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Evening star., 1939-04-16

er places were converted into hos
pitals, one being the Thirteenth
Street Baptist Church, which, if
the writer recalls correctly, stood
on Thirteenth street between G
and H streets. on the vacant lot ad-
joining the alley to the south of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.'s Building, 725 Thir-
teenth street 1t probably occupied
all Of original lot l, in square 288.
Early Baptist Church.
The Rev. Lorenzo G.. johnson,
writing in the National Intelligencer,
gives some interesting facts about
this early Baptist church, which
was opened in 1857. He says:
Thirteenth Street Baptist
Church, Rev. DR.. Thomas c. Teas
dale, pastor. This church ediflce,
Notwithstanding the unusual storm,
was dedicated to the worship of
Almighty God in the presence of
an interested audience which num-
bered several of our most distin-
guished residents. among whom
were President Pierce and sundry
members of the National Legislature.
This neat, and We may we'll say
beautiful, house of public worship
has been erected under the super
vision and indefatigable labors of
Rev. DR.. Teasdale It is an orna-
ment to the city and a splendid ad-
dition, in architecture completeness,
to the church edifices of Washing
ton. 1t is built of brick in most
substantial manner, and is 100 feet
in length by 56 feet in width. The
basement, with its spacious lecture
room and other apartments, pre-
sents pattern of utility. The seats
in the main body of the house are
all handsomely cushioned and the
floors thoroughly carpeted. The
f1ne-toned organ is from the house
Of Appleton & Co. of Boston,
Served as Hospital.
AS a Civil War hospital, this
church was taken over. by the Fed
eral authorities on July 2. 1862, the
same date that the Church of the
Epiphany, on G street between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets, was
taken over for like purposes. The
Thirteenth Street Baptist Church
Hospital is said to have been closed
in 1868, but Mrs. Gulick says it was
still open when she came to Wash
ington in 1865.
According to her account, she Wis
tied this hospital with her aunt, who
was interested in helping the
wounded soldiers as best she could
taking dainties to them and sup
plying them with other needful
things. Upon one occasion a pa
tient called her to the side of his
cot and asked her name and where
she lived, and when she said her
name was Ella Roberts and that
her father was physician in Scran-
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still recalled by many, for, unlike the
laying of the cornerstone of the Dis
trict, which occurred beyond the
personal memory of any one living,
there are still with us many persons
who can recall incidents which ac-
CURED "a years ago, which is the
number of years that have passed
since the death of the martyred
President.
Lincoln, as will be recalled, was
mortally wounded on the evening Of
April IL, 1865, when attending a per-
formance of "Our American Cousin"
at Ford's Theater, now the Lincoln
Museum, Sill Tenth street NV.
From here the stricken President was
borne to the Peterson house on the
opposite side of the street, where he
died early the following morning.
There are number of versions re-
garding certain phases of the crime
itself and what followed at the
Peterson house. Generally, however,
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photographs and q wide variety Of

