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Dallas. Texas. 512 Mercantile Bank Building.
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New York. 350 Madison Avenue.
St. Louis. 502 Star Building.
Prohibition and Crime
Editorial reaction to the massacre on February H
of seven Chicago gansters is interesting Both pro-
hibition end anti-prohibition editorial writers assert
the eighteenth amendment is the divert or indirect
cause of the deplorable crime condition the massacre
has disclosed. The prohibition leaders were quick to
p!are the responsibility upon those millions who pur-
chase hgnor from hootlrgcrei the wet leaders re
spend with the assertion that this new dPVP’opmeid
in crime has com0 under prohibition and that pro-
hibition has financed crime.
There can he no controversy on the r-rore that
prohibition has financed crime but as Major Cairo*
hell prohibition administrator for the New York dis-
trict says: “It is time for the outstanding and lead-
ing citizens of every community to realize their re-
sponsibility in aiding and abetting crime by the pur-
chase of illegal liquor from bootleggers and thereby
supplying the criminal world with the necessary
money to organize into powerful groups."
There Is one factor that is not taken into con-
sideration by cither side in this controversy ar.d that
is human nature—man's inability to promptly adjust
himself to new conditions such as have arisen under
prohibition. We are still trying to apply obsolete
lews with obsolete court procedure and have sur-
rounded the criminal with a bulwark of local pro-
tection. The criminals have been more quick to ad-
just themselves. They are taking full advantage of
the new source of great wealth prohibition has of-
fered. and flic country's pitifully weak enforcement
agencies and weaker courts relics of a form°r agp.
cannot cope with the strong organizations of crim-
inals in the great centers of population which have
almost unlimited wealth at their command .
Our enforcement agencies and courts were not or-
ganized to deal with such conditions as now exist. If
th® law is to prevail it is necessary that it ho given
the power. Crminahtv such ns Chicago is experienc-
ing will continue to entrench itself behind bulwarks
cf wealth and political influence until an outraged
puhlir demands that enforcement agencies and the
courts Ho organized to rope with the new conditions.
Speaking cf Highway Hi1!
A- now written speaking of the stale highway
land bdl. it !' proposed to authorize not r eceding
jtiyxonnnnn of hone of which STS.nonnno r»- so much
as may Hr necessary shall he used to refund to coun-
ties and mad riistrio*-; the amounts spent on state ‘
designated highways. The remaining sion.nno.ooo j
•would bo the basis of all highway construction and
maintenance.
As amended the author eliminates from the con-
stitutional amendment ah language which would have
permitted any kind of a property tax to be collected
to pay the interest and sinking fund of the state
bond. At the instance of Senator John W. Hornsby
of the Travis district a new clause was inserted in
the measure which provides that there shall never
be levied any tax on real estate to pay the obligations
arrising from the i -nance of state highway bonds.
As thus changed by the Hornsby addition the
amendment will hr conlmed exclusively in the income
from gasoline one-fourth of which is to continue to
go to the state available school fund and three-
fourths to fh.e highway account. Now is the time for
the friends and the foes of thp original hill to get
together in senate and house. Enact the measure
end submit the bond Issue to the people for the qual-
ified voters of the state to return their verdit at the
balllot box.
A vast majorifv of the people of Texas are ever
demanding modern highways and that the users of
the highways shall pay the cost. They are the mas-
ters. the ballots is the thing and the verdict at the
polls will tell all the story.
Ofth®r Psip@irs i
THF SFSSIOV THAT FAILED
<Corpus Christ) Caller).
Despite the tremendous j>ersonal popularity of
Governor Dan Moody a popularity which ha- been
•xceeded by few of the men who have preceded him
In the governor's office the present session of the
legislature has not reflected the regard which the
people generally hold foi him.
Few of the measures which Governor Moody has
advocated have been given more than passing con-
sideration. The legislation which he has advocated
has fallen by the wav foi- one reason or another.
And. to judee bv the comments of the prr through-
out the state most of the legislation which he has
advocated was popular.
There is for example. Moody's proposal for a
prison system relocation no doubt the most popular
subject which the legislature has considered and one
for which Moody fought most steadfastly. Whatever
prison reform legislation is enacted will not be the
' Result of Moody’s advocacy nor contain the essen-
t!kls of the Moody proposal.
There is the highway bond issue proposal warmly
supported by Moody. While the proposal is not dead
it faces a determined assault in both lower and upper
house with chances for its passage not bright.
