The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
ALaban1iar1s Modest m
 Directory Biographies
Immigrants Urged by Government to Attend State Fairs Including That in Birmingham Find
 New Grievance Against Secretary Baker
By HUGH v. ROBERTS

Washington, July Especially With out exception. Alabamians in Congress display modesty in presenting themselves to the public through their self-prepared biographies in the Congressional Diree- tory. a new copy of which is just off the press
 Senator Bankhead is a planter. accord ing to his statement. He served in the civil war. He records the fact that he is a member of the inland waterways commission, but makes no reference to his authorship of the good roads legis- lation by means of which the government is cooperating with the states in the construction of highways
 Senator Underwood's biography consists simply of the statement of his place of birth and his elections to the House and the Senate.
 Representative McDuffie of the First district, a new number, modestly but fully tells the story of his life. He was born on cotton plantation and taught by a goyerness, afterwards entering the Southern university He was graduated at Auburn, and completed the law course at the University of Alabama in one year. He mentions the fact that at one time he was adjutant of the Second reg iment, Alabama National Guard.
 Representative Dents story consists all most exclusively of a recitation of his place of birth and his elections to Congress. His profession has always been that of attorney at law" he says
 Representative Steagall of the Third district says: Was county solicitor for a number of years. member of the legisla- ture, state district prosecuting attorney, member of state democratic executive committee. delegate to party conventions, and delegate to the democratic national convention, Baltimore 1912.''
 Representative Blackmon of the Fourth Alabama is very brief in his story He makes the admission that he was born at Lime Branch Polk county, Georgia D
 Representative Hefling of the Fifth states that he was mayor of Lafayette for two terms, register in chancery two years, accepted the democratic nomina- tion from Chambers county to the legis- ture, member of democratic state execu- tive committee, member of the constitu- tional convention, 1901; secretary of state, accepted the nomination of the district tc succeed Charles w. Thompson in Con- gress
 Representative Oliver of the Sixth briefly records his history and achieve ments. He states that he is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholar ship fraternity and adds that on his cleo ton to Congress he retired from the firm of Oliver, Werner 6 Rice to devote his entire time to his congressional duties.
 The vacancy in the Seventh district is noted in the directory.
 Representative Almon of the Eighth says that he was brought up on a farm in Lawrence county. He refers to the fact that he was speaker of the house of the Alabama legislature and author of the bill which created the state high way commission. He adds that he is a member of the Methodist church, Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Woodmen of the World and B. P. O. E.
 Representative Huddleston of the Ninth has the briefest statements His only apparently superfluous remark is "served as private soldier in the Spanish-Amer- ican var
 Representative Bankhead of the Tenth tells his story crisply. He mentions the fact that he was city attorney of Hunts