Evening star., 1923-09-16
Davis Family Crowding Smiths
For Honor of Most u. s. Posts

! Old Man Davis SONS are going TO give
| the Smith boys race for the honor of
serving Uncle sam in high positions. OF
course there are. literally. thousands of
/ the Smith progeny on the federal pay
roll as clerks, secretaries and what not.
| When you check over the more i'm
| portant executive poSitions-those listed
| in the Congressional Directory You tind
! twenty seven Smiths on the job. With
| the name of Secretary James j. Davis,
! like that Of Abou Ben Ahmed leading all
/ the rest, YOU find there are fifteen
! Davises holding these big jobs. And this
! doesn't includ" Senator smith of South
! Carolina and R"preScntativ" Addison T.
Smith Of Idaho who ar" paired with
Representatives Davis uf Minnesota and
; Davis o: Tennessee.
Every one expects to find the Smith
! family leading in any directory, but IT
comes as u surprise to most people TO
/ find that there are 50 many DaViSes
helping 10 keep the wheels of Uncle
Sans workshop moving.
James !. Davis is Secretary of Labor.
on the Council of National Defense. a
| regent of the Smithsonian Institution
and chairman of the Federal Board for
Vocational Education.
Jsmes c. Davis is director general of
the United States Railroad Administra-
ton.
! Ben G. Davis is chief clerk OF the
Estate Department.
j Arthur j. Davis is director of the
reclamation service.
/ c. NJ. Davis is assistant assessor Of
| the District of Columbia.
| Dwight F. Davis is first assistant sec
retary of war.
. Herbert L. Davis is auditor of the Dis
/ triet Supreme Court.
! James H. Davis is clerk to the Senate
/ committee on commerce.
! Lulu F. Davis is also in the service of
/ the Senate committee on commerce.
! o. K. Davis is on the United States
! section of the inter American high
| commission.
| 2. +. Davis is battalion chief engineer
I of the District fire department.
Maj. Gen. Robert c. Davis is adjuta mt
general of the Army and commissioner
! of the United States Soldiers Home.
Royal Q. IL. Davis is research expert
/ in the fixed nitrogen research laboratory.
! Stephen b. Davis. jr., is solicitor for
the Department of Commerce.
! Dr. William H. Davis is in charge OF
! the vital statistics division Of the census
! bureau.
! And now for the Smiths
| Alfred Z. Smith is on the board Of
Indian commissioners, New York.
! A. II. Smith is one of the doorkeepers
| of the House of Representatives.
| Chester c. Smith is also an assistant
| to the doorkeeper of the House.
| Clifford w. Smith is secretary to the
| United States Shipping Board and the
/ Emergency Fleet Corporation.
| L. s. Smith is an assistant to the
| doorkeeper of the House,
| Ethel NJ Smith is q member of the
minimum wage board for the National
| Capital.
Eyerard H. Smith is clerk to the SEN
ate committee on appropriations.
! f. G. Smith is assistant surgeon gen.
eral, bureau of the public health service.
George II. Smith is assistant superin-
| tendent of mails.
/ iS. ln faf n
F.; States Coal Commission.
J II. a. A. Smith is chief of investiga-
! tions of the general accounting office.
! Horace II. Smith is attorney in charge
of titles, Department of Justice.
! James +. Smith is judge of the
| United States Court of Customs
| John Speed Smith is chief naturaliza-
! ton examiner, bureau of naturalization.
4 Katharine A. Smith is editor for the
Kathryn Smith is clerk to the Senate
committee on Indian affairs.
] Marcus A. Smith is on the interna :
| tional joint commission.
| Murray d. Smith is clerk to the Sen
ate committee on interstate commerce.
| Lieut. Col Perrin l.. Smith is assistant
! to the chief of finance of the Army.
Philip S. Smith is acting director of
| the geological survey.
Ray l.. Smith is assistant chief of the
fPanama Canal Commission.
Shelby Smith is chief of the division
of publications and supplies of the De-
partment of Labor.
Sidney +. Smith is an examiner in
chief of the United States patent
office.
Sydney e. Smith is disbursing clerk
War Department.
w. A. Smith is in charge of the Con-
gressional Record at the United
States Capitol.