Evening star., 1928-05-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

The Senate's presidential campaign
funds investigating committee, which
has now swung into action, Is well
qualified to conduct the thorough.
non-partisan and impartial" inquiry 1t
says it'll prosecute. Neither Chairman
Stciwer. Republican, OF Oregon nor
any Of his four colleagues Is a violent
partisan OF any Of the candidates
whose barrels" are TO be pried open.
The two other Republicans are Sefia-
tors Dale OF Vermont and McMaster OF
South Dakota. McMaster represents
the q. o. r. Progressive bloc. The
Democrats are Senators Barkley OF
Kentucky and Bratton of New Mexico
both former judges and expert ex-
torters of evidence. Vice President
Dawes has given Senator Steiwer the
Oregonian's flrst big chance on Capitol
Hill. Steiwer is a baby Senator IN
both years and tenure OF ofiice, He
Is only A years old and has been In
the Senate just over year. he was
educated for agriculture. became
lawyer and once was n district attor-
ney in Oregon, Steiwer served in an
artillery regiment during the World
War.
II Hoover and Smith are the prcsi-
Dental nominees, both parties Will
adhere 10 their modern prediction for
relatively young candidates. Hoover Is
So: Smith, 81. All Of their respective
rivals are men over 60--well over, In
most cases. Among Republican presi-
dental nominees In recent times.
Blaine. Harrison, Hughes ana Hard
ing we're each So when nominated.
Mckinley was So when first put up
and Roosevelt ~. Coolidge was 0l
and raft 30. Among the Democrats.
Grover Cleveland and Woodrow VIII
son were each SIS when first nonii-
mated. Bryan WAS SO; Parker, 81; Davis.
81. and Cox, SO.
President Coolidge's church. the First
Congregational. will be the scene OF q
World War military reunion on the
evening OF May 3. when the I'd DiVi-
sion Association will hold Its annual
dinner and get-togcther. The host VIII
he the Rev. DR.. Jason Noble. Pierce,
the White House chaplain, VINO u preM-
dent OF the Washington branch oi the
gallant I'd. Dr. Pierce was one OF the
fighting "sky pilots" OF the A. T.. r.
In France. having served as senior
chaplain OF the "a Division through
out Its campaigns. Gen. Le1eune and
Gen. Neville of the Marine Corps will
attend the celebration, and 80 WIZ Col.
Hanford MacNideT, former Assistant
Secretary of War. who is "a Division
man and one Of Its idols. Not only
the Presidents pastor. but his physician
Lieut.. Col. joel T. Bo0ne-~waA over
there" with the outflt whose members
call 1t the best division In France"
M%#
Washington society is smiling over
what recently happened TO n couple 81
newly-weds who are both old enough
10 know better. Since they respectively
divorced each Others "first." the pairs
way Of publicity evincing their undying
devotion was 10 insist upon having ad-
jacent places at formal dinner parties
At FIRST, hostesses Obliged them but
not long ago they struck a snag when
the distinguished woman who was CIV
Ing dinner declined 10 disarrange
her carefully worked~out table plans,
TheTeupon friend husband took the
liberty of smuggling himself 4nto the
dining room and switching some place
cards, Nothing was aaid, but nj q
dinner few nights later Mr., and
Mrs. ~~v~, TO their astonishment and
chagrin, found themselves put NJ a
litLle table on In corner by them"
selves. while "a other guests sat IN
state In the center of the roam. The
loyesick twain has promised 10 be good
for the rest Of the season,
y
This observer has been flying with
tile Army Air Corps, having travelled
from Boiling Field 10 Langley Field aud
return In A Martin bomber for the re-
cent air lnaneuvers al the Virginia sta
tion. Ordinarily II takes from Ave To
seven hours 10 get from Washington Ia
the Hampton Roads rnaion either by
train 0r boat, The 100 intervening miles
were negotiated by plane In hour and
~ minutes. Riding In bombing
ship" at as or 90 miles an hour and
an altitude of a,0O0 feet Ii lnMeaAur-
ably more. comfortable than humping
through Washington IN taKlGab, There
II lhe additional advantage of no traf~