Civil service one of the most needed pieces of
remedial legislation Texas could enact has been
killed outright although it was one of the planks
upon which Moody made his campaign for office.
In short the accomplishments of the present ses-
sion. with hut a few riavs in which to work have
been virtually nothing. Local bills and other bits of
minor legislation constitute almost the entiic achieve-
ment of the present legislature with virtually all im-
portant measures destined to go over to a special
session.
Tt is a sooewhat sorry record one that does no
credit to Texas and adds nothing to the prestige of
one of the estate's most popular and most warmlv-
cupported governors. Why Moody should be unable
to bring a'.rout the enactment of legislation which he
advocates is not clear: unless as has been said fre-
quently. the governor is a “poor trader” who refuses
to yield a point against his judgment for the sake
of getting a more desired point. If that is the case
the failure of his pot measures may be more tribute
than criticism.
For all that the legislative session that will end
within the next few days hag been a disappointment
to Texas and. surely to its young governor.
SUMMER WHITE HOUSE PROPOSAL PEAO
<Austin American'.
President Coolidge recommended a summer White
Home to be established in the state of Virginia erst-
while the mother of presidents. An appropriation
wes made. President Coolidge recommended the ap-
pointment of two additional secretaries for the in-
coming president fixing the salary to be $10000 a
veer. These items were plac^ in the second de-
ficiency supply bill.
Blanton of Texas killed the fir?* or» a point of
(’•dm end T agueidie of Now York th° second on a
point of order
in the closing days of his administration federal
lawmakers kicked the president around just as the
enemies of the late Champ Clark's Missouri hound
doc kicked the canine around.
it is possible that the incoming president needs
|two additional secretaries. It is admitted that the
president should have summer quarters somewhere in
♦ he mountain!. Washington is as hot as hades at
times the president is a busy man and the summer
White House proporal received endorsement of lead-
ing new reapers of Amm^a well as the sane think-
ing neople of America.
Blanton of Texas is coming home. lie will prac-
tise law for two year: There are leading citizens of
his district who p’-edwt that lie will he in the run-
ning for a congres dope I seat in the primary cam-
paign of 19P0.
By Charles F. Drisroll
i\ \stf nr nonu life
i know 3 high-grade physician in New Jersey who
hay implanted cancer tissue in the healthy flesh of
bis arm' and has been ursine: it alone for a year.
fie has a theory about cancer. He thinks ranker
is related in some way to a certain widespread class
of diseases and that it will yield to the same treat-
ment that has been found effective in those diseases.
He doesn’t know: can’t be sure. But he’s going to
find nut if possible. Of course he couldn’t ask any-
body clr-e to act as an experimental laboratory for
there is a deadly risk involved. So he tries it on
himself.
If his theory is ‘correct the doctor will survive.
The cancer* seemed to flourish in the healthy flesh.
II grew to considerable size. Under treatment it has
diminished in a few’ weeks to small proportions. The
doctor thinks h° has it whipped.
# * * ♦
Tlrs is all very well and if lhe doctor is right he
ms" be nn the verge of a great discovery. But if he
is wrong he probe hi will die the death that so man
have died of cancer For when you experiment upon
your own body you take on a heavy wager.
T think it’s a shame to waste valuable life that
way. while other means are available—or almost
available.
Those Chicago killers who lined up their business
rivals and shot thorn down in cold blood—why
houldn’t they servp a laboratories to solve this prob-
lem. instead of this valuable doctor?
in a New York elevated train a lnut ot a man be-
came angry because a newspaper in the hands of a
standee brushed his face . In drunken rage the lout
■ tabbed the other passenger through the heart.
Why shouldn't this sodden brute serve as a labor-
atory for experiments looking toward the elimination
of cancer the common cold heart: disease and the
other ailment' that carry off so many worth-while
folk every day?
# • • *
Cuba may beat us to this advanced attitude to-
ward human life. The political wheels are actually
turning in that island republic to the end that lives
mav he saved bv the economical use of lives already
forfeit to the state.
Let's use our first degree murderers to save live:
instead of just wasting the criminal’s life by killing
him with electricity or a rope.
TF MHf\n nn^r;F^vr'v AMERICAN PRTNCT-
n ES I RC.Kn
By JAMES J. DAVIS. Secretary of Labor.
