Show OUR washington LET LETTER arr by BV national EdItor editorial lal Atso clation special clil to the san juan record necima washington september 2 when he ne news wa and society columns columns early terns items legai oln recent visitors at the summer home of the president the readar leadar Is not ione to attach any particular sigm finance to it however news new s concern ng the guest of the chief executive over aver last week end walter S gifford president aident of tile the american telephone and telegraph company has an appeal to every man man and women of the country mr gifford will lead head the lar est eat of mr hoovers commissions one to deal with unemployment and distress the federal commission on un employment which was headed by colonel arthur woods started out with a tremendous bang but atte after days and weeks passed without any i real colonel woods wood s went abroad to study european conditions dit kilt ions and the public lost faith in the organization it is believed by lead leaders tirs that the apolnia ment of a man of mr giffords achievements will have a psychology psycho log ical cal reaction and hope will spring anew we are told by optimists chati ve are too near the mountain to be hold its magnitude and beauty and that prosperity ts is right around the corner but it Is believed that nothing short of genius will wiil be required reau lied to prove brovo this to tile the average citizen especially to those residing in the wheat and cotton growing district the ill wan swan song of the wickersham I 1 commission Is being sung during the remaining days of august three tre vol volumes unies entitled crime anti and the foreign born the cost of 0 crime caime and the causes or of crime clime will be isner IY by the gm Goirn ariment meni printing office tills this week the first editions of each wll will be presented to mr hoover who will probably make i no coment but transmit them to cou con gross gress for their guidance and information many administration critic crider have charred charged that the which the commission cost was a waste ot of public funds but contrasted with the federal farm board for which ft was as appropriated or one thousand times as much the wicker aham commission has been inexpensive 06 one of the principal subjects of dis cession in the nations capital these days Is the advantages and disadvantages of a special session of congress Cong rss the advocates of a special sess session on co contend tend that in view of the fact that france germany Gei many great britain anal italy have already agreed to moratorium gium and have lave put it int into 0 et ef 1 feet the Adminis tra tion will be placed I 1 in a most embarrassing position be j fore foie tile the world if tile the necessary legislation for foi making the hoover mora corium effective is not enacted byl by 1 december eco niber 15 the opinion is espres espre s sed that when ft hen congress Congi as ill bles be 1 lond ond i a biba attacks on I 1 tiie administration both because 10 it I 1 did not 1111 pet net sooner nr and because it acted d at nil all will from other quarters tile the cry is fis heird heard that nothing could be accod abed by summoning into 11 II J wily FO c aloi sl oi a poll brally minded con 1 press however it Is generally agie cd that if tle members of tile the stecial confess cone I ess were inere ible able to formulate tu program that the coun liis aney an and 1 I 1 appealed to reason there Is no gro gionna und to doubt that tilt the president would quickly comply by con 1 veiling congress Cord less on an all hours homs notley 1 A tremendous ulous aniol amount lut of data on oil is now non being compiled by bv the T tar iff commission to be used by con P rips I 1 ia in 1 the battle between wistern u stern 1 hil ni ci rod u cing states se ekine tariff protection and the atlantic seaboard during tile closing days of tile the last session of conga ss ecna to tors and d representatives chiefly aiom f I 1 0 j ll 11 la karppi Kar r s spi q oklahoma and texas sought u glit r e i t r cletion on oil imports these discussion which tied up till con gress giess for several seve rii days before tile tho ses sion ion enam avith no re eions and simply a cesoli flon for tariff commission to investigate the I 1 matter with pi production of oil in the united states belm dw in rby martial law in oklahoma and texas this subject is again bi brought ought to tt the file forefront fore froit and all indications holni point to a major struggle being wag ewakd i d at I 1 tile the next session of con congress gross t to 0 p put ut a tariff on importations credited with supreme court aspirations mr mi 13 bakai a ker j was was Seer tary of war in the theWl Wilson lson administration and may be the choice of the democrats for president it if governor roosevelt evelt of near ne york should be side tracked tri cLed baker os as P a member of the Wick wickerham epham law eibi Eu 9 commission declared declai ei plim self forthe foi the repeal of the eighteen th li amendment there Is no outstanding ing figure among the dry democrats who v ho may be e nominated for president unless it be senator jos robinson nobl nion ot of Ar arkansas kansa democratic wader leader of the senate and running m mate te of bf X al smith vii a 1928 therefore the elevation or of mr air baker to the supreme court well would d remove a dangerous contender for the presidency 1 i political observers avers ara alre interested la fa the forthcoming visit of ci C dascom bascom slemp to new england where lie he plans to visit calvin coolidge slemp mow a washington attorney was the aex e presidents secretary for a number lot lof years and Is considered a power dover i in republican politics he insists that the visit to his former chief ig merly a social call before returning to his in paris as commissioner gen eral from the united states to tile the french colonial exposition Exposit lon and had no political significance the apropo sal to draft coolidge to run again ja in 1932 Is often discussed by ans hei heie e despite the fact I 1 that hat re ie of president denti hoover Is generally predicted the only activity on capitol these days is the nye investigating committee which aich Is delving into the charges that bishop james cannon jr in 1928 violated the corrupt practices act in the campaign year by not reporting contributions certain of the democrats some of then them drys from tile the south who remal remained ned loyal to their party ticket are seeking I 1 g to make political capital of malt malter e r but it Is believed that the upshot ot of the investigation if anything will be to injure the dry caused rather than the republicans unless iribe argued that the giop go p is en ireby dominated by the orys drys and anything that injures them will inure jure the party I 1 an acute financial faces diplomatic corps tilts this winter inter although figures are not jaVall available aLle in each case it is 14 r loi secret that the salaries cr cf virtually every diplomatic mission here have cave suffered drastic cuts and some are lot beine paid at all among other things this his situation means that tile the hitherto almost fabulous supply cupply of nf diplomatic liquor is no longer available ambassadors and lare are guarding their allar cellar with the zeal of prison wardens and aad the precious liquid Is poured 8 sparingly to a few american friends many diplo gnats are moving into less lesi expensive lu aiters it Is hinted that some ol of ali 0 smaller sini llor countries such as ecuador which is struggling to keep heep up a mission here without visible means liman P s of support may follow tilt the example ol of Al banias minister who Is urging that his government abollah abolish tile the legation jn in washington |