The Hoover Week

Friends no less than enemies can make trouble for a President. Last week President Hoover found Claudius Hart Huston, his Chairman of the Republican National Committee, in a situation which threatened to hurt the G. O. P. It appeared Mr. Huston had been playing the stockmarket with funds collected for lobbying. The President heard Senators demand that he discharge his friend, waited to see what would happen, hoped for the best (see p. 17).

P: President Hoover appointed U. S. Circuit Judge John Johnston Parker to the Supreme Court (see p. 16). Other appointments: Col. Guy Verner Henry to be the Army's Chief of Cavalry; Col. John Wylie Gulick to be the Army's Chief of Coast Artillery. Despite loud protest by some Washington citizens, the President named Major General Herbert Ball Crosby, retired, a District of Columbia Commissioner (TIME, Feb. 17). P: To the President was presented last week a report by his National Industrial Survey Conference to the effect that U. S. industry is gradually picking up the momentum it lost last year (see p. 15). P: Another report the President received last week was from his Commission just back from Haiti. As a gesture of confidence in Latin America, President Hoover recalled 650 U. S. Marines from Nicaragua. Left on duty in Nicaragua: 950. P: A Senate committee last week reported on the evils of G. O. Patronage in the South. President Hoover declared that the conditions complained of had "already been cleaned up" by him through reorganization of the G. O. P., south. To make sure there was no backsliding, the President sent the Senate committee's complaints to the Department of Justice for study.

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