Evening star., 1936-12-30

OF the deficiency bills was under consid-
Grafton.
1t may cost as much as 81 q head
accurately to tabulate the number of
Uncle Sans unemployed At any rate,
It's understood that the Department of
Commerce will ask for an appropriation
OF between SIS 900 900 and 500 00O. 900 for
comprehensive compilation of the job
less, including data missing from the
1880 census, which has been the basis of
nearly all middepression surveys of the
unemployment situation. The year Is
ending with most authorities "guessti-
mating conservatively that there are
still close to 5000, 900 people out of work.
~
Theodore G. Joslin, President Herbert
Hoover's chief secretarial assistant at the
White House from 1881 to 1898. has now
returned to the practice of his profess
sion, journalism, in an important execu-
tive capacity. He recently was appointed
president of the News-Journal Co. of
Wilmington, which publishes the lead
ing morning and evening papers of Della
ware at the seat of the far-flung du
Pont interests. A native of Massachu-
nNteo,A WIN SCSdA Ills uCWSpdQGT career
with the Associated Press Mr.. Joslin
was for many years member of the
editorial staff of the Boston Evening
Transcript and was its Washington cor
respondent for six years preceding his
White House service. Until effecting his
new connections at Wilmington, Joslin
was Capital representative of the Babson
statistical organization. He is the author
OF Hoover on the Record" volume
published In 1894 and which unfolds the
inside story of the late Republican ad-
miniStration.
Deserving Democrats, whose name
since November is legion with a big
L." are waiting anxiously for President
Roosevelt to distribute q number of lus-
cious appointive plums that presumably
will soon be handed out. Vacancies to
be filled include the SecretaryShip Of
War, the undersecretaryships of State,
Treasury and Agriculture, an assistant
attorney generalship, the controller gen.
eralship of the United States and
goodly number of minor posts in vari-
ous executive departments and inde-
pendent agencies. 1t is customary, at
the advent of new administration, for
ofiice holders of high degree to submit
their designations. While these are often
formal gestures, not meant to be taken
seriously, acceptances in some instances
are this time strongly within the range
of possibilities. That would mean that
r. D. r. will have an Unexpectedly gen.
erouS bag of prizes to pass around
among hungry party faithful.
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Recent Democratic family feuds will
manifest themselves when reelected and
new Senators march down the chamber
aisle on January to take the oath Of
ONCE. Customarily they are escorted
by incumbent members from their own
States. Both Senators Harrison of Mis-
sissippi and Nicely of West Virginia have
other plans this time. The MissiSsip-
plan, it is understood, will deny himself
the company of his colleague, Senator
Bilbo, and take the arm of Senator Rob-
inson, the Democratic majority leader.
The West Virginian. who was bitterly
opposed by Senator Holt, is expected to
advance to the Vice Presidents ros-
trum alone, as he did six years ago,
when he abstained from the chaperon-
age of Senator Hatfield.
tooDyfisht. 1oSoJ