Evening star., 1938-02-18

10 blow again-Now If we would keen
1alth with those who had faith in us
II we would make democracy succeed
say we must act-Now!"
There's boom for former Gov. O.
Max Gardner of North Carolina as czar
OF radio. The National Association of
Broadcasters, in session at Washington
tnls week, appointed committee of re-
elonal directors who will next month
choose Kenesaw NJ. Landis- Will H,
hays Tor the wave lengths, at a salary
reputediy in the neighborhood of 10000.
Mr. Gardner recently renounced attrib-
uted ambitions to become the first paid
president OF the New York Stock Ex-
change. The fact that the one-time
1arheel executive halls from the same
neck OF the woods as Chairman McNinch
OF the Federal Communications Com
mission is supposedly one of Gardeners
chief claims to eligibility for the broad
casting job. Since leaving office at Ra-
leigh in 1888, he has been active at
washington as counsel for the cotton
textile and rayon industries. The ex-
Governor rates as having an inside track
TO the White House because he was an
diplomacy has again raided the Wash
lngton newspaper corps. Following the
example of Ambassador Joe Kennedy in
taking Harold Hinton of the New York
Times to London as his public relations
AIDE Ambassador Joe Davies has drafted
Stanley Richardson of the Associated
Press for similar service at Moscow
Richardson represented the A. P. in
Russia before. during and after Ameri-
can recognition of the Soviet. and knows
the game there thoroughly, including
speaking and reading f1uency in the
language. He's a Virginian, a star re-
porter, and has covered the State Ee-
partment for the A. p for the past
couple of years. Richardson will later 60
to Belgium with Ambassador Davies.
BY the Society of Woman Geographers
at Washington there's just been issued
a 27-paged brochure in remembrance
OF Harriet Chalmers Adams, it's first
president and late wife of DR.. Frank
lin P. Adams, former counselor of the
Pan-American Union. Mrs. Adams was
pioneer in the field of practical geogra-
ply. From girlhood. exploring far cor
nerS OF the earth, in order to interpret
them to others, was her consummate in
terest. On the lecture platform, because
OF her gift for dramatization. she made
remote peoples live and breathe for her
audiences. Through her pen and camera
she reached millions more in the pages
of geographical publications. Mrs,
Adams Travelled more than 100000 miles
across South America, Europe and Africa.
The realms Of study in which she spe-
cialized were the American aborieines
and the Spanish countries and possess
slons tragic accident that befell her
in the Balearic Islands in 1926 prevented
the continuation of strenuous explora-
ton. The S. w. G.. has established the
Harriet Chalmers Adams Memorial En-
doWment Fund to continue the research
work long conducted for the society bv
Mrs. Adams out of her own time and re-
sources.
Another aboriginal New Dealer has
come into his reward-Michael Francis
Doyle, Philadelphia lawyer just ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt to sue
coed the late Newton D. Baker as a
member of the Permanent Court of Ar
bitration at The Hague. Doyle was the
patentee in March, 1888, of the idea of
having Democratic presidential electors
assemble at Capital lovefeast on the
eve Of F. D. RS Inauguration. He has
long been active in League of Nations
affairs, for the past is years as chair
man of the American Committee at
Geneva, 4 self-supporting body which
renders valuable service to Yankee wis.,