Evening star., 1932-03-16

chusetts, of which his friend and erst-
while Coolidge biographer, Robert M
Washburn, is president, has just been
obliged to decline another invitation
from the club Writing to President
Washburn. Senator Borah says: Il am
informed that the La Toilette brothers
the Senator and the Governor, are to
appear before you in Symphony Hall on
April 8 next. These are two of the most
remarkable young men now in public
life. Knowing them as do and know
Ing you as do. I am sure the house will
be jammed. Those VINO remain away
will be the heavy loser" Bob" Wash
burn processes to be a Republican. but
strongly insurgent, and incidentally Is a
great Snowman.
Newspapers are specifically excepted
from the manufacturers sales levy in
the new tax bill. Many a member OF
Congress has slyly winked at his news
paper reporter friends and said in
effect, "You see how well We have taken
care of the press. We are levying nc
new taxes on the newspapers" Para
doxical as it seems, the fact is that the
newspapers will bear a heavier tax by
reason of their exemption than other
wise. Had newspapers not been ex-
empted their tax would have been
assessed against the selling price OF
their finished, product, namely, their
revenues from the newspaper sales, and
the news print paper would have been
tax exempt, as a constituent part Of a
finished manufactured taxable article.
But since in the case of newspapers the
finished product is tax exempt, the
news print paper, itself manufactured
product, Is taxable, the paper manu-
facturers will pass this tax along to
the newspaper publishers, and the total
cost OF the paper, against which the
214 per cent levy will be assessed is act
ually larger than the total selling price,
for the cost of the news print in the or
dinary metropolitan newspaper is
greater than the two or three or five
cents at which the newspaper sells.
X X
Louis K. Liggett, drug store magnate.
has just announced his Forthcoming
retirement as Republican national COM
mitteeman from Massachusetts,. He
came on to the National Committee
during the Coolidge administration. He
has never held public ONCE. Mr.. Lig-
gett's political position during the past
four years has been no bed of roses.
Republican rivalries in the Bay State
are deep seated-and were further COM
pIlcated by the rise in influence Of Mr..
Hoovers own proteges there, who were
wholly outside the regular organization.
Mr.. Llggett, too, is pronounced wet.
Jonn Richardson, young Boston lawyer,
Is reputed to be the Presidents choice
to succeed Mr.. Liggett as national COM
mitteeman. II the Massachusetts Re-
publican State Committee consults its
own preferences, however. the mantle
may fall upon George F. Booth. wealthy
newspaper publisher of Worcester. Mr..
Booth has been picked to head the Bay
State delegation at the Chicago conyen-
ton. Mr.. Liggett will not be delegate.
Others of the big four" delegates at
large at the convention are ex-senator
William M. Butler, former Gov. Alvin
T. Fuller, a warm Hoover admirer and
Mrs. Mary p Potter, from the western
end Of the State. Mr.. Richardson and
christian A. Herter, another Hoover
protege, will 60 as district delegates.
X Il r
The Summer White House on the
Rapidan is going to bloom like the
Garden of Eden this Summer If Mrs.
Hoover'S dreams are realized. Pinks,
retunias, phlox, vervenae and numerous
other flowers are due to be transplanted
soon from the White House conserva-
tories, where they have been carefully
nutured ell Winter in anticipation of
this transformation OF the wild uplands
Of the Rapidan into a fiowery bower.
Hundreds Of little flower pots in the
Conservatives, each DESIGNATED by
wooden markers, are silent testimonials
of the plan. Mr.. Hoover loves the trout
stream. but Mrs. Hoover loves her
Garden