Evening star., 1931-06-19

Senator Joe Robinson sends this OBJ
server word from Arkansas that agri-
cultural prospects in that region, SO
sorely stricken by drought last year
are now "above normal" The morale
of the people is good. Farming activi-
ties are well advanced. Weather condi-
tions have been favorable, and, finally
as result of the lessons learned from
1880 experiences, food and feed crops
have been planted more widely than
ever before. "Just what the result OF
the years operation in the Southwest
will be-" says the Democratic minority
leader, cannot be determined at this
time, but the cost of production will be
less than for several years past. Unfor-
tunately, it can hardly be expected that
| the reduction In cost of production will
quite Offset the anticipated prices. Un-
certainty in the outlook is due mainly
to ignorance as to the prices which the
! money crops like cotton, will bring.
Under the provisions for emergency
loans to farmers by the Federal Gov
ernment. more than 100000 has been
sent into Arkansas.
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Senator Brookhart, Republican Pro-
gresSive, of Iowa has gone radio. He is
now Quietly making the rounds OF his
State and arranging for the people to
listen-in on his appeals for reelection
in 1892. Not many Iowa newspapers
| look with favor upon Brookhart and his
politics. A powerful station at Water
| loo-the name of which city evidently
is not looked upon as ominous by the
SenatorAwill be the focal point of his
air activities. Through 1t Brookhart
will be able to broadcast his bellowings
not only up and down Iowa, but
throughout the corn belt. With agri-
culture in distress and the States busi-
ness generally in depression, as else
| where, the rifleman statesman expects
to repeat his trick of carrying the over
whelming majority of Hawkeye counties
next year. The alleged failure OF the
farmer will probably be the burden OF
Brookhart's static over the wave lengths
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No official confirmation is likely to
| be forthcoming, but the circumstance
that Senor Malbran, Ambassador OF
Argentina, has been assigned to Lon
don within seven months of his re-
appointment to Washington suggests
| that there's more than meets the eye
| in the sudden transfer. It will be re-
membered that it was only two or three
weeks ago when Malbran unburdeneo
| himself about the Hawley-Smoot
tariff in trade convention address at
New York. His remarks did not set
well on the chests of certain protection
high priests. The genial, burly diplo-
mat from Buenos Aires got himself into
| hot water with his own government
early in 1928. He resented the failure
of President Irigoyen to invite PreSi-
| dent-elect Hoover to visit Argentina
during the impending goodwill tour OF
Latin America. The. result was NAL
bran's precipitate retirement from the
washington embassy after career
here almost as brief as the one now
about to be terminated.
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] Secretary of State Stimson, who'll be
! on the high seas bound for Europe
within 10 days or thereabouts, has sent
! word to our embassies in London, Paris,
| Rome and Berlin that he wants to
perambulate cover there" - incognito
as possible. He especially hes requested
| that there be no official series Of func-
| tions in his honor. The French authori-
| ties have already sent word that they
| will respect the colonel's wishes. The
Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson
plan to do q good deal Of motoring and
otherwise to enjoy themselves, though
they are conscious that complete privacy
! is out of the question. The program OF
| Uncle Sans foreign minister calls for
winding up his European trip with some
grouse shooting in Scotland in August.
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| One of the myriad of rumors filing
the air in connection with the future
of the washington Post Is that the
scramble for its possession win end in
Democratic ownership, with Charles
Nicholson as editor in chief. Ever
since the brilliant Democratic ballyhoo
chief began assailing the q. 0. p.
heights, he has been In demand for
a variety Of jobs connected with the
printed word, Including both editorial
and publicity work. If Barney Baruch
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