Photographs ana q wide variety OF
souvenirs.
The whole thing was started by
the sixth grade teacher, Miss Mary
M. Barber, who is the daughter of
a. local auditor of foreign papers, Ar
thur j. Barber, of 6646 Barnaby
street NV.
Miss Barber explains it:
1T seems to me-" she writes, that
a classroom organization is splen-
did means for training in democ-
racy and so for the past three years
I have had in my classes some or
ganization which appealed to my
pupils and which offered opportuni-
ties for training in responsibility and
good citizenship" In 1887 Miss
Barber's fifth grade was organized
into a city. Last fall Miss Barber
decided to try Little Washing
ton"
"Roosevelts" Darling.
The election Of officers was an
exciting time," Miss Barber says.
"Just imagine being elected to rep
resent the President and Mrs. Roose-
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the early accounts differ mainly in
matters of detail.
Upshur's Letter.
In a letter written just "a years
ago today by Lincoln's Secretary Of
the Interior, John P. Upshur, to his
wife. the Secretary said:
60 q" I found the President In a
house opposite the theater, into
which, with some difficulty. I was
permitted to enter. He was upon a
bed in a low back room, with a shed
roof, scarcely large enough to admit
20 persons. I heard his thick. heavy
breathing as soon as I entered the
outside door. When I approached
the room. found Stanton, McCul-
Tough and Mr.. Welles with the sur
geons, four or five in number. Ogles-
by and Farnsworth of Delaware were
there; John Hay and four or five
others, Sumner and Colfax with the
number.
Soon Mrs. Lincoln came in, and the
scene that then occurred beggars de-
scription. She implored him to speak
to her and said she did not want to
go to the theater that night, but that
he thought he must go because peo-
pie would be expecting him, as he
had been so extensively advertised
which, 1t appears. the villains had
done. She called for little Tad and
said she knew he would speak to him
because he loved him so well, and
after indulging in dreadful incoher-
ence for some time was finally per-
suaded to leave the room.
"This was repeated on three or
four occasions before he died, which
was % minutes after Z o'clock the
next morning. He never opened his
eyes or spoke a word, but remained
wholly insensible. His breathing
was deep, almost a snore, until to-
ward the last it was almost a moan.
After his death he was removed to
the White House, from whence his
funeral will take place Wednesday.
I have now given you some faint
idea of the scenes we have passed
through since you left and will only
add for your comfort that we have
met Gov. johnson twice since he
took the oath of office. He is not
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ncons Death and Laying of District Marked
Civil War Executive Helped
Preserve Nations Capital
Octogenarian Recalls Presenting
President With Bouquet From
His Own Hothouses
By John CIaegeft Proctor.

