Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-06-19
Expert AIibioIogist.

As Presidents incumbency in the White
House approaches an end there always
recurs the discussion Of the academic ques-
tion Of what shall we do with our ex-Presi-
dents? II should be recognized that after
the austere isolation and dignity Of the
highest Office possible to an American
citizen, question Of taste is involved il
his selection Of an occupation. Freq0e7tly
the colleges provide the requisite refaee
with adequate prestige In the case Of
men with legal training the issue 10 net
by establishing an ex-PreSS6eat IS the
head Of the univerSity's law hrs1ch O. as
a leCtCrer on the statutes This took care
Of President Cleveland. for example and
provided for President Taft until be vas
elevated TO the Chief Justiceship Of the
Supreme Court In the case Of nOn-IesaI
Executive there is greater difficulty. Nsta-
rally at this time the questi n Is raised in
regard to the incumbent Of the White
House. Certain recent events in the do
main OF politics suggest that it might be
logical for Stamford University. President
Hoover's alma mater. TO establish chair
Of Anthology" in view Of possible contin-
eencies.
Mr.. Hoover in his campaigns represented
to the country that all that was necessary
to continue an industrial millennium was
again to elect Republican administration.
Of which he would be the head. In this
way he explained. that eight years more
Of Republican rule would provide every
man with job and render poverty extinct
The industrial crash and unexampled I'M
employment that came in the first year Of
his term, and which has apparently grown
worse ever since. required an explanation.
It promptly was forthcoming. The panic
was due to world causes. Il would have
been much worse il he had not been at the
helm.
The enactment of the Hoover Grundy
tariff was followed by the cutting in half
Of our foreign trade and the obvious charge
resulted that the enactment Of embargo
duties had brought about retaliatory tariffs
in other countries which slaughtered our
export business and thereby compelled
further curtailment of our harrassed taxes
and added to the army of the unemployed.
Here again an abb was required by the
Administration. Its publicity department
swiftly arose TO the occasion and calculated
that the Canadian tariff hoists simply rep
resented an appreciation of our neighbor
on the north Of the advantages of the
American tariff system and that further
more the high rates OF the Smoot-Hawley
bill we're responsible for the high wages Of
American workmen Through that great
economist. Congressman will Wood, Of In
diana. it was suggested that perhaps those
rates were not high enough. The original
abb employed by the President as his
excuse and apology for signing the measure
was that be and the Tariff Commission
would straighIen out the iniquities and
inequalities OF the measure. That how
ever. we have tot heard very much of re-
Gently. a Circumstance due perhaps to public
attention being called to the fact that in
the year that has elapse1 the Tariff Com
mission and the President have made no
apprecisble dent in the extortions Of the
tariff levies.
The President in speeches and White
House expressions has voiced the view
that government was practically powerless
TO provide remedies for the existing state
Of economic distress or to prevent the ad-
vent of such calamites. This, evidently,
did not occur to him when he was announc-
ing that a perpetuation Of the Republican
rule meant perpetuation Of prosperity
when he launched his $500. 900. 900 expert
ment on farm relief. or when his leader in
the Senate. Senator Jim Watson. of Indiana.
solemnly told his colleagues that IL they
passed the Smoot- Hswley bill the country
would see a marked upward turn In BUSH
ness within thirty days and within a year
would be as prosperous as il ever had bee n
The excuses for the billion dollar treasury
deficit is another episode in point.
These few incidents suggest the aptness
Of a new department 10 the scholastic cur
riculums and Of course the man to fill the
chair ought TO be the worlds greatest
alibioloeist.