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Republican national campaign next
year. Mr.. Hurley. 1t is urged, is pop
ular and aggressive However. the
friends of Postmaster General Walter
F. Brown of Ohio do not look with
favor, it is said, on the proposal to
place Mr.. Hurley in job which they
say could be we'll graced by Mr.. Brown.
A great difficulty about ousting any
of these prominent Republicans from
their present and prospective positions
lies in the fact that there are too
many men who would like to be con-
sidered for these positions. There is
plethora Of vice presidential candi-
dates, for example Secretary Hurley
has his supporters, Senator Watson Of
Indiana has his. and so has Majority
Leader of the House Tilson, and more
recently Gov. Roosevelt of Porto Rico
Certainly if there should arise any
real question about the denomination
of President Hoover, the woods would
be full of candidates. And the crop of
candidates for the post of chairman Of
the National Committee seems to be
constantly growing.
President Hoover, on his return to
Washington, may be able to lay the
ghosts of some of these rumors. 1t is
generally conceded that the President
can dictate who will be the chairman
Of the Republican National Committee
and who will be his running mate next
year. It still seems doubtful that the
President will undertake to sidetrack
either Mr.. Fess or Mr.. Curtis, unless one
or both OF these gentlemen should ex-
press a wish to step out Of their offices
in the national organization. Vice Presi-
dent Curtis. a regular of regulars, has
strong support in the West and many
friends in the East.
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Gov. ROOsevelt's Political Future
Hangs on Events in Tammany's Troubles

investigations of illegal use Of the mails
involving city judges. Then stool pig
cons told startling tales of corruption
and the Appellate Division of the Su-
preme Court decided to examine into
the administration of justice. Shock
ing testimony soon resulted. Judge
Samuel Seabury was put in charge of
the inquiry. This led to the filing with
the Governor of formal charges for the
removal OF District Attorney Grain, a
venerable elected Tammany official in
a key position, for failing to prosecute
policemen and others under suspicion.
* X
Mr.. Roosevelt was forced to act, but
did not finch. Quite naturally he
named Judge Seabury to hear the Grain
charges. Mr.. Seabury IS an old enemy
Of Tamnanys. The New York politi-
clans accepted that move by Roosevelt
as distinctly hostile. It might have
become the overt act forcing the split
had not another storm burst at that
moment. Seabury. hot on the trail,
was bringing out fresh scandals hourly
and the slow-going public was reused
to fury and action at last Charges
were filed with the Governor calling for
the removal of Mayor Walker, and the
Grain incident was obscured Temporal
.
Roossvelts position was eased in one
particular. only to become more involved
in another.
Mayor Walker has the charges made
against him and must answer as soon
as he returns from his California vaca-
ton. The Seabury investigation of
Grain and the courts is progressing to-
ward a climax. Tammany Is in a
turmoil of excitement and sullenly
awaits developments while angrily pre-
pairing to fight back.
The Republican State Legislature
generously has opened a way out for
Gov. Roosevelt by authorizing its own
sweeping investigation of the whole
city administration with Judge Seabury
as chief inquisitor. 1t would be pos
sible for the Governor to refer the
Walker charges to the Legislative Com
mittee and wash his hands of the whole
thing. Mr.. Roosevelt is being eau
toned not to weaken. He is fully aware
that his political future is linked with
this critical situation. What he does
with the Grain and Walker cases in
the next few weeks becomes, for the
moment, the outstanding issue for Mr..
Roosevelt, as for the National Democ-
racy and all other candidates for the
1892 nomination.
Copyright, 1917
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The Gossips.