♦ James J. Davis was born in Tredeear South
Wales Oct. 27. 1873. He was educated in the
public schools and later took a business course
for seveal months. He holds honorary degrees
from two American universities. He came to the
United States with his parents in 1831 and began
working as a puddler's assistant in an iron works
at Sharon. Pa . and later in Pittsburgh. He moved
to El wood Tnd in 1833 and worked in steel and
tin plate mills there. He was elected director
general of the Loyal Order of Moose in 1338 and
was appointed secretary of labor in 1321. He
founded the Me»-> ehrart Home and School at
" Tr*>**Tienrt Til
The TTm'ed staff; Dns been nc”Detmg it'- duty of
Americanizing immigrants.
Aboii* r.oo.nnn foreign-born people are admitted
annual’’ to American citizenship in a manner which
seems to .them to be grudging and halting. And once
thc\ have gamed their citizenship papprs. we have
too often pllowed them to go their ways without ef-
fort to make them one of us as a. great human fam-
ily. The consequence is that these new-comers tend
to remain by themselves in their racial groups.
Among all the important functions of our govern-
ment.-on1* of the most important certainly is that
of admitting new citizens to our electorate. It is a
matter of some concern to us. and it should be made
a solemn rite to those applying for that citizenship.
Moreover these people desiring to be one with the
American people need coach and help in the early
steps of preparing themselves. Once prepared and
ready to mpot. the tests we have imposed they neod
to feel tha* they are welcome. American citizenship
must be represented to them not only as a thing de-
sirable but as a thing enjoyable. We want them to
know that they are joining far more than a technical
democracy: they are joining a true brotherhood.
We ought to make American citizens of these peo-
ple. first of all. But that is not enough. We ought
to make them neighbors and friends. Wc ought to
break down the barrier of timidity of shyness of ig-
norance. We ought to se~ that they learn our lan-
guage. our history our purposes. But above all. we
ought to see that they learn the great American heart
that beats within us all.
Misery's love for company is never reciprocated.
—Louisville Time*
i THE OLD HOME TOWN_
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WHEN OLD BAS Com BUTTE R WORTH MEEDS A FEW EMPTY
BOTTLES To FINISH A BATCH - HE PUTS UP THOSE
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!'>*'? UP.NW-STANLr* CEHTRAL PREI5 1—* —20
~W - THE STORY or
A GIRL WHO MADE
MEN LIKE ISEO
1 By ROE rlJLKERSOH_ by Central Preaa Association Inc. |
’ RDEA THIS FIRST:
In her short career as a profes-
; sional dancer Betty Brown finds
! the men she attracts are fair weath-
1 cr friends. She is in an automobile
| accident with Andy Adair the son
! of a wealthy family and dislocates
i tier knee .in the hospital for ten
j days George Harris who disap-
! proves of her dancing career pays
t all her bills while Anay never comes
j in see her after the accident. Lov-
' mg Andy she feels she mm : marry
George for Ins kmdnr::. Out of the
! hospital with a stiff knee George
l gives her work in the restaurant he
I owns. She pays him hack what he
! had spent on her and is compar-
| a lively happy i n her mb.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY >
CHAPTER XXXVIT1
One day at the lunch hour Betty's
old school friend. Lois came to the
restaurant. A- she walked past
Betty's desk without speaking Betty
thought she had intended in cut her
dead But. rhe was mistaken: in tn?
midst of her luncheon Lot? wig*
wagged tn her cheerily across the
j dining room and when she paid her
check greeted her efusively
“Well of all things! Who would
ever expect tn see you here! I knew
George Harris owned this place but
I thought you had left; town with a
! road show!”
; "No I'm through dancing fm- life.”
answered Betty. “I hurt my knee
! in an automobile accident.”
j ‘‘Oh that’s too bad! I ran away
from home and mined a road show.”
returned Lois. “I'm home agahi now
j but father won't let me dance anv
; more even for charitv are both
! out of fhn dancing game.”
j "I'm sorry. I know you liked danc-
ing ”
"1 wish you would rome and see
roe." bpggpil i ms ' Mother will he
f glad to sen you when T tel! her you
1 aren’t dancing any more She isn't
very keen on my dancing friend- ’
| ‘Til he glad to.”
“Then come tonight when you arc
through. What time do you got off?”
“I’m usually through by eight
o'clock”
"Then I’ll come for you Father
bought mm a nice little car and I'll
drive you out.”
When Lois came she suggested
they go riding instead of o bar
house. Betty suspected Lois’ motner
might not have been as glad to have
her as Lois thought but she discov-
ered that Lois wantpd to talk about
her experiences on the road.
