Evening star., 1932-10-28

party. All during the past, and par
ticularly during the Coolidge admins
tration, We heard nothing but fresh re-
ports from Washington about great
economy. On, hete We have man
that rises early In the morning and all
the time until he lays his head on the
pillow at night he is worrying about
this Scent piece that might be taken
away from the American Republican
And We are going to save lot Of money
by preventing them from printing the
blue stripes on the mail bag. II the
mail bag ii all white 1t doesn't cost 70
much. And We are going to hunt
through the waste-paper, basket every
night to see that no clerk throws away
lead pencil until it has been used all
the way down to the rubber, and on
starry nights when the moon is bright
we are going to be able to turn of the
electric lights in the military r. Serva-
ton.
Refers to Gel. Sellers. 80
I heard the old director Of the budget
one night describing all the things they
are doing with respect to the budget,
and he reminded me of Col Sellers.
Do you remember Col Sellers? He was
selling an eye oinblnent. Nine million
people in Africa with sore eyes! Eight
cen million bottles there. But during
all this time, with all the information
at hand. with q highly organized De-
partment Of Commerce that was sup
posed to keep its hand upon the bulk
Of the business and commerce Of the
world, not one Of them foresaw the
crash, not one They sat there in per-
feet simplicity and perfectly cool hoping
that Divine Providence in its infinite
u-i ~
get credit for it.
They encouraged speculation. About
that there can be no doubt They abso-
lutely failed to understand our foreign
difficulties because il they did under
stand them they did nothing about
them. They allowed it to ride. They
were entirely wrong in every plan they
had for foreign debt settlement. Every
guess they made Of revenue was out of
link. 1t was impossible and was never
accomplished
Discusses Hurley.
Now am going to pass over the next
one quickly and that Is Secretary Of
War Hurley. / don't know how much
he had to do with advising the Presi-
dent with respect to his treatment Of
the bonus expeditionary forces, but
know that that treatment was wrong.
The President of the United States is
the commander n-chief of the Army
and Navy. These men that came to
Washington belonged to the United
States Army. 1t was his business to 60
and talk to them 1t was his business to
explain the situation of the finances OF
the country with respect to the claim
that they were making. That was not
too much for him to do. He should have
done it. Instead of that. they were en-
couraged to remain there in Washing
ton until the sanitary conditions sur
rounding their camp life were such that
they had to be driven from Washington
by the armed forces Of the United
States. And the genius. the Secretary
OF War, went out and tried to explain
why 1t should be done
Now. We have got another little fellow
to deal with, and would not miss him
for this hall would not overlook him.
That is my oldtime friend, William
Allen White, the editor Of the Emporia
Gazette out in Kansas He is a con-
stant we'll spring of JOY. he is thing of
beauty. He is the United States more
than generous contribution to the gaiety
OF nations. He Is great writer, and
in 1928 he said he saw very bright
future for creative art in the United
States. provided Hoover were elected
President. Then We should have an
Executive with large culture who would
not be stumped even if some one asked
him what he thought about an Italian
primitive. OF course he was digging at