Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-06

While members of Congress were
bordering President Hoover'S surprise
message on the gravity of the economic
situation more than one man could
be heard saying: IF President with
the fair for dramatics that Theodore
Roosevelt had was the author of that
paper, Congress and the country would
be up on their hind legs shouting for
it." What the commentator in question
meant was that Mr.. Hoover lacks
lamentably the power to thrill. Here
is a constructive program as practical,
as comprehensive and as helpful as
craftsmanship could well conceive
under present circumstances, yet for
some unaccountable reason it doesn't
set men to throwing up their hats or
in any sense arouse their emotional
enthuSiaSmS. ShowmanShip has never
been a part of Herbert HooverS idea of
craftsmanship. He has no sense of
the dramatic. He considers that any
energy devoted to a given proposition
outside of presenting its intrinsic
merits in matter form is just
so much energy wasted. Some of the
political old hands Of the. &C. o. P.
| ought to make the President under
stand that the American people like
a touch Of slap-dash and red fire with
| their politics, but they'd have their
work cut out to make man OF his
| modest, StudiouS temperament resort
to it. He simply isn't built that way
Republican leaders in Washington
admit it's going to be difficult to laugh
off the result of yesterdays New Hamp-
shire special House election. It's an
open secret that they counted eagerly
on holding the Manchester seat and
! were ready to acclaim its retention as
! an indication that the tide is turning.
| that 1882 hencefOrWard need not be
viewed through hopeless Spectacles.
Now that the fourth normally dry Re-
| publican district in succession has been
| captured by wet Democrat since Oc-
! tober, even the hardest boiled G. o. P.
partisan is forced to concede that
| things don't look SO good. The gloom
! perVading the administration camp is
| equaled only by the depression preva-
lent in Anti-Saloon League quarters.
Gov. Bartlett, defeated Republican can
didate in the New Hampshire contest, is
! lucky lame duck. He still has a
Government job-his membership on
the International Joint Commission
the body that keeps the peace between
Canada and the United States.
| "
I Coincident with DR.. Mary Emma
| Woolley's presence at the Geneva Dis
| armament Conference as a full-blown
American delegate the women of the
world Will stage a monster peace demon
stration Women of the United States
will be prominent in it. The Women &
International League for Peace and
Freedom, whose United States section
staged last Falls tranScontinental
peace caravan" to Washington. will be
| represented by the chairman of the
American national board, Mrs. Harriet
| Clothier Hull of SWarthmore, Pa; Miss
Amy Woods OF Boston. Mass, vice chair
man; Miss Katherine Blake of New
! York City and Mrs. Meta Berger, widow
of the late Representative Victor L,
Berger OF Milwaukee. Mrs Carrie
Chapman Cats group, the Conference
on the Cause and Cure of War, and the
International Young Womens Christian
Association will also be at Geneva to
raise Womankind'S voice on behalf of
disarmament. Mrs Laura Puffer Nor
gan of Washington will be present on
behalf of the National Council for Pre-
vention of War Miss Alice Paul, chair
man of the National Women's PARTY
Committee on International Action, who
| recently made a successful fight before
the League OF Nations for equal rights
for women, expects to be in Geneva
during the conference period.
|
Senator Tasker L. Oddie, Republican,
OF Nevada, who is leaving the Naval
Hospital at Washington this week after
recovering from his recent horseback
accident in Rock Greek Park was
cheered on during his convalescence bv
story that reached him from the SAGE.
brush back home. An old cow-puncher
bow-legged from life in the saddle
mishap with the gang in country store
Il should think man with a good iot
like that" calculated the plainsman
"and wages low like they are now wolIlG
hire all his riding done for him,"