Yesterday April the anniversary Of
Of the the history the Republic
only the that the cornerstone Of the District
marked the 7h
death Abraham President Washington
entirely responsible establishing Nations Capital
and Capital where the first President
it.
Strangely probable placing the cornerstone
Importance at
bodies from Alexandria and elsewhere Gen. Washington
the Capitol September 49, l793 the
vicinity
himself opportunity while the
that
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Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Sept la lP,.-Poultry. live,
. cars. IS trucks dull and weak hens, 4a
pounds up. Il: under AZ pounds. 15,2,
Leshorn hens. "a; Leshorn springs. 12i2;
springs 4 pounds Up, colored, IA: Plymouth
Rock. u: White Rock, II under 4 pounds,
colored IA: Plymouth Rock. l6; White
Rock. 16: other prices UNCHANGED.
ButteTos l;loa's@s3 @ o: flrm: creamery 81
25s.: 30, centralized CARROTS. 26A; other
prices UNCHANGED
Eggs; ;439; hrm: fresh sraded. extra
Potatoes. "a; on track. i 4 total United
States shipments, 40 Idaho Russets and
Western Trlumphs steady Northern, TIL
umphs about steady: Northern CobblerS
slightly weaker. supplies moderate; de-
mand slow; Idaho Russet Burbanks U S.
No. ! washed under initial ice. few sales.
2.l5-25 Bliss Trumphs, y. S. No; l. un-
der ventilation. 2l5-4o, Oregon Bliss Tri-
umphs. U. s. No J. under ventilation. . so;
MINNESOTA Holandale section Cobblers,
section EARLY ohios good quality, 80;
Dakota Red River Valley section Bliss
Trinmphs, U, s, No; ! l.15: Wisconsin
Bliss Trlumphs. Y. S. No: !. so.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Sept. - 4P,-Foreign ex-
with war French controls on export Of
CAPITAL steadying its currency, and the
Canadian dollar improving moderately,
evidently Irefeeting some Withdrawals Of
. Some Of the recent selling of United
for Canadian account. possibly for Cana
dian financial institutions pulling funds
home to finance war requirements
The French franc. at gao cents was
up, .0O'2 Of a. cent and the Canadian
dollar rose - Of cent to 91 cents.
British pounds continue to -fluctuate
around the peg recently established by
the Bank of England At 81 O4 it was off
81 of cent. Dutch guilders were steady
and Swiss francs a little higher
Noon rates follow: Great Britain in dol
lars. other in cents
Great Britain, demand. 4.03ia; Great
Britain. cables 4.04: 60-day bills, 4O2;
a0-day. bills. 401; Canada. Montreal in
s, New York ,9d od.oo: 90: Canada; Canada. New York in
marx marx, 1850; Finland zoo: France a;so;
gary, ls15n Sor5av Italy "a 5s1 Nethsrlsnds
pors9eal p d9 s:s0n: Rumsnia, :52n; Sweden,
fcial unquoted; Arsentina free). SO so:
Brazil tofnciaD unouoted Brazil (free).
5 90: Mexico la95n: Japan, 50 s5n: Hong
KONG, 25.40: Shanghai. 7.05; Yugoslavia.
go
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated.
n Nominal
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Ferromanganese
Price Boosted 10
Levels Of 1888
Other Products Used
In Steel Operations
Also Advanced
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12.-The price
Of ferromanganese, purifying and
hardening element used in steel, was
advanced today with some similar
products Daily Metal Trade says.
Ferromanganese jumped $40 a
ton for spot and fourth-quarter
business. The new price of 500 q
ton is the same as prevailed gen.
orally in the first six months of 1888.
Spiegeleisen, composed of about 20
per cent of manganese ore, COM
pared with 80 per cent for ferro-
manganese, advanced 81 ton to a
new price of s32, Daily Metal Trade
said.
AT the same time, tungsten has
been advanced about $3.50 short
ton and increases are expected mo-
mentarily in ferro- alloys generally" ;"
the trade publication declared. The
new tungsten price is between s2l
and S22 ton, said the magazine
Steel, which announced an increase
in zinc prices in the last week or
tWU VI oco n toll W llCW PAlSC Va
$120 a ton.
THE smaller mills will be prin-
cipally affected by the increase in
ferromanganese since the larger
mills make their own from man
ganese," said one informed source.
Manganese ore is imported prin-
cipally from Russia. and there also is
some coming from Africa and South
America and some domestic deposits
The market is only nominal and
very confused, in view of the war,
but it is good bet to assume that
manganese prices will go up"
The magazine Steel said ferro-
manganese prices were $38 to $40 a
ton at the outbreak Of the World
War and Immediately jumped to
500 on the fear that England
would be unable to export large
quantities. Several months later,
however, when England continued
its exports, the price fell to $40 a
ton, Steel said.
One source said the war probably
would spur production of domestic
manganese, which he described as
usually inferior in grade to the
imported product.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Pennsylvania and Reading
To Increase Personnel
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12-The
Pennsylvania and Reading railroads
are planning an increase in their
personnel to meet rising volume of
business, it was disclosed today.
The disclosure followed announce
ment yesterday by the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad that 300 furloughed
employees had been recalled to its
shops at Baltimore, Cumberland,
Md. Dubois, Pa, and Glenwood,
Pa
The Pennsylvania Railroad"
spokesman said, plans to increase
its shop forces to meet the require
ments of increasing business, which
has been noted recently. This is a
jump in domestic activity and is not
connected with the war abroad"
President E. w. Sheerer of the
Reading Co., said the maximum
number of employees in the car
shop at Reading. Pa, last month was
293. This has been increased to SIS
