Evening star., 1931-12-09

has pursued the elusive truth In Wash
ington for more than IS years. He came
here not long after the Spanish -Ameri-
can War, battle scared survivor of
the Philippines campaign, in which he
served under Gen. Funston. Enlisting
as buck private in the 51st Iowa
National Guard, he wound up as q
corporal. although Snures fellow
scribes long ago bestowed upon him the
rank and title of sergeant" Snure
represents the Des Moines Register in
Washington, besides covering the SEN
ate for the New York Herald-Tribune.
He is by way OF creating a journalistic
dynasty, for his son, John Snure, jr.,
has already won his spurs as q cub re-
porter on q local daily. In 1920 the
Harding managers drafted Snure, ST.,
for publicity work at Marion.
An American spokesman Of Soviet
Russia in Washington was asked by
this observer for an expression Of opin-
ion about the Communist hunger
march" He replied; 1T had three
outstanding aspects-O 1t was ex-
traordinarily well organized; CD it
was the first time that white men and
women of the working class marched
shoulder TO shoulder with colored men
and women. and go 1t was the great
est demonstration of unemployed ever
seen In the Capital of the United
States" The authority in question
added: "And there will be others" The
Russian Communists have long singled
out the loyal colored element Of the
American people as fertile soil for Red
try have been transported to Moscow
at Soviet cost and trained to return to
the United States as Communist agi-
tators.
Senator Jim Watson isn't the only
thing in Washington that Indiana is
proud of. The Hoosiers also plume
themselves on the fact that the Capt.
tai Magnificent is filling up with build
ings made of Indiana limestone As
result of his recent article in the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine, acclaim
ing the splendor of modern Washing
ton, DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor received the
following letter: I'm your article you
mention marble nine times, brick four
times and limestone once. OF the 66
outstanding buildings to which refer
ence is had, % are wholly or in part
Indiana limestone. The new Commerce
and Internal Revenue Building are
Treasury Annex Is the same, as are
also the United States Chamber of
Commerce, the War Risk Insurance
Building and many others. Many peo-
pie call Washington the marble city
but other materials, such as Indiana
limestone. have been more abundantly
used there in the aggregate than In any
other place"
Among the throng of notables, po-
litfcal and otherwise, masnetized hither
by the opening of Congress Is Samuel
@. Blythe, In his day shining light
among Washington correspondents.
Though still a writer on politics, as
member of the Saturday Evening Post
staff. Sam nowadays cuts the figure OF
q gentleman of both leisure and means.
The wears have not withered his
bonhomie or his love of the news game.
California OIL It's said, has been good
to Blythe's bank account. One OF the
ioys OF his present visit to Washington
is to discover that his New York World
Office boy OF as years Ago-Willie Col
lins--has Just become superintendent Of
the Senate press gallery.
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William Tyler Page, who retires IS
clerk OF the House Of Representatives
within 10 days Of completing SO years
of service on Capitol Hill, Is not to leave
the precincts he has SO long adorned.
Mr.. Page, who presided over the new
House during the first hours OF Its ex-
istence this week, Is to be given the
best post at the Republican minorltys
command-probably the clerkship OF
the conference. Ordinarily the Job pays
only some $4,000 q year. but it's to be
arranged that Pages brilliant capacity
is TO Recognised at . considerably higher
hGsirs. ,,.