Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Capital Sidelights

member OF the House anu OeAdVC ii~~
contributed some important work TO-
ward an accurate and illuminative re-
view of some particularly important
phase OF history, which they generally
supply to educational institutions ID
their home States and on request, In
other States.
Representative Anthony Griffin oil
New York member Of the subcommit-
tee of the appropriations COMMITTEES
which passes upon the budget for main
tenance and development OF the Ma.
tional Capital, has just made a special
study of Lewis Morris. signer OF the
Declaration of Independence, the 20OtE
anniversary of whose birth was coinci-
dental with the Sesquicentennial ami
versary of American independence.
Representative Griffin also reminds us
that the great city of New York offers
for our devotion many Revolutionary
landmarks:
Bowling Green, where the Sons OF
Liberty tore down the leaCen statue OF
George III and used its metal for bull
let's. There stand today the iron ratings
once capped with the ornamental iron
balls which were Clipped oil and used
as shot for patriot cannon.
"Fraunces Tavern, where Washington
bid his officers farewell, the old stTuc-
tlire being preserved in the same state
in which 1t stood In Revolutionary days
Trinity and st. Paufs churchyards, on
Broadway, containing the remains as
well as monuments of patriotic states
men and heroes.
The Subtreasury Building, ON Wall
street, where Washington was sworn ir
as the first President of Our Republic
and where the first Congress Of the new
Government met.
THE anchorage of the Brooklyn
Bridge, at No 3 Cherry street. which
now occupies the site where once stood
the colonial mansion which Washington
occupied as the first White House
"Cfty Hall Park, the site of the old
British prison where so many patriots
languished and died. There stands the
statue of Nathan Hale, who, before he
died on the scaffold on that very spot
is said to have def1antly exclaimed: My
only regret is that have only one life
to give for my country Whether he
said It or not, we can easily believe that
was his thought.
THE Island of Manhattan, on which
the boats of WaShingtons army were
beached when he led them on that foggy
night after the disastrous defeat on
Brooklyn Heights. To cover his retreaI
through the Island Of Manhattan, IN
trenchments and block houses we're bull,
at intervals. One OF these block houses
was built at Broadway and Houston
street by Gen. Putnam. Another, which
Is still standing, may be seen In the
northwestern corner of Central Park.
When the British occupied New York
City, which was then at the tip OF Man
haitian Island, the Bronx was the fight
ing ground OF guerrillas from both sides
during the Revolutionary conflict And
in that lighting Lewis Morris had a
vital and conspicuous interest"
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warning that the people VIII MOI
stand for attempts by Congress to put
Coolidge In hole, and that nothing
but his own positive declaration tina.
he will not have 1t will keep him from
being the next President, was given IN
the closing hours of the session by
Representative Williams Of Illinois, who
said:
This game OF trying 10 put Presi-
dent Coolidge In the hole Is not a
new che in Congress. During the Win
ter o. 1923 and 1924 Congress did little
else than play at the game of putting
Coolidge In the hole. His suggestions
were secuted and his policies were de-
feated on RON call after roll call. This
chamber resounded daily with the ap-
piause OF those who we're engaged In
the delightful pastime of putting him
In the hole. A few months later the
people marched to the polls and pulled
him out Of the hole by a plurality OF
more than 1000 900 votes. He still has
the confidence Of the people, and this
latest attempt TO put HIM in the hole
Will recoil on those who Schemed 1t.
The American people know that of
all men In public life IN this country
today Calvin Coolidge Is pre-eminent
In courage. and that his integrity is as
fixed and rugged as the granite hills
OF his native State. Nothing but his
own positive statement that he will not
accept the nomination If rendered him
by the Republican convention at
Kansas City will prevent him from
being the next President Of the United
States"
Just now when the country is wealth
ering one of the Is periods that have
hit us during the last 100 years, the
new Senator from Ohio. Cyrus Locher
and the Secretaries Of Agriculture and
Labor contribute some pertinent in
formation illustrating the growth OF our
industrial and employment problem.
1t was only about 20 years ago that
eight men organized the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen in the caboose Of
freight train. The purpose of the
organization was and is to protect and
defend their rights as employees to bet
ter cooperate with employers. and to
better the conditions OF the railroad
men, and to give them an opportunity
10 engage in the pursuit of happiness
with some chance OF attaining 1t. Now
that organization has grown and multi
piled in memberships approximately
200, 900.
This illustrates that the labor situa-
ton calls for close study of the facts of
unemployment, and of the most care
full diagnosis of the history and causes
OF unemployment.
The Secretary of Labor reports that
there are i,6T4,050 people In voluntary
idleness in this country. Other esti-
mates of unemployment run as high as
II is fair to surmiSe, are ready, willing
and able TO work. but who have not
been able to find employment
The method OF study employed by the
Department of Labor does not include
several important units such as the
growth of population, with 100000
boys and girls annually reaching the
working age: immigrations. with as, 900
unnaturalised citisens from other lands
added to our population in 1877 alone.
and the drift from the farm TO the city
which the Secretary OF Agriculture re-
ports amounted to 100000 persons
from 1920 to 1927
When Congress gets back on the Job
the Secretaries OF Labor and Agricul-
ture are going to have statements ready
partments can do something conStruc-
tive, non>political and economically
sound toward correcting the unemploy-
ment situation and performing new
duties 10 meet new needs.
Geology and Beauty.