Evening star., 1925-01-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

credited Warren's astuteness at a psy-
Geological moment for the fact that
the platform, after being read by him,
TO the convention, went through
strictly according to program. There
was moment when Albert jeremiah h
BeverfdEe OK Indiana threatened 10
throw an eloquent monkey wrench
into the Coolidge Butler Warren ma
chinery. But the smooth and suave
Detroiter moved too expeditiously. and
Beveridse lay low.
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Col. Alfred William Bjornstad. II q
A, whose promotion to a briradfer
generalship is being held UP at the be-
hest OF Senator Davis Elkins Of West
virginia, has had one of the most dis
tlhsuisheo careers ever achieved by
our modern generation of younger
military officers. though not a West
rolhter. He was volunteer in the
Minnesota National Guard during the
spanish American War. and durino .
Six years service in the Philippinss
engaged IN no fewer than "a battles
and actions. In 1s1l-12 he was Amer
lean military attache in Berlin. When
We entered the World War Bjornstad
organized and directed the 16 tratnina q
camps ,or onicers. which produced tn Z
original 25,34I officers of the Natfona
army Later as a commander ofAfhs
18TH Brigade, he participated In All
VI refshings major engagements In
france. For the past Ave years coI
bJornstad has commanded az rTor,
smelling. MINI. He wears d,s,in
suisned decorations of honor from the
0nlted States, Great Britain and
france 6oornstad has just turned so
"a Uaixln ,a Coolidge is talking and
s t 1or the house and apartment
tenants of Washington from senti.
ments engendered in him bv ,,fa
time Of tenancy. Almost as Iersnsa, ~
as his induction into the snresiden
py the light of a kerosene lamn is
cars penchant for simple Iivin .
quarters throughout his earlv NO,
iltlcai life. Generations of American
Doys Yet unborn probably win read
OF the S32-a month half -housa tbe
Coolidges long occupied at North !
ampton and the $I50-a-day room he
nved In at the Adams House. Boston,
WINS IN the Massachusetts Senate
anu WhIie lieutenant governor and
governor SO the thrifty yermonter
knows the virtues of modest housin
ana the rights Of humble renters Iiks
government employees. On no purely
local washington issue has Presiden,
Coold8e spoken with such fervor 6
ne mas in connection with the hill
70 curb rent-gouging in the District
ferhaps, when the time comes he'll
go to bat as vigorously on behalf OF
national representation in Congress-
and the electoral college for the dis.
franchised denizens of Uncle Sam.
square 10 miles.
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Every letter carrier and posta,
employe in the land for more than a
generation has been inspired by the
| career OF Eddie" Morgan. postmaster
| OF New York, who has just sorted his
| last mail after 52 years of continu-
Gus service in the postal branch
Morgan, born in Michigan in 1855
| began life as a carrier when he was
18 years old and was on duty at the
| New York post office continuously
until January 5; 1925. Morgan saw
the eountry's biggest post Office rise
from a two-story cottage to the gi.
| gantfc institution IL is today, with
more than million square feet oil
| floor space in its various divisions
and branches. Roosevelt appointed
! AIM postmaster OF New York in 1907
Taft reappointed him, and Harding
| gave him Nhis old position after HI
had been out of it during the Wilson
administration. Morgan once said:
There Is q, mystic charm about the
postal service which. when one fall.
under its influence, takes complet.
possession of the faculties and mo-
nopolizes all that a man has in the
way Of endeavor and enthusiasm"
Copyright, 192J.)