Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28

As Washington fills up for the con-
gresSional session with visitors from all
parts Of the country, they register sur
prise at the generally omnipresent evil
dence Of prosperity in the National Cap
ital. The District of Columbia happens
to be one of the very few spots in the
whole country, II not the only one, that
have not been heavily hit by business de-
preston. There is some unemployment
-variously estimated at anywhere from
5000 to 10000 persons-and there are
regular patrons of establishments where
free food is dispensed. But nothing APP
proximating the black conditions prev
alent elsewhere are to be found In
Washington. That circumstance Is due
primarily to the fact that the backbone
Of business here Is the custom OF the
Governments grand army Of employees
Their Jobs have gone on. Their pay
has not been cut. Their purchasing
power remains undiminished. Retail
business was 2 per cent better IN
october, 1880, than in october, 1929.
One department stores volume was
more than 20 per cent better.
One day not long ago a man who
turned out to be a fanatical anti-to-
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of a twentieth
amendment to prohibit the manufacture
and use of cigarettes-strolled into the
Sunrenne Court section of the Capitol
on a sightseeing tour. He found him
self in the chambers of one OF the as
sociate justices. The air was unmS-
takably redolent Of cigarette smoke.
The foe Of the weed shifted 1t contemp-
tuously. Nobody but a fool or duoe
would ever smoke cigarettes!" the visi-
tor volunteered to a clerk at work in
the ONCE. About that time a stately,
elderly gentleman entered the room
He'd heard the strangers remark
SmilinQly he calculated, We'll, my
friend, i've smoked cigarettes for years
and nobody ever called me dude" he
was oliver Wendell Holmes, dean OF the
bench.
Karl Won Lewinski, the German law
yer who won for his government what's
said to be the largest claims case ever
submitted to international arbitration
the SAC, O0o, 900 sabotage litigation re.
Gently decided against the United
States-has just returned to Wasnlng,
ton from Europe. Herr Won Lewinskl
was. until lately, German consul gen
era, at New York and the Re1chs
counsel on the American German
MIXED Claims Commission. He and
Mime. Won Lewinski-the latter former
Miss Pomeroy Of Colorado-have, for
the past six or seven years, been popu-
lar members of Washington official so
ciety. Herr Won Lewinski Is about 70
retire from his governments service
and enter private law practice In
Berlin.
Somebody asked Representative Sol
Bloom, Democrat, of New York, VINO
adorns the House Committee on For
eign Affairs, why it's the Foreign Re
lations" Committee in the Senate a .Ia
Foreign Affairs" Committee in the
House? Bloom said the only reason he
could think Of Is that Senators are
too old for affairs"
X u y
Secretary Hurley and other brass
hats at the War Department are Won
dering what sort Of treatment the New
York police are going to hand Army
when it plays Navy on December 13
Here's why. When Notre Dame and
Army clashed in Yankee Stadium last
year Mayor Jimmie" Walker put in g
bid at west Point for q tier OF boxes
that would have stretched nearly down
one whole side of the gridiron. The
Academy authorities were sorry, but
they couldn't assign Hizzoner more than
q pair of boxes. Later in the week
when the Cadets came to town for the
game, they found that practically nc
arrangements whatever had been made
for their progress through the crowded
streets leading to the playing field. Ar
adequate motor-co escort In particular
was lacking. Automobiles and pedes-
TRANS filed at will through the Ions
| line Of disconnected blue-clad marchers
When the Irish from Notre Dame ar.
lrived-Rocknes squad" is a good sizec
corps in itself-there's said to have beer
almost q motor cop apiece to escort
them. Then Mayor Jimmie's polict
rubbed It IN BY roofing wildly Tor Notr'
Dame during the camel