Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07

In naming the new Assistant Sec.
retaries of War and the Navy, in
charge Of their respective aviation
branches, President Coolidge seems
to have had in mind the ancient diff.
ferences between the land and sea
forces on air matters. IT. Truhee
Dawson, who will be at the War De
partment was formerly Navy ayia.
tor, and Edward p. Warner, who will
be at the Navy Department, was an
Army aviator Dawson Is equipped
! by personal experience for the post
\ of which. he becomes the first Occu.
pant. While serving with the naval
forces during the World War, he was
seriously injured when his plane fell
In practice rnaneuvers over Long 10
| land Sound Dawson was one Of
those who sponsored and financed
Lieut.. Coindrs Byrd's recent tfiuin.
phal flight across the North Pole, The
Young Assistant Secretary of War
for aviation was left fortune by his
late father, Henry p. Dawson. for
the specified purpose Of pursuing. a
career in public service. He has be.
gun felicitously. To his credit are q
brief career In the New York State
Assembly and the active direction OF
the National Crime Commission.
J : y Z
young Bob" La Toilette, the baby
OF the United States Senate. ends his
first session with q record his friends
hold to be promising in the extreme.
Vice President Dawes assigned him
to two OF the outstanding inyestiga.
tions OF the year-the probe OF the
Tariff Commission and the pending
| INQUIRY into primary campaign funds.
| During the session young Bob"
made effective speeches against the
World Court and the Coolidge Mellon
tax bill; supported Senator Norris
crusade for Government control OF
Muscle shoals. and successfully con-
| tinued the action initiated BY the
elder La Toilette looking to invest.
CATION OF the bread trust. Z Young
season, III d matrimonial sense, and
his future relations with Cupid are
lbeing anxiously watched. Meantime,
his first love remains his last love
\ his widowed mother. who lives with
the Senator here and Ii the same un9
ceasing source Of sage counsel that
she was when stOld Bob was leading
1.-THE progressive hosts. & 81
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Fl Representative John M. NORM Of
Pittsburgh, whose testimony before
the Senate primary probers wound
Isup the inquiry into the Pennsylvania
gold rush e is the father Of 10 chill
dren. He proudly lists all their
names in his Congressional Record
autobiography. NORM also atteSts In
| that compendium Of the great and
near-great that he is trade upionist.
with cards Of membership In the
lglassblOwers' union and IN the union
| Of steel and iron workers. He once
was a. professional base ball player
manager, too Hi frontier days at Mis-
soula, Mont. NORM Is now chairman
i of the House COMMITTEES on military
affairs, d post won by seniority at
1 the end or seven successive terms lii
/ Congress His ancestors hail from
County Mayo. Ireland.
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senator Borah. who II going to
stump the country against the World
Court, is often criticized as q states
i man who never quite sees things
through to 8 final conclusion. The
way its put by an end.of e.sessipn
i quip II that sBorah knocks more
hoIne-runs than any man IN Congress,
but always stops ct first base. ]"
one Of the bins that failed to obtain
i the Presidents signature amid the
i lam that marked the adjournment Of
4 House and Senate was the measure
handing over many thousands 0f acres
Of Western oil lands to Indian tribes
The bin was passed In both houses
without any slagE ION of iETegiilArits
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