Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24
DUB WASHINGTON LETTER
(From National Editorial Association)
Especial to Chronicle)

Washington, June 22-Now that
Colonel Lindbergh has made his last
flying visit to Washington, which
lasted just twenty-seven minutes,
and President and Mrs. Coolidge
have arrived in the Black Hills for
summer of fishing, official Wash
ington has settled down for the US
ual summer routine.
Practically all of the heads of the
various branches of the government
have plans for their vacations we'll
underway, and those who have not
already departed will probably do so
within the next week.
The Public Buildings Commission,
headed by Senator Reed Smott of
Utah, have adopted plan for one
of the most striking and novel meth
ods of grouping buildings ever seen
in the world. A wide boulevard,
passing through the largest circular
plaza in the world will be the CEN
tral feature of the plan. The pub
lie buildings are to be constructed as
great units on either side of the
boulevard with archways connect
ing them. Washington, considered
one of the most beautiful cities in
the world, will emerge at the end
of this gigantic undertaking of gov
ernment construction with a group
of buildings providing one of the
most magnificent settings ever Wis
ualized. The archways spanning the
various streets are to be of a char
acter equaling in beauty the finest
archways of the world. Plans call
for the removal of various govern
ment departments which are now
housed in buildings entirely made
quate for the large amount Of busi-
ness transacted. Pennsylvania ave-
nue., now regarded more Or less of
an eyesore, will present within the
next few years a striking architec-
tural appearance with huge govern
ment buildings flanking it on either
side.
While most of official Washington
is planning to get away for a few
months from the torrid spell now
rapidly approaching, Secretary Hoo
yer of the Department of Commerce,
probably the busiest member CT the
Presidents Cabinet, is preparing to
leave next week for the Mississippi
flood area to study further The prob
lem of rehabilitation. Information is
now being collected by local food
area agencies on the extent of the
destruction wrought by the overflow
of the Mississippi, and this data will
be presented to Mr.. Hoover when he
arrives in the devastated section. No
doubt Mr.. Hoover, by the end of the
summer, will have prepared an eX-
haustive report to be presented to
Congress at the next session. Plans
are now under way to urge Presi-
dent Coolidge to call together an
early session of the legislative body
for the purpose of considering per-
manent relief measures for the in
undated section.
Representative Emanuel Collier, in
a letter made public recently, at
tackled new Labor Department regu-
lations scheduled to go into effect
December l, which would bar nat
uralized Canadians from travelling
between their Canadian homes and
places of employment in the United
States. Mr.. Cellar in his letter to
President Coolidge feels that the :
regulations are inconsistent with the
peaceful and reciprocal relations
between the Dominion and the Uni
ted States. This gives the Depart
ment of Labor something to think
about between now and the opening
of the next session of Congress, as
the letter may presage the feeling of
other members of the law-making
body.
Government officials who have
not yet left for their summer vaca-
tions are awaiting with interest the
arrival of representative of the
Nanking government, said to be on
his way to Washington. 1t is report
ed that the Moderate Nationalist
Government is sending an unofficial
Commissioner to Washington in an
effort to establish direct relations
with the United States. The definite
purpose of the visit has not been
but it is supposed that
Nanking is making a bid for Ameri-
can recognition and hopes through
direct representation at Washington
to gain fuller American sympathy
and understanding and to settle the
Nanking incident.
President Coolidge's vacation rou-
tine will be broken shortly if re-
ports are true that James R. Shef-
field, Ambassador to Mexico, will
make a persnal visit to the Black
Hills for the purpose of discussing
problems south of the Rio Grande,
and at the same time to present mis-
resignation. Mr.. Sheffield is now in
and officialdom is spec