up to the present time. However.
as work progresses on the new car
program the total number of en-
ployes at the shop is expected to
reach 643 during the next 10 days"
PITTSBURGH, Sept. IL (P).-Ap-
proximately 1900 furloughed work.
men, some idle for months, were
recalled today by three railroads in
the Pittsburgh district as the result
of increased shipments of ore, steel
and coal
The Pennsylvania Railroad put
back to work 1850 men at several
points; the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Railroad recalled 200 and the Pitts
burgh & West Virginia returned 80
to jobs.
In addition. the district was ex-
pected to share in the recall of 800
| workmen to the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroads system.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Rising Prices Bring
Brisk Buying in
Textile Markets
RetoiI Buyers Book
Half Of January
Sales Needs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Rising
prices in textile and goods markets
here during recent days has brought
brisk buying activity.
With wool goods prices expected
to be reinstated at advances rang
ing up to Is cents a yard, clothing
manufacturers rushed through plans
to have summer lines ready for the
road by next week, and spring lines
ready by the first of the month.
Retail buyers generally were said
to be buying up to so per cent of re-
quirements for January sales at
higher levels, holding back the other
half to see whether prices would
continue to rise or drop back again.
Retail trade was reported brisk
throughout the country.
Buyers arranged for American
made Christmas gifts to supplant
those which could not be delivered
because of the war, or might be
difficult to sell because of the origin.
Silver foxes advanced 10 to Is per
cent at big auction yesterday.
Wool goods manufacturers, still
restricted as to raw goods purchases,
were reported ready to re-enter the
market today with a fat rise in 13-
ounce and 14-ounce worsteds of Is
cents a yard
With the British government re-
ported planning to allocate the en-
tire Australian wool supply, wool
tops have advanced sharply.
All lines of cotton goods were
traded in at near last weeks top
prices, but few increases were noted
although some converters withdrew
prices of sheer wash goods because
Of the rise in gray goods.
Rayon gray goods market was re-
ported quieting down, but with no
decrease from last weeks levels.
Some shoe manufacturers were
said to have made sales at around
3 per cent increase over recent
prices.
Heavy buying of chemicals con-
tinued despite warnings of commits
sion merchants to customers not to
stampede the market.
Rug manufacturers were said to
be raising quotations to 10 per
cent because of increased wool costs.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Sept. - (Pl-Buyers and
sellers in Worth streets cotton textile mar
ket paused today to take stock of their
and there were q few sales at top levels
but general demand was comparatively
A sharp advance in Calcutta burlap
cables failed to bring about an increase
IN oners. Sellers stayed out of the market
despite larger underlying demand
Hayon trading remained at an active
pace. The silk fabrics market was slow
Woolen buyers awaited the re-entry Of
mills into the market
Evening star., 1939-09-12
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Sept. j. lP.-Eges. 49,
fancy. a3sss: standards. % 81 s frsts 80 f3igs ai,.
20; seconds: 1919: mediums, Fla dirties.
NO. |, Il. average checks. l5-15l2:
refrigerator. fancy heavyWelshts 2l-24:
standards. 20l2: frsts. 19-l9iz: mediums
u; dirtles. 1872
Whites-Resale of premium marks 37l2-
40: nearby and Midwestern. premium
marks, "a h2-3i exchange specials. "a ex-
change standards, 2S: resale of nearby
heavier mediums. 29l2-34: nearby and
MidWeSterE. exchange mediums %: pull
let's. 20: peewees 11l2-1S: refrigerators
nearby and Midwestern. standards, 23la-
Browns-Nearby. extra fancy o9ia-3a:
nearby and Midwestern. exchange specials
e: exchange standards, 25la: nearby. me
diums. 24h225 pullets. 10
Duck eggs, nearby. 24-26
Butter, ], ,i22,646: firm: creamery. high
er than extra. 2SL-29: extra t92 score
2s: frsts tSs-9D, 24-27i.; seconds IS4.
S1i, 22l2-2334
Cheese. 557 $50: firm: State. whole milk
flats. held 1898, l9I. u; June, 1919
other fresh. l6A-17
Evening star., 1939-09-12
RoiIrood Purchases
Reported Expanding
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12-Increas-
ing railway net earnings are ex-
panding purchases of material and
equipment by the Nations carriers,
the Railway Age reports.
Total purchases during the first
six months of 1889 were 1921. .190,-
600 compared with s133, $4,000 in the
same period last year, a gain OF
So per cent.
Buying of materials amounted to
$236, 1896, 900 against $l69 1856 900 a
year ago, while equipment acquisi-
tions totaled $44,854 900 compared
with $13,798,O00 in the first six
months last year.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Crude Oil Production
Increases 968,336
Barrels Daily
Oklahoma and Texas
Both Show Large
Gains in Week
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associate ted Press.
TULSA, Sept. 12.-Oil production
in the United States gained 968, 1886
barrels daily to 3,313.482 for the
week ended September 8, the Oil
and Gas journal said today.
On the up side were Oklahoma,
1884, ,O53 to 28O,939; East Texas, 342,-
OBS to 383,897; Texas as a whole
556,453 to 1850, $40; Louisiana, 63,-
861 to 225,043; Kansas, 88,448 to
123,070; California, 16,700 to 617,-
500; Eastern Fields, 2,10O to 100000
and Illinois, 1888 to 320.792.
Michigan decreased 1887 to g.
ATS, and the Rocky Mountain area
was of 1910 to 77,916
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Poris Exchange Rotes

