Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-30
HEARD IN WASHINGTON
Preachers Sore Throat Causes
Blonde Young Woman to Start
Career That Lands Her
in Bio Job
by WILLIAM ATHERToN DuP PUY


A MINISTER up in Michigan acquired
"A preachers sore throat from talking too
much and because Of this blonde young
woman was started on career which has
led her 10 become one of the few women who
occupy departmental posts In the Harding
Government
The woman in question is Mrs. Haviland
Fl. Lund, expert In rural organization, nt-
tachcd to the Office of the Secretary Of the
Interior. This minister, who had to leave
his job. took up life insurance. He ex-
planned that the one logical opportunity for
people with education and no means was
soliciting. It was their open door.
This sounded reasonable, so the young
book agent. She did SO well that. in six
months, she was offered the agency for n
whCle State. But instead she went down 10
Chicago and presented herself at the offices
OF big insurance company.
We don't hire women they said. I'VE
don't want to see them around" The day
of woman in business had not then dawned.
You wouldn't mind me-" vcntured the
girl from Michigan
Theyftricd her out. She picked her own
prospects and ignored all but the big ones.
The year she WIS nineteen she wrote more
insurance than any man in the organiza.
ton.
When Francis NJ. Goodwin, now Assistant
Secretary of Interior. was boy he lived
III 'hS 'odt Inlle regions O1 MnrNlanu. lie
worked us youth in the mines. But his
father got him an appointment 10 West
Point and he would probably have been
brigadi"r general in the recent war II
financial revcrseS had not made it necessary
that he keep on working coal.
Finally he saved W enough money to
study law, became field agent of the Land
Office, went West. eventually cut loose from
the Government and hung out his shingls
in Spokane.
Tp 10 do I'll, b,,gr
smiles with surprising ease.
The American Legion was having a party
Mt Marine Barracks in Washington and
among the speakers were Vice President
Calvin Coolidge, Senator Frank Willis and
General John A. Leieune.
stand bearing the flag stood on the
ing their places IL tipped over. but was
neatly caught and kept from falling by the
Vice President
When Senator Willis spoke he commented
on this incident He thought that there
would never come time when there would
not be a handy American standing by to
catch the flag
As though the happening had been staged
the stand turned over again nt Just that
moment and General Lejcune. the best pic
tur" Of n rugged fighting man in the service,
seized it on the way down.
Senator Willis cOntended that his proph-
ecy had worked out
The passing Of Chief Justice White has
called t. mind n political feud which, some
years ago grew out of the question of who
should succeed to vacancy on the Supreme
Court bench.
Edmund Winston Pettus, of Selma Ala,
then past his allotted three score and ten.
asked Senator Pew Of Alabama. TO urge hN
apnnintment I" the Supreme Court.
The Senator replied that Pettus was too
old for the post and refused to recommend
him
Thereupon this venerable gentleman an
nounccd himself AZ n candidate for the Sem
ate against Pew. who had been safely en-
sconc"d for two decades. and defeated him.
Pettus for years held the distinction Of
being the oldest man In Congress.
DR.. Hubert Work. the Assistant Post
master General, the man who handles the
appointment Of all the postmasterS in the
United States. sees the applicants submits
himself to the demands of their Congress-
man. must exercise such diplomacy as the
State Department drCamS not Of
Quite naturally Office seekers make out
strong cases against those now holding posts
which they want. They come and unbur-
den themselves to DR.. Work. tell him won
drous tales Of III" carvings on of the people
they would diSplacP.
That is fine" says the doctor. at ought
10 he sufficient grounds for action. Now you
put in writing all you have said to me that
| may have the "crord straight"
And so often the charges end right there
Letting one tongu" wag nt will is quite
different thing from writing charge on
paper and signing onCS name to it.
Had the United States adopted the Treaty
Of Versailles with reservations, says Surgeon
General Ii4gh $, Cummings, of the Bureau