Evening star., 1931-05-17
Capital Sidelights
Bx WILL r. KENNEDY.

back IS often as opportunity affords
such persons as are called from the
various States to hold official positions
and who, finding Government salaries
so low as to call for . greater personal
sacrifice than they can afford, sooner
or later are reluctantly compelled to go
back home and resume their private
professional practice or business.
But though for financial reasons they
decide to quit the Government service
they like the life here, the environment,
the city and its social. educational, cul-
tural opportunities. They have hank
ering to keep as "close" to 1t as possible.
They come back. And thus the Capt.
tai City is constantly being visited for
long or short periods by the picked men
Of the country. They come on business,
or on pleasure, for recreation or for re-
search. Almost any excuse serves.
They Just have the come back feeling.
Such q recent visitor was George r.
Farnurn OF Boston, consul general of
Turkey - once Boston & Maine
brakeman while earning his way
through law school-who, as assistant
attorney general, represented the in
tereSts OF the United States in the big
gest claim cases growing out Of the
World War, acquisition of land for the
Mississippi River drainage projects and
for the unprecedented Federal building
program.
Mr.. Farnurn has been renewing
friendships In Washington while at
tending the American Law Institute and
the meetings of the Admiralty Com
mittee Of the American Bar Associa-
ton. After the legal gatherings had
dispersed he had q very pleasant week
end as guest at the Chinese legation.
He was also entertained extensively by
members OF the Massachusetts, State
Society, Of which he was president for
several years.
Combining business and pleasure, bet
ter fitting themselves by personal. on
the e-ground study for performance of
legislative duties, a small group of two
Senators and three House members
mas been visiting Hawaii, making the
trip on the Navy transport Henderson.
They are Senators Arthur r. Robinson
o. Indiana and Tasker l.. Oddie of
Nevada, and Representatives Ernest w.
Gibson OF Vermont, Cassius G.. Dowell
OF Iowa and Bird j. Vincent of Miclni-
gan, all OF whom are especially inter-
ested in legislation affecting the Terri
tories and insular affairs.
Representative Gibson is chairman
OF the House Committee on Territories
and said: During our brief visit In
Hawaii we are going to attempt to make
survey to determine the legislative
needs of this Territory and to see in
what way Congress can best serve
Hawaii"
Representative Gibson while far from
the Nations Capital, Is deeply inter-
ested in the present contest for the
Speakership. He considers this "a
grand opportunity for the two factions
OF the Republican party to join forces
for the coming presidential election"
tssians Rather skeptically. however, he con-
tinued. i will not say that the Repub-
hcans VIII avail themselves of this op-
portunity, but just the same the plac-
ing OF compromise member in the
Speakers chair would go far toward
cementtng the interests of the so-called
Progressives and Conservatives.
The Vermont legislator, who has made
an enviable reputation for clear think
ing and for constructive work while in
the House, also said that he expects the
next Congress will try to enact le9is-
lation to restrict Filipino Immigration,
although he himself opposes such A
gress filed a minority report against
such a proposal.
These are great days for the interna-
tlonal strategists who dope" out ali
sorts OF weird but oftentin1es plausible
romances with varied complications be-
tween nations. and then send a "tips
along TO eager newspaper men. aIwavs
on the qui vive for wf1Ateyhf NAV
crop up. That Is what is making leg
work for many Washington correspond-
ents these dayS-also no little trotI-
Die for Government officials. who
promptly deny that there Is any truth
in the report. N'--
An Illustration Of this was a query
which one OF the veteran correspond.
ents had during the week, on which
ne worked assiduously for several davs,
covering the Prohibition Bureau. the
customs Bureau, the State and Justice
Departments and other Federal estab-
nsnments. The story was to the effect
Lnat an effort was on foot to have
france cede Miquelon Island back to
England on the ground that the treaty
unoer which the island was secured for
fishing stations had been violated in tI1e
use OF the island as a rum-runnine base
and that the United States was in.
terested in acquiring Miquelon and sew
eral other similarly notorious haunts of
Smugglers, to properly protect itself
from smuggling operations.
ms particular correspondent was in.
formed ny the highest officials of the
united States Government that there
was no truth in the story. and that
Wn1ie the United States was WatchfuI
q q Wnat was going on on these islands,