Evening star., 1936-05-04

convention turns to compromise choice,
the Wolverine Senator, by general con-
sent. rates as the best dark horse bet in
a deadlocked situation. He enjoys the
friendly interest Of both Borah and
Hoover, and as former newspaper COL
league of Col. Knox. is believed also to
have claim on the ChicagoanS favor if
and when the time comes that Knox
himself is out of the running.
Believe it or not. speculation is already
rife in Washington as to the men who
would be in "Landon cabinet" In this
highly premature chicken-counting, the
name most commonly discussed is that
of Representative Clifford R. Hope, Re-
publican, of Kansas, ranking minority
member of the House Committee on
Agriculture, as Landon Secretary of
Agriculture. Should the fateS cast Sem
ator Borah in some such role at Cleve-
land as was enacted by William Jennings
Bryan at Baltimore in 1912. some observ-
erS think the Idahoan might wind up as
a Secretary of State in Landon admin
lStration. Should he fail of reelection to
another term in the Senate, his friends
feel sure Borah would be delighted to
continue his eminent career as head of
the State Department and in field in
which no contemporary American enjoys
wider repute throughout the world than
the former chairman of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee.
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Apropos House passage of the half
billion-dollar Navy bill, it's useful to re-
mind the country that the overwhelming
bulk of expenditure on naval construc-
ton goes into labor costs. Thus. the
record amount Uncle Sam is about to
spend on adequate preparedness at sea
is destined to be a powerful aid to re-
employment. The funds to be invested
in materials for new ships will also
play conspicuous role in the promo
tion of industrial recovery. The sum of
$l02, 100000 seems staggering outlay for
a couple OF battleships, but the expendi-
ture, measured in terms of economic
benefits, assumes different aspect.
Representative Alfred Florian Better
of New York, who is leading the House
Democratic group which seeks to ear
mark $700, 100000 of the projected $780,
100000 w. P. A. fund for p. w. A. pur-
poses, is completing his second term in
SOIlSICoo. Although lie HILLS ITOm q
suburban town in Erie County. Mr..
Beiter's district includes several of the
city wards of Buffalo. He knows about
Public Works projects from having
served a couple of terms as supervisor
of Amherst, N. Y. Better is World War
veteran and is proud of holding ship
masters commission. The crusade on
which he has embarked on Capitol Hill
draws the issue clearly between boom
doggling and public works of permanent
value.
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Mai. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, who has
lust retired as commanding officer of the
I'd Corps Area, at Governors Island,
plans to devote himself intensively dur
ing the next year or two to writing the
history of the intelligence section of the
American Expeditionary Force, of which
he was the active head in France Nolan
developed our G-2 lover there" from the
humblest beginnings. Long before the
Armistice, Pershing's intelligence service
had come to be regarded by all of the
allied and associated armies as the peer
of anything of the sort produced by the
World War. For it's creation Nolan is
universally given chief credit. The gen.
era1 and Mrs. Nolan will reside in New
York City.