Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19

important rule Tor any man, WheCneI
Government official or private citizen
who wants to get Congress to do any
thing" Secretary Good said once in dis
rule is: Tell Congress the truth. Also
tell 1t as promptly as you cam
by that mean that If a member Of
the Senate or House wants any informa-
ton, get that information to him as
quickly as possible and be sure 1t Is &C
curate. Nothing irritateS Senator or q
Representative more than to be held UP
or held out on In the matter of in
formation. Those men on Capitol Hill
have a lot of work to do, and nine
tenths of them are trying their best tc
frame and vote for good legislation fol-
their country. Therefore, they are en-
titled to the cooperation of depart
ment officials.
II was gratified to find when I en-.
tered the War Department that the
| Army officers, from the chief of staff
down, were already working under 9
system whereby they are always willing
and eager to give Congress all the in.
| formation 1t wants.
An Army officer who holds high rank
and has had many years of experience
IN washington was asked how Good
was making out in his new Job.
| Il am not prophet nor the son Of q
prophet" he smiled.
Record of Few Months.
But I will say this: Secretary
| Good has shown enough in the few
months he has been in office to make us
Army men feel happy. He has the fac
| ulty OF graSping problem in its eS-
sentials; of making decision and Their
going ahead. He Is neither rash mol
| dtlatory and we have not had, in my
recollection, a man at the head of the
| War Department who has a more
thorough understanding of how things
| get done in Washington"
| AS chairman of the House appropri.
atoms committee for some years, Secre-
tary Good was afforded an exceptional
opportunity to learn much of Washing
ton and its needs and aspirations. He
was heartily in sympathy with plans to
develop and beautify the Capital.
There are improvements that must
be made before Washington can merit
the title Of the most beautiful city In
the world-a title which deeply hope
| Will be applicable before many years
have passed." Secretary Good said re.
Gently.
Young men and women who visit
Washington take away with them moi
! recollections of the speeches they hear
in Congress, but memories of the Inn.
| posing structures in which thoss
speeches are delivered. Their impress
sions of the seat of Government arr
concrete ones, gained in sightseeing
tours to the points of interest. Nothine
should be left unturned to insure :
high and noble conception Of thu
Capital.
IT am sorry to say that I consider
Pennsylvania avenue a disgrace to the
city and the Nation. 1t is a street prop.
erly belonging to a city of $4,000 in.
habitaflts, rather than to one so larg:
and so important as Washington. For,
tunately, the Federal Government |:
| planning to beautify the south side Of
| the Avenue. but the north side remain,
untouched I realize, of course, that
the war delayed the improvement Of
this thoroughfare. but the work shoulc
be pushed now without abatement.
Lack Of Co Operation.
I'm afraid that selfishness by owner!
of private property also has played {
i part in the Pennsylvania avenue prob
lem. They have bean reluctant some.