Evening star., 1933-08-09

In case you're interested in finding
ont just exactly when it will be legal
to begin manufacturing intoxicating
liquors again. be it known that they
may be distilled and sold the very mo-
ment the thirty-Sixth State has rati-
fed the twenty-flrst 'repeaD amend
ment 1t looks now as if the date in
question. destined to have red-letter
Immortality might be November 8,
first anniversary of Roosevelt's election,
provided that South Carolina. which
will vote on November 7. joins the big
wet parade after 35 other States have
also approved repeal. Prospective
manufacturers and sellers of intoXi
cantS. of course, must meantime have
complied with any State laws respect
ing production and sale of liquor. and
with internal revenue laws applying to
establishment of manufacturing plants
giving of bonds payment of taxes, etc.
For practical purposes. ratification OF
repeal dates from issuance of the Sec
retary of States proclamation that SO
States have ratified, but the Supreme
Court has held that the amendment
goes into effect not on the date OF such
proclamation. but on the date the
amendment is ratified by the last re-
quired State.
Secretary Hull has returned to the
State Department apparently none the
worse for the wear and tear of the
| London Economic Conference. AS soon
as he has gathered up loose depart
mental threads and brought himself
| up to date on international matters
that piled up during his absence Judge
| Hull intends taking a much-needeo
| little vacation away from Washington.
| He probably will not leave until the
Cuban situation is clarified. When
| he's back at his desk later in August,
Geneva disarmament affairs, war debts,
trade relations with Latin America
preparations for the Pan American Con-
| ference at Montevideo next Winter, Rus
sian recognition, and eventually whats S
| left of the London Conference will,
more or less in the order named. re-
| ceive the Secretary of States consld-
Grafton. One thing is certaln-he
resumes his job full panoplied in the
confidence of President Roosevelt and
completely master of his own destiny
as far as retention of the chief cabinet
portfolio is concerned.
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Gen. Johnson has been so busy all
his life doing things and getting things
done that he hasn't wasted much time
| on Americas favorite indoor sport,
politics. Six years ago, however. John-
son was active as an original Persh-
| ing-for-President" man. 1t was about
| the time Mr.. Coolidge was choosing not
| to run in 1923, and Johnson became
an ardent boomer of the commander IN
chief of the A. E. F. for the White
House succession. He had much to DO
with Gen. Pershing during early war
| Il hnllnd1aCS A.
tion for John US administrative capac-
| ity. There's an amusing story about
run-in johnson once had with VIII
Rogers on the Pershing proposition.
Rogers failed to convince the N. r.. A.
boss that Pershing already was SO big
a man that even the presidency couldn't
add to his stature.
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Mrs. Roosevelt is fond of giving as
wedding presents products of her art
handcraft shop near Hyde Park. Upon
the recent bride of Assistant Secretary
of War Woodring (the former Helen
Coolidge) the First Lady bestowed a
fireside table made at the little VAL
Kill factory The table had the place
of honor alongside presents from Sena-
tor Marcus Coolidge, the brides father,
who. among other things. presented her
with an original painting by Paul
Revere.
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It seems a bit early in the game, es-
pecially for Republicans. to be talk
ing about 1886 candidates, but boom
has just been launched for Gov. John
G. Winant of New Hampshire for the
G o. P vice presidential nomination.
in case he isn't meantime nominated
for the Senate. Winant was reelected
Republican Governor sof New Hamp-
shire last year in the Democratic land
slide that swept Senator Moses down
| to defeat. The Governors 1885 boosters
| dub him national figure because they
say he was the leader in New Hamp-
shire of the movement for multiplying
jobs through shorter working week,
and claim that N. R. A. is copying
Winant's ideas"
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Mr.. 4. snapshots: When Gen. John
aof1 fS3e1raphed Clarence H. MackAV