Evening star., 1932-11-06
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Missouri voters will on next Tuesday
elect 13 members of Congress from a
total of SO candidates tes-Representative
William L. Nelson calls attention. As
result of the 1880 census Missouri's
membership in the House is reduced
from 16 to 13. The State Legislature,
Democratic in both branches, passed a
redistricting bill which was vetoed by
the Republican Governor
Because Of this veto" Representative
Nelson points out, each voter in Mis-
souri, may this year vote not merely for
one, but for 13 candidates for Con-
gresS." The Democrats made their Sc
lection from a list of Sc candidates and
the Republicans from a list of 80 and
the Socialists from 13 candidates.
In these days of the politically for
gotten man" Representative John w
Summers Of Walla Walla, Wash, born
on an Indiana farm, who clerked in a
normal school, taught school while get
ting his medical education in Louisville
Chicago, New York London, Berlin and
Vienna, a large-scale farmer, banker and
soldier, comes forward with suggestions
regarding THE Forgotten Ration. Un-
ground Wheat, the Ideal Human Food"
He directs us to ancient history, which
records that Rome won her battles,
conquered her enemies and grew great
on ration of unground wheat. but /
am convinced" he says, that the simple
invigorating ration of whole wheat that
vitalized the Roman solder Is not gen
orally known to individuals and relief
agencies today
Speaking as a doctor Of international
experience and renown, who practiced
his profession for more than a quarter
Of century, DR.. Summers tells us that
'well-cooked unground wheat is an
ideal human food. 1t is loaded with
calories, yitamins and other essential
elements. 1t is rich. nourishing food
available for all At my own table
We and our guests think the flavor
equals or surpasses most breakfast foods
now offered. In food value it undoubt-
edly surpasses them all. Could it be
commercialized and sold In fancy car
tons by the ounce instead OF by the
bushel, millions would demand it, as
they now do tomato juice, which was
for ages waste product Certainly
no man. woman or child in America
need suffer hunger while our wheat bins
are bulging."
He explains that 1--WE process wheat to
meet the cultivated demands Of modern
civilization. With every refinement we
reduce its food value"
Then he tells us what's in whole
grain Of wheat. before the outer cover
ing or bran" is removed: Iron, for
rich blood and rosy cheeks; fuorine,
for clear vision and bright eyes, but
especially for the armor-plate enamel
that protects the teeth from decay:
calcium, for sound teeth good digestion
and strong bones: silicon. for the nerves
IND 1ITy a nj hot rah t1at
repairs and builds nerve tissues;
potassium. that keeps the tissues young
and elastic; sodium. that destroys
poisons and is absolutely essential TO
health magnesium, that combines with
phosphorus, silicon and fiuorine to de-
velop teeth and bones. sulphur. that
works with silicon to make fine hair
and nails that will not break: iodine.
that defends the body against disease;
| manganese, that works with iron to
keep the healthy red in the blood and
to burn up poisons dangerous to the
body; chlorine that helps to make the
| gastric juice and without which there
| can be no good digestion: oxygen.
nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon. which
make breathing. These Is elements
that make for the JOY Of living are all
| found in wheat"
The second oldest man in length Of
continuous service in the House. Repre-
sentative Edward w. Pou of North
Carolina chairman of the House Rules
Committee-which is the policy COM
mittee in charge of the legislative pro-
gram-holds an interesting distinction.
He was a presidential elector A years
ago when Grover Cleveland was first
elected President, and is rounding out
80 years OF House membership.
The cowboy Congressman Is coming
back He is unopposed Representative
Richard NJ Kleberg. bor2 in a Texas
county that was named after his grand
| father who has been serving the un-
expired term of the late Representative
Harry M Wurzbach. Representative
Kleberg owns an estate SO vast that he
gave away enough of IT for two entire
| townships 1t is in the heart Of the
cattle country, and he was formerly
president of the largest cattlemen's
association in the world He is a cul-
tured cowboy university graduate and
he campaigns in Spanish and German
as well as English-and incidentally
has had to know his Mexicans well.