Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-17
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Buiietin.)


 sent a gold medal to John M. Brown ing, inventor of the Browning machine gun. Browning is a native of Utah, and in presenting the resolution the Utah senator asked that it be referred to the military committee and that very comprehensive statement of the great work done by Browning in the invention of fire arms might be read to the senate. This was done. The article read into the congressional rec ords stated that Every Winchester rifle, every Remington rife shutgun. every Remington automatic rife, every Colt machine gun, every Colt auto matic pistol, such as our army officers carry, every one of these, and many more, and every one of the million army pistols manufactured by Bel gian concern--every one of these is a Browning gun. He invented them all. And of the millions upon millions Of these firearms known on every quarter of the globe, not one bore his name. There is no Browning gun plant in Ogden. There is a well equipped shop where MT. Browning 'putters around He does not manufacture firearms. He invents them and lets the other fellow manufacture them. Just as Edison is the wizard of electricity, so is Brown ing the wizard of firearms. The Browning machine gun has been de- cIared to be the very best in the world" Commenting on the great work done by Mr. Browning towards winning the war, MT. Smooth called attention to the fact that he refused to receive any royalty for the machine guns during the period of the war. and other instances of his patriotic devo- tion. His home life was described as simple If he were in his shop, one would find him overalls and Jumper, at a bench whistling softly as he worked away at some device for improving a gun or pistol. If at home one would find him in a plainly furnished living room, sitting back in an armless chair, playing The Blue Bells of Scotland on 8 banjo. He is 6 feet inches tall straight up and down as an Indian, and as vigorous as most men of S0
 He never took to 'citifed' ways, and doesn't bother a tailor, preferring ready made garments. 4 very narrow straight collar, half size too large and any sort of a suit that's handy, and he's ready for the first emergency that calls, which is generally a wire asking him to go to some firearms con- cern to help out with model"
 So great is the housing problem in Washington that any one who has even a camping ground needs to sit tight. or he will find himself a mere cutcast on his return home. The gov ernment is taking over unoccupied houses and fitting them up for it's army and civilian workers. without so such as "hy your leave" to the own CTS. People who purchased houses in the spring or summer now find it i'm possible to take possession, as the for former occupants having no place 10 go. simn.y sit back on their haunch- es and refuse to move. In several in stances of this sort the courts have heen appealed to but pending decision the new owners find themselves out in the coid. unless they too hold fast to apartments already pledged to others. Prices are climbing skyward in a Jack and the Baanstalk sort of way. At one of the big downtown hotels you can set a room with bath at s15 a day and one boiled egg for 40 cents; that is, if there happens ,o be room vacant. an egg r:neurahlc and the walters haven't struck. But Eeu don't get even q crumh of bread or anything else but 9 glass of water Un- less you pay separately for it. The ! popular price" restaurants have about ! there is a long trail of patrons waiting for 2 hanc,. to get a foothold near the lunch counter or squeeze jn at an al- ready Overcfdwaed tahle. Many o; the government departments have opened rafete eT:as for their workers: the Y ! NJ C. A. runs a big one near the sta tion for soldiers and sailors, and al noon the parks are filled with back to-nature lunchers who din into paper bags or picnic boxes. The city has approximately 100 900 more population | than one year ago and there is ap- proximately no more housing accom- l mGdaticn than at that time. Congress 1 has the matter of prof1teering before l it: the government is putting up tern- | narary dormitories in parks and tht Mall hut nothing is completed Sen ators have Urged the administration l to move some of the newly created i bureaus and commissions to othe1 cities where congested conditions dt
 not exist, but thus far only the ship
 ping board has changed. That wen
 to Philadelphia because it's chairman believed that to be the proper place l Otherwise there seems to be no dis
 position to change headquarters.
 The United States housing boar
 now announces that no houses will b
 constructed except where the com
 munities from which such request
 come have not done their utmost t
 provide homes for the workers in gov
 ernment material producing plants l
 is to be a sort of Carnegie librar
 help those who help themselves" sys tenn in housing Only such cities o
 towns as have secured the endorse
 ment of the war department will
 assisted under any circumstances, bu
 even such communities must do a
 in their power to provide homes fo
 the employees of war worker, or tn government will withhold future wa contracts, so it is stated.
 Again the passage of the revenue bi is held up. Chairman Kitchin assure . the house a week ago that the bi
 could pass by the fifth: instead it
 still under debate, and if it passes b the Fist it will be counted as a luck l stroke. The so-ealled debate on th
 bill was often turned into partisa recrimination. Both republicans an , democrats can be found guilty |
 reading the records of the week the meantime the senate is taking
 three day to three day recess, waitin l for the bill to make the trip from or 3 wing of the capitol to the other. I'll : senate committee on finance is cor r ducting hearings and will take up tf
 bill when the house passes it but u question Of it's passage at this sessio by the senate is still in doubt. Every body laughed derisively along back [ June when Chairman Kitchin said n answer to a question: If we hal
 good luck, those who live close | 2 may get a chance to go home to vet
 hut I 1Iy,It Q for those of US who have far to 20 Now it looks as if the Kitchin predio
 tion might come close to the mark
 no adjournment is taken till the b - passes congress. But the rumor s still in the air that the administratic