Evening star., 1929-07-03

TO men who have been vital factors In
the national life Of the country. One
encounters them everywhere, and often
"A the most secluded places.
There are a such memorials under
the jurisdiction Of the Federal Gov
eminent alone. It Is estimated that
there are ct least three times this num-
Der under the care Of private individuals
and organizations.
New memorials and statues are added
each year. At present the Buchanan
Memorial Association Is having erected
in Meridian Hill Park o statue to the
memory Of President Buchanan. At the
foot Of New Hampshire avenue, In the
Rock Greek and Potomac parkway, an
other memorial is to be erected in
memory Of the men, women and chill
dren who perished In the Titanic dis
aster.
Heretofore there has been no real
effort put forth by the Government
TO keep the statues under its jtirisdic-
tion In presentable state. With the
exception OF an annual inspection they
have been left pretty much alone.
But now every one from Columbus to
the Peace Monument Is to get o thor
ough bath. It will cost in the neigh
borhood of 5000.
Col. Ulysses s. Grant, Sd, superintend-
ent of public buildings and parks, con-
stantly is receiving letters from various
people about the condition. of certain
statues.
But there are those who write Col.
Grant insisting that no steps be taken
TO clean the marble and bronze figures.
These believe that the statues In their
dirty state are much to be preferred.
AS stone mason 1t must be reported
that Mr.. Hoover lacks the skill and
0nesse Of his predecessor, Mr.. Coolidge.
When Mr.. Coolidge was President he
laid the corner stone Of the National
the job was done skilifully and with
cut coaching. He knew what was to be
done and did 1t.
Only recently President Hoover per-
formed similar function. He laid the
corner stone for the new Department Of
Commerce Building. But 1t was not
4 done 50 skillfully.
President Hoover, despite the fact that
ne Is an engineer: evidently is no stone
step Of the job.
4 Pictures prove It. One photographer
has picture Of Mr.. Hoover standing in
: the center Of the group asking instruc-
/ tons as to what he should do next.
O1 tkle 1l1tu LOOI OF the ONCE DullC-
ing that houses members Of the House
| Of Representatives Is a brisk, pleasant
little woman who holds probably the
I most important unofllcial position In the
United States Congress.
She Is Mrs. Harriet Daley, chief oper-
ator of the private branch telephone ex-
change that serves Senator's and Repre-
{ sentatives, who Is charged with the
/, duty OF seeing that daily average oi
27,000 calls are handled properly.
Her switchboard Is large enough tc
serve fair-sized city. The calls she
puts through are Of vital importance
10 the Nation.
There are 1,700 stations In use on
Capitol Hill. In addition there are SOC
extension stations. There are three
times as many telephones as there ar
Senators and Representatives,.
From this switchboard In the Hous'
Once Building there are 80 lines rur
directly to other Government depart
ments scattered over Washington, aI1s
to the White House. The city centra
lines are connected with % trunk lines
Sixteen young women Ill positions a.
stLe board. Three other positions ar'
held in reserve for future growth. ON
operator does nothing but handle long
distance calls originated by Senator
and Representatives. Three handle In
i coming calls.
These young women must not only b
effieient operators, but also must carry
in thar minds naasses nf detail xeReyd'