“It was a scream!” she announced
when they had driven out in the
country and parked. ‘‘Jessie a girl
named Olive. Bess and I arranged a
dance act. We pooled our money
and bought a few rather nice props
and put. the act on in good shape.
We had a lot of nice fresh cos-
tumes.
“Before we were home. Bess
wished we had started with a train-
ed seal act so we could have killed
land eaten the seals! We did get
hungry a time or two and you
would have died to see some John
take one or two of us out and blue
the lirnky ones snitch things off the
table to brine bark to those who
didn’t cet an invitation.
"Tn Chicago we hardly had a cent.
Jessie got a small job in a cafe but
they only paid lmr ten a week. We
lived on that while a booking a cent
told us every day he was going to
get us work! Jessie lost the job and
j we were down to almost our last
‘ dollar when the booking agent told
us everything was jake. He had a
job for us!
“The job was two split weeks in
North Carolina! We didn't have
enough money to go to Englewood
right in the suburbs of Chicago let
alone to North Carolina! Then I sot
a nlace posing for shop and stocking
advertisements. We lived on that
thl we cot a job rehearsing for a
show' which was to play tank towns
in the west. One or the other of us
vas on the stage all the time and
th° oolv thing we didn’t do was play
bass drum in the street narade.
“We rehearsed for two weeks.
Then the angel of the show said it
was sn rotten h° wouldn't put un the
money to send it out We four cried
all over him. and be w’as so easv
that hp gave us fifty dollars paeh.
although show girls are never paid
d’ir'nc rehearsals
‘To top it all off. w« cof arested.
That is. pvprv one h”t 0’'ve We
met three bovs in the theatrical
boarding house where ww lived who
said thev were medical students.
Thev were loose ps ashes with their
riordv. end for a wpoV wp were with
them pvprv night Then one nleht
while we were out with thm. a po-
liceman came up to the car and
"Mow Loop smrp yO!I BW Andy? ’
arrested every 011° m it. The car
had been stolen by the boys m In-
dianapolis and one of them had
robbed his father's cash drawer be- !
fore they left for Chicago on their
joy party.
"We had an awful time. The boys
blamed us for having spent all the
money and said we were 'hale and
farewell’ girls. The police were about
to loc k us up as cagrants or some-
thing. but a welfare worker believed
our story and got in touch with
father and he came after me!
"He was cross as a bear! He
brought me home and gave the
other three enough money to pay
their fares back also; but they
skipped out on him and went to
New York where we started from
Gee. but father was mad! He said
they were thieves and maybe he
was right from bis viewpoint; hut
take it. from me. l got over my ta -to
for being an artist!
"Artist your grandmother! T was
hungry for the first time in my life.
1 kissed men hoping they would buy
me a dinner. Now when 1 feel the
urge to dance T slip up in the attic
where T have an old pier glass and
do it to an audience of one. She's
more appreciative than any audience
I had while I was on the stage."
"You had a lot of experience any-
way.” Betty laughed at the recital
of Lois’ troubles.
"There was a lot of precision in
the work we did in one of our num-
bers but no precision in the times
the ghost walked for us. I guess
I'll get married.”
"Have you picked the lucky man?"
asked Bettv.
"All I ask is that he have enough
money to support me in a manner to
which I would like to be accustom -
ed! T onlv know three sueh men. I
would rather have Andy Adair than
anv of them.”
"Do vou run around with Andy?"
asked Bettv. thrilled at the mention
of h's nanm
"No T don’t worse lurk!" an-
swered Lois
“Why not?"
“Oh. Andv’s settled un or settled
down or something. He is never
around where the white li"1’* shin"
and the talcum powder puffs any
more."
“Didn’t I bear something about
his having an automobile accident?"
asked. Bettv. anxiouslv.
“I Hop’t know.” rephed Lois. “If
h" did. ’f was when I was on thn
road. I like to say that. It sounds
very sophisticated to sav you have
been on the rnad The beys lust rat
it up when 1 tell them l have been
on the stage.
•What's the matter with men that
they lull for women who have been
in the profession? They just go
crazy about you! 1 guess they think
all women on the stage are wicked
and the’ all like 'em when they arc
wicked.'’
‘ How long since you saw Andv?"
Betty could not resist bringing her
hack to this subject.
