Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-10

In a sort of way, President Hoover's
speech at Indianapolis next Monday
night will be the opening of his cam
paign for reelection. 1t will be de-
hvered to a sympathetic audience-the
Indiana Republican Editorial Associa-
tion-and before mammoth crowd Of
5000 chicken-dinner eaters assembled
on the State Fair Grounds. Many OF
the administrations friencs are hopeful
that Hoover will strike a real keynote on
outstanding tssues-cepression, tariff,
prohibition, foreign affairs and some of
the other sore-thumb questions the
G.. o. p. will face year hence. The
President, when he talks on HooSier
soil, will be holding forth in State
always doubtful in a presidential cleo
ton. but more so than ever just now.
Republican majorities all over Indiana
were smashed to pieces last November.
The delegation in the next House of
Representatives will be Overwhelmingly
Democratic. Senator Jim" Watson,
who Is up for reelection in '32, I'M
doubtedly confronts the political battle
of his life. If Mr.. Hoover can pump some
hope and optimism into Indiana repub-
licanism on June is, it will be a con-
summation that is devoutly wished for
on the banks Of the Wabash and all
points north and south.
\ -
Washington's Summertime literary
sensation is likely to be a book called
Washington, The Merry Go-Round,"
scheduled for publication on June 80.
Advance copies received in the Capital
supply prima facie evidence that celeb
rites of all hues and both sexes are
handled without gloves and with daring
detail. In q series of chapter-mono-
ir1d
ecutive and legislative life, their weak
nesses and Enthusiastically bolstered
by alleged correspondence which fell
into the anonymous authors hands
are exposed In hammer andtongs fash
ion. Many notables at whom barbs are
aimed are described only under nick
names-"Egg Charley" Wrong Horse
Harry" Big Bill" 1.-THE Countess"
Alice" ct al. Even the House and Sen
ate, as bodies, are the targets OF ruthless
shafts. Speculation will run riot as to
the compiler of the volume, but those
who have glal,ce~s through its piquant
pages say 1t would justify him Cor herr
in using the subtitle "One Who Knows"
X
Congress is scattered to the four
winds, but Americas only railroad over
which you can still ride on pass
the subway express between the Capt.
toll and the Senate Office Building
continues to jog along. One day this
week stately solon rode back to his
Office from the Capitol with constitu-
ent. The latter, who evidently comes
from q pay-as-you-leave town, slipped
dime into the palm of the shuttle OPP
orator. That doesn't happen very often,
and the congressional trainman was in
a uuandary what to do with back
sheesh. The Senator gave him know
ing wink, and the insult was swallowed.
X r
Another Northampton, Mass, man
has come into the administration at
Washington. He's Frederick M. Feiker,
lust appointed chief of the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce at
the Department Of Commerce. Secre-
tary Lamont drafted him from far
more lucrative post-that OF vice presl-
dent of the McGraw-Hil Co., publish
ers Of Is industrial and technical jour-
mails. For more than 10 years Mr.
Feiker has been in intimate contact
with the department. through his
activities as executive head of the
Association Of Trade Journal Editors.
once upon a time he was a special
assistant to Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover. Probably Feiker's chief quail
fication for his new post is the service
he rendered in connection with the
1880 census of distribution-first OF its
kind ever made by Uncle Sam. He
was chairman Of the Advisory COM
mittee on that particular counting OF
commodity noses. Mr.. Feiker's APP
pointnent may be considered as de-
noting that more emphasis in the I'M
mediate future is to be laid on do
nestle commerce development. In re-
cent years foreign trade has been loud
pedaled at the Commerce Department.