The crop Of runors regarding a pos
stble realignment in the Republican
battle array for 1892 has developed fast
IN the absence frcm this country Of
President Hoover. The rumors include
substitutions for the President himself
on the national ticket Of 1882, for Vice
President Curtis and for Chairman
Simeon D. Fess of the Republican Ma
ticnal Committee. They sound quite
like dreams Of the disgruntled and the
ambitious Former President Coolidge's
name is thrown into the discussion as a
presidential possibility The suggestion
comes from a group in the Southern
Republican camp, headed by Col. Hor-
ace Mann, the so-called mystery man"
Of the 1923 presidential campaign. In
some quarters it is limited that the
former Republican national chairman,
Claudius H. Huston, also is willing to
back movement against the renomi-
nation Of his former chief, President
Hoover. Mr. Huston left the chair
mausnip Of the Republican organization
GAb[A g@AAAN Va 4AAo cAeN9fNAehNtS AA9NA HNANa
that he must go.
The rumor that another Roosevelt
IS TO have a place in the sun looks 70
the substitution Of Theodore Roosevelt,
IT., Governor Of Porto Rico. for Vice
President Curtis as running mate fol
Mr. Hoover. Obviously If Mr.. Coolidge
of Massachusetts is to have Mr.. Hoe
ver's place at the head Of the Republic
an ticket, it is unlikely that Roosevelt
from New York win be picked for the
second place. Those who put forward
the name Of Gov. Theodore Roosevelt
tor the vice presidency, however, say
that it would be good politics TO have
a son Of the old trust buster" on the
ticket. particularly If Gov. Franklin d
Roosevelt Of New York, cousin, is tc
be the Democratic nominee for Pres.
ident. Roosevelt, they contend, is still
a name to conjure with in the West
which was devoted to the late President
Roosevelt.
And at the same time the gossip'
insist that Senator Fess is to be easec
opt of the chairmsnship of the Re-
blican National Committee and that
Secretary Of War Patrick J. Hurley Of
Oklahoma Is to be the boss Of the
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benevolence and in the hope that the
Chipese may be gradually weaned away
from their rice diet to a preference for
wheat and other grains produced in the
Occident.
The boards belief that its action In
holding last years crop might aid in
price recovery was not borne out by
developments in other parts of the
world. European carry-overs were I'M
expectsdly large, current cereal crops
were particularly bountiful and used to
a certain extent 10 bolster up wheat in
storage and a number of foreign gov
ernments curtailed their imports. Then
there is the Russian drive on European
markets. In Argentina and Australia
production had been very much under
estimated. Finally, the steady decliuR
in the price of silver seriously affected
the buying power of the Orient.
The Farm Boards announcement came
on the eve of the opening of the World
Gram Congress in Rome. All the prin-
cipal wheat-growing countries of the
world, As in number, are represented
officially at the conference excepting
the United States, which sent delegates
representing private interests, includ-
ing the presidents of the National
Farmers Union and the American
Wheat Growers Association. The con-
ference aims to come to some sort of
agreement to reduce wheat production
throughout the world. at the same time
stimulating consumption, lowering the
costs of transportation and exchange
and making credit operations easier.
tCopTytsht, 1881
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Noise Aba tement.

If unanimous agreement would bring
1t about, there would be no dissenters
to the statement of Edward F. Brown,
director of the Noise Abatement Com
mission Of New York City, that in ten
years that city would be fairly COM
Portable" and harmless place to live
in as far as sounds are concerned" but
unfortunately it appears that Mr.. Brown
is somewhat optimistic in his prediction.
For in New York, like all other large
cities, noise is increasing instead of
diminishing, despite all efforts to pro-
vide for quiet.
OF course, as Mr.. Brown states, some
improvement has taken place through CO.
operation with automobile horn manu-
facturers and the silencing of outdoor
radio loud speakers. but it seems as If
when one noise is quelled another
springs up to take It's place. There is
no question but that persons afflicted
by nervousness have their condition ag-
gravated by the prevalence Of noise.
On the other hand, there are persons
who can work and sleep regardless of
the din going on outside of the office or
home.
The noiseless city would surely be
Utopia, but the increased use of ma
chinery in all forms of human en-
deavor will make it difficult if not i'm
possible, to attain 1t. Science may find
means to silence riveting machines, ap-
paratuS used to tear up and repave
streets, street cars, the exhaust from big
buses and airplanes, the noise from
automobile horns and the hundred and
one other machines which are now in
daily operation. Ten years. however, is
short time and the best cdvice to per-
sons who want quiet. and plenty Of it.,
is to move to the country and stay
there.
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TEXT: st. Matthew TrDii.24. 'He
took mater and mashed his hands
before the multitude.
Pilates act of washing his hands be-
fore the multitude was the evidence of
that this dramatic act would serve to
absolve him from a deed of infamy. 1t
is striking and appalling fact that no
name recorded upon the page of his
tory has had such universal obloquy as
that of this petty Roman governor. He
came to his place of power under the
Roman government at one OF the most
epochal periods IN all history Little
did he dream that the man in seam
less robe, who stood before him, was to
shake empires 20 their foundations and
turn the currents of the worlds thought
and action from their course No char
acter could have been more fifty chosen
to play the role of judge and executioner
than this cruel and despicable Roman
governor. Every wholesome influence
seemed to play about him to draw him
from his course. Even his wife sent
messengers to urge him to have Moth
ing to do with prisoner whose inno-
cence was evident and who had been
hailed before him by cunning and crafty
contasts with Jesus where his con-
science seemed to govern him. HE knew
that for envy they had delivered Him"
and after repeated examinations he de-
clared Him innocent and unworthy of
severe punishment. At length his politi-
cal sagacity, as he conceived it, re-
sponded to the cry Of the multitude, and,
hoping to gain favor by an act that
scared his conscience, he delivered Jesus
to be crucifled. This in itself was his
great offense, but the act that followed
was indicative of the base weakness of
the man. PLATE was an actor of the
lower order; he would seem to wash
away his guilt by the cleansing of his
hands, but he could not wash away the
stain that was forever to blacken his
soul
There are many characters that
played their part in this eventful Holy
Week, and Jerusalem contained a nest
of conspiracies. Those that brought the
great Master to judgment did so from
the basest Of motives, and the disciples
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Compulsory" Physical Education