“Oh. I don’t know how long” Lois
answered vaguely. “1 just Hit
around hither to yon and then rush
from yon back to hither again. T
don't see the same hoys very often.
I get tired of having the same man
around nil the time.”
Betty suspected she had seen little
or nothing nI Andy Adair Slip
knew Lois was a bit inclined to boast
of her affairs with men. If there
was anything to the idea that she
war going to marry Andy Lois
would have been more definite.
Betty felt relieved believing there
was no prospect of Andy marrying
Lois. Lois was a. bit too flighty for
And ! Even as she thought she
came to the conclusion there was no
reason why she should feel anyone
was too good for Andy. He had cer-
tainly not shown to a good advan-
tage in his affair w’ith her. She
could hardly understand why she
was still interested in him.
She chatted with Lois about
friends wrho went to school with
them but refused Lots invitation tc
attend a recital of dancing school tc
which she was going the following
night. Then Lois took her home
Betty was glad when Lois left her
She did not enjoy being with her a?
much as she used to. Lois was shal-
low; she would never make any man
who settled down and took life seri-
ously a good wife. Lois had saic!
Andy had settled down!
She shook her head and frowned
at her line of thought; Andy Adair
was not worth worrying over! She
went to bed wondering why she was
unable to get him out of her
thoughts. Andy and dancing were
coupled in her mir’d; she rarel.v
thought of one without thinking oi
the other.
She sighed heavily and went tr
sleep to dream that she and Andj
had formed an adagio team anc
were dancing before a large audi-
ence. When she leaped for Andy’;
arms he stenoed bark laughing
and let her fall into the orchestra.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
NEW YORK Mar. 1.—It happen-
ed at Miss Guinan's place about
five years ago she says. The presi-
dent of a big tobacco company came
into her cafe and urged her to take
care of a small package. The same
night a free-for-all fight frightened
the magnate away and he leu with-
out his parcel. Miss G. handed it
to the cloakroom concessionaire for
safekeeping. A week later it was re-
turned to her and she brought it
home leaving it on her dresser for
several months unclaimed. Then it
was brought beck to the night club
where the doorman placed it in his
locker.
a half year later the capitalist
who had been to Yurrop. happened
into the cafe. ‘Good heavens!”
cried Miss Guinan. ‘ where's you
been? I still have your package.”
“What package?” asked the
puzzled magnate and then she pro-
duced it for him. “I don't re-
member leaving a package here”
he said as he opened it before the j
various persons who minded it all ;
that time. ‘
It revealed one thousand twentv-
dollar bills!
* * iif
THF WAGES OF CYNICISM
Whar happens to marriages when
one nr the other's infidelity is dis-
covered is logically end amusingly
explained by Rachael Orothers via
her new comedy. ‘ Let. Us Be Gav.”
John Golden has deposited it at the
Little Theater.
It keeps the listeners in a lubilant
mood almost throughout the pro-
ceedings. for it is an unusually gay !
piece hut Miss Crothers who fash-*
ions flappancies and pert remarks ]
for the edification of the sophisti- j
cates cleverly arranges a series of i
sentimeltalities which make a j
happy combination.
There is an abundance of dash 1
to “Let Us Be Gay.” The prologue
ended the first act unfolds at a
merry pace with the meaty lines
assigned to ihe immensely comical
Charlotte Granville. who runs away
with the honors although Francine
Larrimore is listed as the featured
nlarer. Fashioned fsome of the
foyer talkers were saving > after
Amv Lowell “who also carried a
cane and smoked cigars.” Miss
Granville's Mrs. Boueicault rings
true. The assignment is responsible
for a plentiful supplv of mer-
riment. at anv rat°. Her perform-
arce alone then is worth the ad-
mission tariff.
• • •
INCIDENTALLY’
The players and the Lambs two
of the tonier actor organizations
exclude dramatic critics from mem- i
bership. Only one New York dra- j
malic departmental head is a mem- !
ber of the Players. He is Arthur |
Folvell of the Herald Tribune but
he was a member of the club be-
fore he became a drama editor.
Ho is also the only dramatic editor
in New York who has never “cov-
ered” a r7ay. which is one of the
reasons Mr. Folwell is very popular
on Broadway.
« • •
ADD SOFT JOBS
Among other things that mak<= 1
paragraphs are the two fellows
who stand on the roof of tire big
Edison sub-station in East 42nd j
street One looks at the smoke
and the other looks at the clouds.
