Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-30

and Is still a farmer by choice. He
owns more than 100 acres in New York
State, with fruit trees that he delights
to prUne himself. He builds his own
sheds and outhouses. for carpentry Is
another of his hobbies.
When he finds time he slips over to a
nearby country club for round Of golf,
but he is not crazy about the game.
His first job was that of lamplighter
in Dexter Mich, where he was born.
His salary was So a month, but on
nights when there was moon he didn't
have to work.
For a while he clerked in his uncle's
general store, but he hated 1t, and quit
to take job teaching school at $38 a
month. He saved enough to enter the
State normal school, then the Uni
versity of Michigan, from the medical
school of which he was graduated in
taught in a medical school, superin-
tended a hospital, served as public
health commissioner In New York, and
finally came to the United States Sen
ate.
In the Senate he has come to be re-
parded as the unofficial guardian OF the
health Of Congress and the President
AS a result of his insistence fresh
air system was installed in the Senate
chamber.
There's wide gap between radio
and apples, but Clarence C. Dill, United
States Senator from Washington, is an
authority on both.
He knows radio because he has gone
about the business of learning 1t in Serl-
Gus fashion. He knows apples because
his State has long been in the tron'
rank as far as this fruit is concerned.
! Dill is what is known as a "speclanst
as far as radio is concerned-tnat Is
he knows a great deal about how to leg
islate for radio. He has made 1t his
| forte for several years. Passage OF the
radio bill bearing his name as co-authol
| in 1927 made his reputation secure.
It takes a lot of skill to put a first-
| class radio bill through Congress. There
! are fine points the average man woulc
never think of. But Dill, the specialist
! in wave lengths and static, succeeded.
! And now they turn to him for guld-
ance when anything pertaining 70 raole
arises in the Senate.
Dill is one of the youngsters of the
Senate Only last month he observed
his 45th birthday. He still bounce!
nimbly to his feet and speaks with
! voice LflaL Is peTSudSlVely oOlO' =,
Some 20 years ago, just out OF college
he was a reporter on newspaper II
Cleveland, Ohio. 1t was at the tlm'
Tom johnson was running for mayor
Young Dill was given job in the cam
paign which called for quick wit ant
Indebtedness He was intrusted VIII
setting up hecklers for Johnson in John
sons political meetings.
johnson believed that the right queS
lions asked at the proper time by peopI
in the audience were of more value tnal
set speeches. It was up to Dill 10 mt
hecklers, fix the questions. ana max
sure they we're propounded at the prope
time.
So we'll did he do his job that johnson
wanted to put him in the city hall. Blu
Dill refused and let it be known that n
was going West and get ready to rui
for Congress.
He stopped at Iowa for a year an
taught in high school. Then he moVe'
on to Washington,
taught school, and GSSSS
did some more law ~
study on the side. M[4|xa.
Then he broke into MNM4SkaSS
politics, bounced 64S4E~S7 w
around in three or zNM@xAi
four campaigns, y Ma#&h%D ~
and in 1914, five zHN\MNNC ISS$&