The acceptance and success of The
proposal put forward by school authori-
ties to establish physical education OF
Health education" in the schools as q
major course, ranking in importance
with other required studies, naturally
depends upon clearer definition Of
the course than the authorities have
so far given. But as long as the sug-
gestion has been made that a fairly
high average" in physical attainment
graduation under the plan, the question
arises whether the schools can hope tc
take over as much responsibility for
graduating physically fit children as
they have taken in graduating the
mentally 1T. The added responsibility
would be heavy one indeed. Under
the present system, the schools are far
from ready to undertake it.
Physical defects noted among chill
dren in the schools and the high per-
centage Of such uncorrected defects
found by examination of high school
graduates emphasize the necessity for
more thorough physical examination OF
school children and better method of
bringing about the corrective treatment
than now prevails. The schools and
the health authorities, lacking sufl-
Gent funds, are probably doing as much
as they can. But what they are doing
is far from adequate. There are too
many children and too few trained ex-
aminers. The physical examinations
now given take on the aspects of some
Of the other mass production functions
Of the public schools, with many defects
escaping any notice. Nor does the dis
covery of defects necessarily mean that
they will be corrected.
Careful and periodic medical exam
nations throughout the child's school
life by competent medical men and
women are highly desirable and will
eventually be available. But after the
discovery Of such defects as might be
brought to light by these examinations,
are the schools, or is the community,
prepared to undertake the provision OF
adequate corrective treatment? Until
there are facilities for such treatment
there can never be any compulsion,
comparable to the compulsory standards
for mental attainments, exercised for
the correction Of physical defects.
Broader requirements for courses in
physical education" and more time
spent in the gymnasium or on the ath-
letic field are possible and contain the
advantage Of permitting a more uni
versal participation in sports and
healthy exercise. Athletics in the
schools are too closely confined to the
husky youngsters who make" the vari-
GUS teams. There should be more
emphasis on physical training and ex-
ercise for all the students, and it is
probable that the time could be Dor
rowed without serious loss from that
now devoted to less essential activities
IA the class room.
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the slowest and for those intending to
make a right-hand turn. while the in
side lane will be for left turner's. That is
the correct driving procedure for every
community, large or small.
OF course with the rotary turn, under
which Washingtonians have been driv-
ing for some years, these fundamental
rules of the road could not be prac-
ticed. If policeman was on duty at
a certain intersection, for instance, the
turn would be made from the outside,
but II no policeman was at the cross
ing at the particular time, the turn
would be made from the inside. Nat
urally, this very feature promoted zig
tagging and bad driving habits on
the part of WaShingtonians.
Under the new rules, however, the
left turn will be made in the same
manner at every intersection and there
will be no excuse for a motorist being
"out Of position" if he is about to turn
left, The same thing will apply to
those who intend to make a right turn
There will be no reason, except pos
sibly stupidity, for them to find them
selves in the middle of the street and
compelled to cut across two lines of
moving traffic. AS a matter of fact
when the changes take effect police
men will watch carefully for violations
of this nature, and If the motorist re-
fuses to educate himself, he will be
forced to take compulsory course.
1t is certainty that with large per-
centage of motorists driving in Coop
Grafton and with strict enforcement of
rules on the part of the police the Ma
tional Capital will become a safer city
in which to drive.
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What Holds Center
of the World Stage
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