If either gets too dark they wire
the other stations tn be ready tor
an extra load and the subscribers
begin timing on the lights. That
is ail they do all day
• ♦ m
ADD SMILES
Izzy Elinson’s: He stared like a
street car conductor asked tc
change a five-dollar bill ... As
repetitious as the theme song of a
sound flicker.
* * *
SOS
'Den- Walter" affectionately
writes Aileen Stanley "I tried to
gc< you on the phone last night
and as I was impatiently jiggling
the hook the operator flinped: ‘One
more dirk. lady and Captain
Fried will answer!"
Who am i? To what bodv have
1 been elected? What state do I
represent?
What are the colors of the n^w
flag of Germany?
How many nations were involved
in the World war?
Who was the youngest man to be-
come president of the United
States?
‘‘And. ye fathers provoke not vour
children to wrath: but bring them
up in the nurture and admonition
of the Lord.” Where is this pas-
sage found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
In 1367. on this date Nebraska
was admitted to the Union.
Today’s Horoscope
Persons bnrn on this day are
strong willed and they reason out
things clearly. They learn by ex-
perience.
' Daily Thought
"Extreme iustice is extreme injus-
tice.”—Cicero.
\nswers to Foregoing Questions
1. Roscoe Patterson: U. S. senate:
Missouri i
2. Black red and gold. I
Thirtr -one I
4. Theodore Roosevelt. (42'.
5 Ephesians vi. 4.
HOOVER CONFIDANT SEEN IN'
HAMMOND
By CHARLES P. STEWART
WASHINGTON. March 1— John i
Hays Hammond I notice was a re-
cent caller on President-elect Hoov-
I er. In fact. I have noticed Mr.
Hammond mentioned as a caller on
Mr. Hoover several tone> rather re-
ceni ly.
To be mentioned as having been
received even once by the presi-
dent-elect is a great distinction to
say nothing of being so mentioned
repeatedly.
To me. the very casualness of
these references to Mr. Hammond s
calls on Mr. Hoover was what made
them especially noteworthy. Gen-
erally there is a lot of speculation
concerning the business of any call-
er whom the president-elect admits
to see him. It seems the political
; consensus is that Mr. Hammond
has no particular business with Mr.
Hoover; that his calls are purely
social.
• * *
In its literal sense 1 would guess
1 that this .judgment is absolutely
i correct. I can hardly imagine a
| man less likely than John Hays
j Hammond to want anything from
tfic next national administration
for himself or for anyone else.
Yet we must hear in mind that
a president-elect has mightv little
time for mere small talk
It follows that he must consider
those personal friends exceedineh
well worth while whom he can r*»- ;
main on visiting terms with in the ;
midst of the hurly-burly of prep I
aration for four years or more in ;
the White House
• • «
Mr. Hoover evidently does con- j
1 sider Mr. Hammond this kind of a !
personal friend- maybe practically j
his only one.
President Coohdge has had hut
one—Frank W. Stearns.
Colonel House was President i
Wilson's only real confidant: and
ultimately he broken even with the
colonel.
* * •
Such a relationship is so com-
pletely informal that it is impos-
sible to sneak of with anv certainty
or to refer to as actually existing
obvious a if may hr that it does
exist.
•Still less if is possible to predict
like a cabinet appointment.
Nevertheless it honestly looks
if John Hays Hammond would have
much more than the average indt- 1
vidual’s freedom of entree to the
executive mansion during the j
Hoover tenacy. '
i» is not an illogical forecast 1
either. 1
Mr. Hoover and Mr. Hammond 1
are fellow mining engineers bo* 1
preeminently successful and both 1
wide travelers to a considerable ex- '
tent in the same parts of the
world.
The two have been near neigh-
bors in Washington for several
years and are known to have been
close acquaintances.
Mr. Hammond is older than Mr.
Hoover by nearly 20 years and
richer by nrobably a number of mil-
lions of dollars. but they unques-
tionably have many interests in
common.
* * *
Mr. Hammond assuredly wants
nothing in politics or he could have
had it—am appointive office—long
ago.
However lm takes an intense in-
terest in public affairs.
He was a strong supporter of Mr
Hoover tor president both before
and alter the Kansas City conven-
tion.
He is as unlike Frank Stearns or
Colonel House as they are unlike
one another but. for that matter
neither does Mr. Hoover much more
strongly resemble President Cool-
ldge or the late Woodrow Wilson
than our wartime chief magistrate
was like Mr. Coolidge. /
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