Augustino Sandino, Nicaraguan bandit and alleged cold-blooded murderer, found himself in much the same boat as the Daughters of the American Revolution yesterday, when President Hoover refused both of them his calling card. The refusal of the President to address the D. A. R. Congress this year, interpreted by the Press as being significant of something a little more than mere social "ennui", brings out into sharp relief the ostrich-like perversity with which that organization has in the past supported every unenlightened policy that could possibly be miscalled Americanism. The naval policies which contributed to the failure of the 1927 Geneva Conference, Intervention in Central America, abhorrence of the World Court--for these the Daughters are strong.

The D. A. R. can continue this sort of thing indefinitely. However, one may safely assume that Augustino Sandino will sooner or later be brought to justice.