Evening star., 1929-12-03


close, "of being neither a part of the
dominant faction nor a part In reality
of the coalition.
Il am here unorganized
but anxious to do the best that may be
done in respect to this bill and in re-
spect to a tariff measure generally"
Thus he stood during the whole Of
the special session. Recognized as one
of the Senate'S best fighters he remain
ed alone and aloof, asking, as his COL
leagues became more and more en-
tangled in the meshes Of the tariff ::
Where are we?"
The stocky Californian is one of the
, most colorful men in the Senate. He
is a stickler for the right kind of
clothes. He stands about feet inches
tall and weighs in the neighborhood of
100 pounds
There can be no denying the fact
that he has bay window" yet despite
his weight the Senator gives no impress
sion of being soft. His eyes are clear
blue like piece of steel; his thick iron
gray hair Is cut short and parted in the
middle.
His voice is low and pleasant in con-
verSation and he has genial smile.
When addressing the Senate he speaks
in a clear, ringing voice, that rises at
times with Staccato note.
He uses forceful gestures, one in par
ticular. The foreflnger of each hand is
extended as though he were holding
pistol. his hands held low as though he
had just drawn gun. In this manner
he punctuates his rapid-fire utterances.
And his colleagues listen with close
attention.
Ask any one around Washington what
JohnSon'S outstanding characteristic is
| and the answer will be courage. :"
There's story of the Senator illustra-
tive of this.
One of the priced possessions of the
When the earthquake leveled San Fran
cisco and actual cash was scarce, the
| cook tossed a bag of money he had
slowed away into the johnson family
! pool.
, Later, when the Senator was running
| FOR governor, a representative of labor
suggested that because of the feeling
| against ASiastics in the State, he should
get rid of his Chinese servant.
MY dear man." johnson replied, "if
I must give up either my governorShip
or my cook, prefer to give up the
governorship.''
The Senator is great base ball fan,
| although his duties prevent him from
! attending many games in Washington
In his younger days he was pitcher
of no little ability at the University Of
California.
He is an inveterate movie fan.
Three miles from the White House
as the crow flies, in one of the widest
and most impenetrable sections around
Washington, is what is expected to be
the last word in country clubs.
1t is to be exclusively for the use
| of Army, Navy and Marine officers, and
| in time probably will be the largest
organization of its kind in the United
States.
It is on the Arlington side of the
Potomac River in q setting of rare
and wild beauty 1t seems impossible
that a place so wild could be so. near
| the Capital, vet there is ample proof
In the woods bordering the seven
| teenth fairway there lived 600-pound
deer. Every Winter when snow blan-
keted the ground greenSkeepers would
scatter hay on the ground for him to
| eat. He was revered by all alike as
the clubs uncrowned mascot, until one
day the gun of poacher laid him low.
The club was born to fill a need in
the service ranks of washington. Ever
since Teddy Roosevelt decided that the
officers on duty in the Capital were get
ting too fat and needed regular exer-
else, soldiers, sailors and Marines nave
had difficulty.
Membership in Washington country
clubs is costly. Public golf courses and
tennis courts are crowded. So the three
service branches got together and de-
cided the only way out was 10 nave
country club of their own.
Across the Potomac in Virginia they
selected a spot. And there were laid
out two 18-hole golf courses, battery
of tennis courts, q large outdoor nata-
torium and two polo fields. In addi-
ton. space was reserved for q nyng
field, where oficers may park their
planes while playing golf.
Of an airplane. Maj. r. D. Newman
did the job. Oblique and vertical pic
lures were taken at attitudes OF 5000
and 1000 feet on a scale OF approxi-
mately miles to / inch.
So perfect were the majors pictures
that a Chicago landscape artist Is sup
cruising all the planting ana 'ands"ap-