Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

Coolidge was sent for, asked to make
the rest of the journey with the guoer-
Material family, and met the daughter
of the household
William H. Beck, whom Secretary
Stimson has just appointed as his as
Sistant, is by way Of breaking the record
Of Rudolph Forster, perennial executive
clerk at the White House. Bill Beck
now serves his fifth successive Secretary
of State. He began with Lansing and
was at the elbows, one after the other.
of Colby, Hughes and Kellogg. He went
to South America with Hughes and to
France last year with Kellogg. No one
knows the ropes of the State Depart
ment more thoroughly than Beck, or Is
more jealous in helping people to pull
them During the war, after enlisting
In the Army, Beck was assigned to
Headquarters base section 3. at London.
Nater he was private secretary to the
late Henry White of the American peace
mission at Paris. BILL" a strawberry
blond, Is native WaShingtonian.
Once he was secretary to Representative
Nelson of Wisconsin, and to Gilbert
Grosvenor. president OF the National
Geographic Society.
If you're an agricultural writer worth
81, 900 year. Secretary Hyde is seeking
you. At least, the United States Civil
Service Commission is broadcasting an
announcement that such a job is going
begging Applications must be on file
with the commission not later than
April "a. There's an important speci-
fication. Applicants will be required to
adapt agricultural matter for effective
radio presentation. They must be able
to inject interest into radio programs;
to assume responsibility for providing
attractive program material and speak
ers from the Department of Agricul-
lures staff, for broadcasting stations
and networks; and to originate plans
which will interest farmers in making
application Of information obtained by
radio
On the bulletin board of the House Of
Representatives lobby Is the following
ouested to visit the undersigned's office
and furnish information necessary for
use in case of accident or illness. Ex-
aminations lasting from 80 to As min.
uteS will be made, for the purpose OF
obtaining normal findings on members.
tSigned) George w. Calver, Medical
Corps, United States Navy, House Ply
sician." It appears that the Senate
hasn't any house physician. Evidently
it's relying on DR.. Copeland.
Mark Sullivan, the washington Jour-
nalistic member of the Hoover medicine
ball cabinet, has Just delivered couple
of lectures at Yale University on Jour
nalism and the Historian" They were
given under the foundation named for
the late Isaac Bromley. who was editor
of the New York Tribune 65 or 20 years
ago. Sullivan is putting the finishing
touches to the third volume of his mon
umental history of the United States,
called "Our Times-the United States,
1900-25" Vols. and II were entitled,
respectively. THE Turn of the Century"
and America Coming Of Age" VOL III
will deal with Roosevelt, Taft and the
dawn Of the Bull Moose movement.
Sullivan Is Harvard man. but escaped
from the Yale campus intact.
Representative Haugen, Republican,
Of Iowa, can be co-parent Of the forth
coming farm relief bill with Senator
McNary, Republican, Of Oregon, If he
wants to be. IF he doesn't, the new ag-
ricultural measure will be called either
the McNary-Purnell bill after Repre-
sentative Purnell, Republican Of In
diana. or the McNarv-Williap1s bill,
after Representative williams. Hepub-
lican, of Illinois. Nobody knows yet for
sure whether Mr.. Haugen isIifposed
to father or mother farm=txlief act
sans equalization fee. If he doesn't
want to, do so, he fades frornsthe con-
gressional nomenclature ifl FlFE adorned
for the past six years. llillIiIile.