Evening journal., 1922-05-20

sumed undisputed leadership in the
manufacture Of munitions, not only
in the United States, but took its
place as one of the four largest
munitions plants in the world.
In 1915 Mr.. dupont disposed OF
all Of his holdings in the dupont
corporation and has not been con-
nected with It since in any capacity.
He then turned his attention to real
estate, specializing in hotel prop
erty. His first field was New York.
In quick succession he became the
possessor OF many OF the most noted
hotels Of the nations metropolis.
among them Being the McAlpin. the
Waldorf, the Astor. the Claridge
and the Martinique. Later he Sc
cured control of the Bellevue STRAIT
ford in Philadelphia and the New
Willard in Washington. d. c. AL
though these are the outstanding
hotels in which Mr.. dupont has a
controlling interest. he has interests
in other hotel properties at various
points in the United States.
An Active Republican.
hAAAVltA oNAaAOA mas DEEn
a figure in national politics during
the last decade. he did not become
active in political work until his re-
moval TO Delaware. His political
activity was that Of any other citi-
zen interested in the success of HIS
party and the welfare of his State
and country Although several op-
portunities We're offered him TO ac-
cept Office. he steadfastly refused.
His senatorship is the first salaried
public Office Mr.. DUPONT has ever
held. The other public offices he has
held, and which he still holds. are
Republican national committeeman
from the State Of Delaware, which
he has held since 1906. and deputy
police commissioner of the city Of
New York. Despite the fact that he
was a citizen OF the State of Della
ware he was appointed deputy po-
lice commissioner OF New York
City. with the special function Of
handling traffic of that city. As
result Of his study OF traffic condi-
tions in New York the congestion so
marked in the main thoroughfares
OF that city has been greatly relieved
by a system of rerouting, as well as
the installation of an automatic
traffic control system. Il is said
that Mr.. DUPONT has done more to
bring order and dispatch out of alb |
solute chaos and congestion in con-
nection with the tremendous traffic
Of New York than any other man. |
In view of the fact that more traffic !
passes through Columbus Circle. on
upper Broadway, in the course of "a [
hours than through any other given |
thoroughfare in the world, this in I
itself, is an accomplishment OF no
small dimensions.
Physically Fit.
Senator dupont is physically |
equipped for the vast amount Of
work which he performs. He stands /
six feet three inches and is we'll pro-
portioned. He has always kept in /
fine physical condition. He is a +,
veritable human dynamo, never be- I
ing satisfied unless he is hard at
work. He has an especial liking for
new tasks. As soon as he demon
strates 10 his satisfaction. and 70 the
satisfaction OF others, that he has
successfully mastered a problem. or
placed an industry at the forefront.
he turns his attention to repeat his
constructive work.
He is a man Of very few words, |
speaks with a quick accent and en-
cages in. very little speculation. He
follows the Biblical injunction OF /
letting his conversation be Yea"
or Nay"
In all OF his career he has been |
most democratic and unless aware 1
of it through some other avenue OF
one in contact with |
him would not realize that he is a
multimillionaire who has wrought
success in a dozen different fields.
Although a man OF warm and
enduring friendships. he does not
harbor enmities. He holds that no
one has enough time 10 justify his
wasting Il getting even"