Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-13

impede Herbert Hoover's path to re-
nomination. Dawes will be in Chicago
when the Republican convention is
holding forth in June. His friends are
confident he'll be on hand, whooping
it up for Hoover all along the line.
Current sartorial notes in the Senate:
Jim Ham Lewis has restored the white
vest cult, which disappeared with Tom
Hef1in last March. Wesley Jones of
Washington State is sporting blue shirts
with collars to match-a subtle tribute,
the vets say, to the color of laws he
sponsors. Mrs. Caraway, who continues
to belle her sex's reputation for talk
hasn't made a single speech. She Is
listening and attending faithfully. Mod
estly clad in black silk, topped off these
chilly days with lace scarf, the widow
from Arkansas apparently considers
neck covering useful precaution
against the drafts which sweep into the
Senate chamber from the adjacent
Democratic lobby and cloak room. SEN
ator Caraways seat is the latest addi-
ton of the Cherokee strip" allocated
to new members.
Secretary Stimson will be the guest
OF honor of the State Department Cor
respondents Association at dinner on
Saturday evening, January Is. Many
foreign Ambassadors and Ministers as
well as other State Department officials.
will be present. The affair Is a tribute
to the scribeS' appreciation of Col.
StimSon's efforts to keep them and,
through their writings, the country &C
quainted with the low down. on Amer
1ca'S fnrpipn Qffpirc
the present Secretary took office has he
had to keep his eye peeled in so many
directions. Preparations and war debts
in Europe, disarmament at Geneva.
japanese Vaccinations in Manchuria,
incesSant curiosity on Capitol Hill about
our external relations-these are some.
though not all Of the things that keep
the squire Of Woodley anxious and &C.
cupied these distressful days at home
and abroad.
The Capitals newest guessing contest
concerns the personnel of the board of
seven men who will direct and control
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton. Actual loan operations are not ex-
pected to begin much before February
l.. Insiders are specializing on the ap-
pointment OF owen .. Young, Bernard
NJ. Dol Cil SildS n. SCTaWn, Harry M
Robinson, Melvin A. Traylor Rudolf S.
Hecht (of New Orleans) and Edward
N. Hurley-a pretty virile combination,
Gov. Eugene Meyer of the Federal Re-
serve Board will. in any event. It's
thought, be dominating factor in the
corporation. Nominations will require
senatorial confirmation, and fireworks
In that direction are probable whoever
is named.
| y u X
Apart from the territorial authorities
In the Interior Department and Navy
officials, no one in Washington Is more
interested in the Hawaiian crisis than
Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con-
necticut or Undersecretary of State
! Castle. Both of them were born in
Honolulu. 1t was Bingham who this
week introduced the Senate resolu-
ton for investigation of conditions in
the islands by the Department Of JUS
! tice. The Senator's father was mis-
sionary in Hawaii go years ago Bill
Castles father, who Is still alive, is
one OF the territory's American pio-
neers. having himself been born at
HONOLULU In ls49. Since Queen Liliuo-
kslani's departure the Castles have
! been known as Hawaii's ruling family.
| They are pre-eminent in the islands
commercial and agricultural affairs
and rendered yeoman service In their
development,
/ tCopyright. 1922