The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-08-26
CLOSE-UPS IN The
NATIONS CAPITAL
(By Stephen James,

(By Stephen James,
Bayonet practice, in which mil
lions of young Americans became
more or less proficient during the
late war, may become passe. One
high ARMY officer claims the prin-
cipal use of the bayonet is as a
can opener.
Young Americans" he saws,
are more accustomed to swinging
a baseball bat. When they seek
to put an opponent out of com
mission they the more likely to
swing a gun as a club. If a bay
onet is affixed at the wrong end,
the soldier may cut himself"
Of the 225,0 900 wounded soldiers
admitted to the u. S. army hos
pitfalls after the World War, less
than $50 of them are recorded as
suffering from bayonet wounds.
Typists in the Marine corps Off
ces in Washington are duplicating
to a degree the history of many
battles by ONE for their So
called rights"
For more than two years they
have conducted a campaign for
the privilege of smoking at their
work. The men smoked. Why
should not the women employees? |
Finally the word got to Brig.
Gen. Rufus H. Lane, adjutant and
Inspector of the corps. The Bird
adler issued an order granting the
and other women clerks
the same privileges as men.
But do the women smoke? Not,
in the vernacular, "so's you a
notice it," The order was issued
nearly a month ago, and not a
ash tray has been found on
he ladies' desks yet.
On Cabin John Bridge is an in
;cription to jefferson Davis, for
ner secretary of war and later
president Of the Confederacy. At
the outbreak of the war the in
scription was obliterated, but dur
ing the Roosevelt administration
Teddy" caused it to be restored
by an act of congress.
Washington, where anything
can be heard if one listens closely
enough, learns through the grape
vine method that Herbert Hoover
intends to resign from the cabinet
to become an active candidate for
the Republican nomination for the
presidency.
Such a course presumes that
Mr.. Hoover will enter the field
without the expressed support of
President Coolidge, who does not
Choose" to run for that Office a.
gain.
If friends of Mr.. Hoover antici-
pate the open support of the Pres
ident in Mr.. Hoover's quest for the
nomination, this writer fears they
are doomed to disappointment. A
sound guess would be that Mr.
Coolidge will openly espouse the
cause of no particular candidate
as republican standard bearer, but
leave the party and the public at
liberty to make it's own selection.
If Mr.. Hoover's resignation is
to be submitted. it is not likely
to be placed in the Presidents
hands until he returns from his
vacation, and perhaps not for
some time after that.
In any list of prospective candi-
for the republican nomina-
ion, two names are destined to
become more and more prominent.
The first is Nicholas Longworth.
speaker of the house, and the 9th
,r is James w. Wadsworth, for
ner senator from New York. Both
ire deemed to be of presidential
and both stand high in
he party councils of their party. !
Nelson T. Johnson, former for t
ign service officer, who becomes !
assistant secretary of state, finds r
place in the sun at the moment '
~ reason of the fact that he
acrifices $1,000 in salary for a g
igher title.
AS foreign service officer, first g
he received a salary of So, =
90 a year. His compensation in
he higher classification will be e
My $500 annually. f
A classic example of a man who h
egan at the top and worked his j
ay downward to promotion lis f;