dollar closed at 43 10 francs . oss cents
to the franc, in foreign exchange deal
ines today. compared with the franc rate
2.2s5 cents IN New York late yesterday
Exchange on London, 1850
In bourse trading per cent rentes were
6T:75 francs; 41as "a" 72.10; 4i7s 1887.
1850.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
| Price of Heavy
Steel Scrap at
| NewHigh
BY the A,socia ted Press.

NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-Dow-
Jones, Inc. said today in dispatch
from Pittsburgh that No. / heavy
melting steel scrap has advanced so
cents a ton to the new high of ST
to $l7.50 q ton. There have been
actual sales of SIT, the dispatch said,
adding that No. railroad scrap has
advanced 81 per ton.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
New York Sugar

NEW YORK. Sept IL P,.-Announce-
ment from Washington of suspension of
United States sugar quotas brought heavy
liquidation into domestic sugar futures
today. Prices declined the 25-point maxi
mum. Cuban producing interests were
heavy sellers. September sold at 2.49 and
March at 2.41. both off 25.
World contracts declined in sympathy.
Late afternoon prices were 21l2 to 22l2
points lower with December at 200 and
March at 20312
affair as Cuban firms withdrew. and duty
free producers hesitated to offer. One
% shipment was vas a avaiIabe % at at $40 cents Pe
fined continued UNCHANGED at 5.75 cents
witt distribution still heavy.
Futures No. 3 closed 25 lower. Sales
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Metal Market

NEW YORK. Sept IL P.-Copper
steady; electrolytic SPOT, 10 90: export
unouoted Tin strong; spot and nearby,
75.00n, forward unquoted Lead steady;
spot, New York. 5n-55; East ST Louis
5.35. Zinc Arm; Fast St Louis. spot and
forward 6.25 Quicksilver. 1876. 90 14O Oan
Platinum nnoHotad. Chinese volframte,
duty paid. % OO-24 O0n Domestic scheel-
lite, l7.Oo-ls.00n. Pig iron, aluminium
and antlmony UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1939-09-12
1850 Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, Sept. IL (P}.-St. Jo-
seph Lead Co. reported $50 tons of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at S5.35 per 100 lbs, East
st. Louis; 1,150 tons at S5.55, New
York, and so tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-09-12

quotations furnished by National As
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices. and
the sponsors or issuers. ~
Not quoted by SPONSORS or issuers.
Evening star., 1939-09-12

