Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Capital Sidelights
by WILL p. KENNEDY.

or legislative proposals. introduced in
the National House of Representatives
during the first session of the present
Congress, which closed down the legis-
lative mill "the night before the
Fourth" This is nearly 1000 more than
in the first session of the previous
Congress and nearly 5000 more than
in the first session of the Sixty-seventh
Congress.
This startling increase In the volume
and variety of proposals for legislation
is disclosed in the History of Legisla-
ton" just compiled under direction of
William Tyler Page, clerk of the House,
by Eugene F. Sharkoff, the tally clerk.
or this number 624 public laws were
approved, 3 of which were passed
over the presidential veto, and 81 pub
lie resolutions were approved. There
we're 302 private laws and resolutions
also approved, making a total of 993
passed out of the IL, $50 proposals. How
ever S of these were what are known
as omnibus pension bills, which enacted
into law 1929 private bills making q
| total of 4,617 bills which became laws.
! There are 262 bills which were favor
ably acted upon by various committees
pending on the House calendars await
ing action in the coming session.
X Il
| With the Arlington House, in Ar
lingtOn National Cemetery, formerly
the home of Gen. Robert q. Lee, COM
mander In chief of the Confederate
forces in the War Between the States,
restored and to be preserved with loving
1 So SvakA A.
note that the legislation authorizing
this restoration was introduced and
worked through Congress by Repre-
sentative Louis c. Cramton of Michigan.
| son of a Union veteran.
Representative Cramton's father is
| George w. Cramton, now SO years of
| age, a resident of Lapeer, Mich. He
served four years as Union soldier in
the LIST Michigan Cavalry. Much of his
service was under Custer. He was adj
vanced from private to corporal. Con-
siderable Of his service was In Mary
1 land and Virginia, and included the
battle of Gettysburg.
| Corpl. Cramton always had a great
admiration for Gen. Lee, commander
OF the opposing forces. 1t was that
admiration expressed in his home that
gave the adolescent son a broad point
OF view regarding the military genius
1
him several years ago to introduce the
resolution for restoration of Arlington
House and as a member of the Appro-
priations Committee to see that funds
were provided for the work
After the resolution became a law
and was the subject of severe criticism
| by some Union veterans, Representa-
tive Cramton consulted with his
| father. That old Union soldier said:
I've always regarded Gen. Lee as a
great American. More than that, I
thought him the greatest general on
either side in the Civil War;
The Importance into which recrea-
| ton has come as a factor in our daily
national and international life will be
usually emphasized at the First An
nual National Recreation Exposition to
be held in Springfield, Mass, next June,
under the auspices Of the Eastern
| States Exposition.
OF course, New England being known
as the Summer vacation paradise
| with its long shore line of we'll known
! beaches, its Cape Cod its Newport and
NarraganSett and Nantasket, its White
| Mountains and its famous Maine lakes
and rivers that make a fisherman's
happy hunting ground, has special
interest in acquainting the rest of the
| time attractions.
But the preparations being made by
| foreign governments with embassies and
! legations here, and the exhibits being
prepared by practically countless
branches of the Federal government
and by the greatest trade and business
| orga nizattons which have national
headquarters here, are little less than
amazing.
The United States Department of
| Agriculture's exhibits will include some
! from the Bureaus of Agricultural Eco
nomics, Animal Industry, Plant Indus
| try, Biological Survey, Chemistry of
Soils, Entomology, Home Economics,
Public Roads, Forest Service, Weather
Bureau, Office of cooperative extension
work. office of exhibits, Office of in
formation and office of motion pic
| lures.
The United States Department of
| Commerce will be represented by ex-
| hibitions from the Bureau of Fisheries,
which operates its first and most i'm
portant research and propagation sta
ton at Woods Hole, Mass; the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, the
Light House, Coast Guard and other
services.
The United States Department of the
Interior will have displays prepared by
Parks Service, Geological Survey and
others.
The Children's Bureau of the Wom-
ems Bureau of the United States De-
partment of Labor will have important
exhibits of vital interest, especially in
an ...fiilstrial area with crowded housing
como tions.
one of the exhibits which is expected
| to be of most interest and value is being
prepared by the Public Health Service of
the Treasury Department.
| In addition to the Government ex-
I hibits, the following large national as
sociationS which take a particular in
terest in recreational activities will be
| represented
American Automobile Association,
American Forest Association, American
Home Economies Association American
Home Makers, Garden Clubs of America
/ American Nature Association, American
| Red Cross, American Remount AsSocia-
ton, American Tree Association, Better
| Homes in America, Chamber Of Com
merce of the United States, Horse Asso-
citation of America, National Education
Association, Playground and Recreation
Association of America, United States
Flag Association and others too numer-
Gus to mention here.
It will be a great demonstration of
the appeal of the out-of-doors, the
winding trail, life in the open, recrea-
ton of mind and body, love Of nature,
the lure of sky and water, mountains
and scenery-all that takes us away
| from the workaday world and renews
our youth for the battle of life and
shows us how to keep well and ut"
.