Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

Hail the Beer Bloc" the gallant I'll,
who purpose taking their stand in the
House Of Representatives as soon as
Congress assemblies and fighting it out
on the foamy line till as per cent stuff
Is guaranteed them by enough of their
fellow members to make 1t legal. No
formal organization of the House vets
has yet been announced, but it is cir
substantially reported to be an accom-
plished fact The Beer Bloc's" strate-
gy, which seems to be in the hands OF
board formed by the Anti-Saloon League
and its dry cohorts, will serve notice
on other interests that 1t is ready to do
business with them. Evidently the busi-
ness will be of the log-rolling variety
not unknown on Capitol Hill. The
Beer Bloc's" slogan. In effect, Is: you
scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
1t is not suggested that the 27s -ers will
hold up the legislative program until
their thirst Is quenched They do seem
determined to utilize their strength to
the limit and trade on it without stint.
Speaker-to-be Jack" Garner Is to be
invited to a war council with Beer
Bloc" leaders. They may have some very
definite suggestions about the organiza-
ton of the House.
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President and Mrs. Hoover are taking
more than ordinary interest in the stir
ring events now transpiring in Tientsin.
1t was 81 years ago, when the Boxer
Rebellion was raging in China, that the
young American mining engineer and
his wife were living at the port which
is once again the scene of disorder and
bloodShed. The Hoovers found them
selves in the very thick of things. The
present President of the United States
was put in charge of defensive opera
tions in the American quarter. with
special duties in the direction of pro-
viding safety, rations and shelter for
the little colony of American men,
women and children resident in the
city Before allied forces had the situa-
ton at Tientsin in hand, the house An
which Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover lived, To-
gether with party OF fellow Yankees
to whom they had offered refuge, came
under a raking fire from the Chinese
guns which were trained on the foreign
devils" There is an unforgettable story
about Mrs. Hoover's refusal to interrupt
a game of solitaire just because a shell
had crashed through her roof and all
but wrecked the establishment!
Eugene Meyer, jr., governor OF the
Federal Reserve Board, who is soon to
receive his "Y" from the Montclair,
N. j., Yale Bowl Club for making good
in life" has Just heard of the similar
honor the club is going to pay MS
favorite teacher at New Haven-Pro1.
William Lyon Phelps. When Meyer was
an UNDERGRADUATE at Yale in the middle
nineties, the one member OF the faculty
with whom he struck up fr1endsnlp
was the then young instructor IN ENG
lish literature, Bill" Phelps. NOW the
Montclair sons of Eli are going to nave
Meyer and Phelps with them 1or tne
purpose of bestowing a'"Y" on the
Blues famous English scholar and
Uncle SANS brainy financier sinful
taneously.
Rivalry between the two great broad
casting systems grows in intensity from
day to day. washington Is the scene
Of unending warfare for radio victories
Of one sort or another. Between the
two men who conduct the battle q
comradeship Of the Damon ana Pytnias
brand prevails. Recently Frank M:
Russell, vice president OF the National
Broadcasting Co. at washington,
rushed his small daughter to Chndrens
blood TRANSMISSION. The fatner, OF
course, offered his own rudy gore.
The hospital surgeons said blood might
have to be taken from an additional
person, whereupon Harry G. Butcher.
the Columbia Broadcasting Systems
Washington director. volunteered to
furnish a supply from his veins AS
things turned cut. the TRANSMISSION from
the little girls daddy suficed, and she
is now well on the road to recovery.
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"Bnl" Hall, who acts in an advisory
capacity at Washington for the Ameri-
can Railway Executives Association.
was in New York the other day when
his people were holding q luncheon con-
ference with representatives OF the Ma
tional Trade Council. Hall hadn't ex-
pected 10 be at the party, but was SUD"
denly summoned from his hotel room