senator's once door. The hlGtS