Also extra or extras
Quotations furnished bv National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc. which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or irm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Bank Loans Register
Third Consecutive
Weekly Advance
lotest Period Brings
Additional Increase
OF SIS. .000, 900
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported yesterday the third corsecu-
tive weekly advance of commercial,
industrial and agricultural loans by
banks.
In banks of 10l leading cities, the
gain in the week ended September
6 was 100000. In the last three
weeks the increase was $163 ,000, 900,
bringing the total business loans of
these banks to s4,075 100000.
For the week ended September 6,
New York banks led the increase
with a $28,000,000 gain, followed by
boost of SIS 100000 by banks in
the Chicago Federal Reserve dis
trict.
The report also showed that banks
In the 101 cities reduced their hold
ings of United States Government
securities by s53OOO,OOO, at the same
time that the IL Federal Reserve
banks were buying $168,0O0,0 900
worth.
The boards statement gave the
following summary of assets and
liabilities on September 6, together
with changes for the week and with
the same week last year, in millions
of dollars:
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Freight Loodines

NEW YORk sept. II R Revenue
today for the week ended September in
Evening star., 1939-09-12

Books closed Stock called for re-
demption September 15, 1899.
sl4 90 extra paid December 90. 1888:
k zoe extra. m 81 so extra. p50c paid
September 20. 1885 50 90 paid in 1898,
So 90 paid so far this year yS5.00
extra.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Peoples Drug Store common-2O
at "a.
Evening star., 1939-09-12

A signal-a stOp-no ticket-n0
cop.
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK Sept. l. lP'.-Natlon
Association Securities De, rs. Inc:
CLOSING Qr-tationsD
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Sept u P-Nationa
Association Security Dealers. Inc:
Evening star., 1939-09-12

Approximate Soes OF Stocks the N. Y Stock Exchonoe
ll:oO AM. - l.ls0.000 1900 Noon $50, ,OOC
l:00PM 276O 600 900 p M 2 s0 o0o
Total Sales for the day 4,170,OO0
sUnit OF trading 10
BANKRUPTCY under
bankruptcy Act or securities assumed
Rates OF dVidend In the oregong
msnts oased or the last quarterly
ohes noted special dividends
xo oV'Ftno s tx rights Also extra or extras Paid
yeai hCash or stock Accumulated dividends
Evening star., 1939-09-12
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25

625 M feet western yellow pine, is
M feet western white pine, 10 M
feet spruce and $40 NJ feet western
larch and Douglas fir green saw
timber;
Unit 2:kAn area of about 400 acres
on the north slope of Section l6, T.
BIN, r. 34W., estimated to contain
1875 M feet green western yellow
pine;
Unit 3. An area of 179 acres in the
NEA, Lot 2 Section Is, 7. BIN, r..
33W., estimated to contain $40 M
feet western yellow pine and los
M feet western larch and Douglas
fir green saWtimber.
The timber will be sold to the
highest responsible bidder at spe-
Gifted price per thousand feet board
measure. and paid for in Install
ments in advance of cutting, as spe-
Gifted in the contract. No bids will
be accepted for less than $500 per M
feet for green pine and spruce,
$3.50 per M feet for green western
larch and Douglas fir and Sl00 per
NJ. feet for dead saWtimber
When required by the State For
ester, a deposit of 40c per NJ feet for
all timber cut shall be deposited
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25

WASHINGTON. New Dealers are
tremendously disappointed in the
popular reaction to the debates be-
tween Senator Robert A. Taft and
Representative T. V. Smith Of ILL
nois, as shown by recent polls. In
the first place Smith is a prime ia
.vorite with the New Deal. 1t was
common gossip that the New Deal
ers wanted Governor Henry Horner
of Illinois to appoint Mr.. Smith to
the senate vacancy caused by the
death of ]. Hamilton Lewis, though
the governor didn't oblige,
! Whereas Senator Taft is simply
anathema to the New Deal, He IS
stoutly expressing views which
seem to the administration turn
ing back to the Grand Old Party
in the days of Boise Penrose and
Reed Smoot.
But there is another angle. After
the Gridiron dinner, followed by the
editors convention here, most OBJ
servers in Washington had virtually
wiped Senator Taft off the slate of
Republican possibilities for the pres
idential nomination next year.