Wheat held the center of the stage
last week, politically IS well a:
economically, internationally as vel
as nationally. When the Federal Farm
Board announced that 1t would nc
longer support grain prices by open
market purchases, the American farm
relief problem received another Wig
orcus twist, while in Rome, where the
World Grain Conference began Thurs
Gay, international concern was expressed
over the question of the wheat surplus
The price of wheat in Chicago de-
clined sharply, although not to the ex-
tent at first reported. The chairman OF
the Farm Board stated that he expected
the Middle West price to decline to the
world or Liverpool level, at that time
some Is cents a bushel below the Amer
| lean domestic price a hushel.
For many years Liverpool has set the
world price of wheat-not through a
concerted effort on the part of British
grain dealers, but as result of natural
largest importer of wheat and the
smallest producer. When it became evil
dent that the United States, the Brit
ish commonwealth and Latin America
were producing vast surpluseS of wheat
for export, the buying operations CEN
tered in England, and Liverpool nat
urally became the center. The United
States has never dominated the world
price of wheat, although for the past
few months the action of the Farm
Board has set the price in Chicago in
dependent of Liverpool. The fall In
price at Chicago was reflected at Liv-
erpool.
Members of the Farm Board are now
expressing the opinion, privately, that
however futile the effort to hold
up prices may have been, the pur-
chases had a real value in holding
wheat at a price which prevented the
failure of many banks in the Middle
and Northwest which held the paper
of wheat farmers. A number of Fed
eral financial agencies confirm this. II
is not known definitely how many banks
we're involved. The action of the board
gave these institutions q short period
of retrenchment which, it is now be-
! lieved, will help them to weather the
depression.
Certain members of Congress have
expressed opinions as to the probable
action of Congress in this matter when
it reassembles in December. Western
Senators still talk of the equalization
fee plan and the so-called debenture
Senator McNary of oregon, however, a
former advocate of these methods. said
that, in his opinion, the solution of the
farm problem is to be found in neither
of them, but rather in voluntary re-
striction of production and increased
consumption. In this connection, 1t is
interesting to note Senator Borah's
suggestion that the wheat now held by
the Grain Sterilization Corporation be
donated to China, both as gesture Of
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Approaching Charm.

Approaching Charm.
Miss April Day will soon be here
With smiling bright blue eyes.
She will be winning, it is clear,
The Springtime beauty prize.
The mists that float in wavy grace
once more are to be found,
Like tresses DER a lovely face,
With rainbow ribbons bound
Sometimes her mood is strange and
chill,
But, be it cold or gay,
Wen wait, with loyal greeting still,
Upon Miss April Day.
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Men who were famous in base bali
are passing from the mortal scene after
placing the national game on a footing
OF dignity such as has been attained by
no other sport in the world. Some of
the greatest names in American history
have been in some manner directly or
remotely associated with base ball.
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| though Germany has refused II is f,,llv
expected that Henderson's counsels viii
prevail. VIZ
In spite of these grave matters, it
must De said that the real preoccupa-
ton OF John Bull during the week has
been the Grand National Sweepstakes
at Aintree and the mammoth Irish
Sweepstakes connected with it.
CCopyright, 1931.)
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In spite Of financial complication!
and war rumors, the element of per.
sonal gossip never loses its interest fol
sensation seekers. 1t becomes the more
interesting as it becomes linked with
the tragic incidents which make CUR
play apparently a commonplace Incl.
dent Of domestic life.
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Back to Common Clay.

viii you enjoy getting back homer"
Somewhat" answered Senator Sor-
ghum; "the only regret is having to take
my chance with the neighbors for park
ing space, instead of enjoying the spe-
cial privilege which now represents one
of the highest compliments to states
manship in the Nations Capital"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

A man Of Arnold Benefits eminence
succumbs to typhoid fever. Like the
anthologist of political hate, the germ
pursues its natural course and has no
respect for genius.
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The Virgin Islands are now expected
to heed the words of the old-time melo-
dramatist and content themselves with
assurances that poverty is no disgrace.
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Valuable Achievement.

The Einstein theory. so deep in plan,
A noble work has done,
Since unto its inventor, worthy man,
It brought lot of fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Dat airplane." said Uncle Eben, lis
mo- wonderful dan an@Nbird. But fob
practical use in de homie, it can't COM
pete wifi fryin' size chicken"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Jud Tunkins says shorter working
week will be help. 1t will leave less
time for performance by the man who
does everything wrong.
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Training the FlivVer.
The Parking Regulations tell
Of changes near at hand.
Unto the curbstone parallel
We next may have to stand.
To make the fiiyver understand,
Wen toll from dawn till dark,
Until it will roll ever, and
For food sit up and bark.
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Shifting Points of the Compass.

Are you going with a Wild West
show next Summer"
NO" answered Cactus Joe, the big
desperate work is bein' done in the
metropolitan centers. I'm goin' to or
ganize Wild East show"
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AS a laugh salesman Mr.. Charles
Chaplin is rivaling even the good will
tour Of the Prince Ct Wales himself.
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Incidence" said Hi Ho the sage OF
Chinatown. lis dreamt of by the toiler
as a privilege. When attained it dulls
the senses and becomes a penalty"
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There have been several distinct
moves indicative of the drift in Demo-
cratic affairs in the Empire State. Fol-
lowing revelations of improper conduct
in the lower courts, there come Federal
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