Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-27

Citizens OF Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois who will be seeing
President Hoover during the next few
weeks will probably be agreeabIy sur
prised to observe the atmosphere of Sc
ren1ty In which he now has his being.
Despite the endlessness of business de-
preston, the Presidents bearing these
days registers yisibly less anxiety than
scanned his countenance a year ago.
Ever since Mr.. Hoover's return from
Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands last
Winter, and especially since he resumed
MS week ends on the Rapidan, the Chief
engineer has looked better and felt
DETER than he has in long time. The
presidential smile Is more convincing,
In private conversation Mr.. Hoover
characteristic chuckles Of good humor
are again in evidence. If things are
resting heavily on the Presidents chest.
ne has at least acquired the art of
suppressing his emotions. All this is
not to suggest that Hoover thinks
either the economic skies or his own
political fortunes are cloudless. It
merely means that the President APP
pears to have determined not to over
draw his account In the bank where
statesmen deposit their worries.
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1t begins to look as II the United
States Supreme Court now has its Big
Four Of dissenters. In the. past Holmes
and Brandeis dissenting" has been the
formula. The way things have been
going the formula henceforward will
read Holmes, Brandeis, Stone and
hughes dissenting" Recently the dis
senters on questions involving liberal"
interpretations of the law have COM
priced q quintet Of assenters, includ-
ing Mr.. Justice Roberts. AS an emf
nent commentator puts 1t, 1.-THE old
minority has become the new majority"
Late decisions like the one declaring
California; red flag law unconstitutional,
the one approving the Indiana State
tax on chain stores and the one refus-
ing to hold the radio trust" innocent
Of anti-monopoly violations all breathe
the spirit of liberalism. The Holmes
Brandeis Stone Hughes combination
/ missed by only one vote the enforce
ment of its view on the rights Of citi-
zenship of person opposed to arms
bearing. Speaking OF arms, Justice
Roberts Is on the Supreme Court bench
at present with his big left arm in a
sling. the aftermath of spill from his
saddle.
One day this week a daughter Of
Uncle Sam, who adorns the pay Toll of
a certain Government office associated
with farm relief, turned up for work in
pair of modish lounging pajamas.
Authorities who know about these
things assert that the effect at the
lower extremities of the garment is
that of an ordinary long-skirted dress.
But 1t did not deceive an eagle-eyed
bureau chief. What next ensued has
not been revealed, but the pajama girl
was missing from her desk the rest of
the forenoon, and the story goes that
she was sent home and told to get into
some day clothes.
One Of the United States Nays
most experienced medical officers, Capt.
Montgomery E. Higgins, has just been
assigned as fleet surgeon of the Asiatic
fleet. He will sail for the Far East
from the Pacific Coast in July, to join
the fleets flagship, u. S. S. Houston.
Capt. Higgins, who has been in the
Navy for nearly quarter of century,
has had numerous important tours of
duty overseas and is looked upon as one
branch, both as q scientist and q
scholar. In 1890 he was selected to
serve as medical offlcer to the Ameri-
can delegation at the London Naval
Conference. At present Capt. Higgins
Is attached to the Naval Dispensary in
Washington.
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Harry +. Guggenheim American AM
bassador TO troubled Cuba, was re-
Gently guest OF honor at luncheon in
Havana. given by the local post of the
American Legion for National Com
mander O'Neiil of Kansas. The lunch
con took place on the roof of the hotel
Sevilla- Biitmore. Through the cooper
alton Of Capt. Beam, American flying
instructor to the Cuban army, the
Legion post borrowed an airpiAne, took
Il apart and hoisted It to the roof In