Evening star., 1933-09-18

nature, Dr. Dunn THINKS, should be CO.
crdinated and supervised by the Corpo-
ration of Foreign Securities Owners,
when the latter is eventually estab-
lished by presidential proclamation.
Senator Clarence Dill. Democrat, of
Washington, has informed President
Roosevelt that Congress next Winter
will enact permanent and important
railroad legislation. 1t will come cut
of the hopper of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee. of which Mr.. Dill
is chairman. The Spokane statesman,
a native Ohioan, began life in the trans
portation field While a resident of
Cleveland he worked as a street car
conductor to help pay his way through
college. He little realized, while col
lecting fares for Tom Johnsons rapid
transit service, that some Gay he would
head a committee in Congress having
supervision over the transportation
lines of the country.
Jim Preston. librarian of the Senate,
has been putting some of his time dur
ing the recess exploring dusty files of
ancient official documents. He's just disin-
TERED ragged old paper. which proved
to be petition addressed by Daniel
Boone to Congress in 1870 1t recites
briefly Boone'S work in opening up the
West fer settlement and sets forth that
he was DID, infirm and facing destitu-
tion because the land he thought he
owned in the Louisiana Territory was
taken from him under the construction
placed on the laws affecting old Span
ish titles. Attached to the petition is
committee report recommending pass
age of the bill to give Boone title to
the land. The bill was enacted into
law in 1914, six years before Boone's
death. 1t covered a 1,000-acre tract in
what is now the State of Missouri The
Daniel Boone petition, together with
other historic documents rescued from
Senate files, is soon to be put on ex-
hibition at the Capitol by Col. Edwin A.
Halsey, secretary of the Senate in
case erected fer the purpose outside of
his office.
Senator Carter Glass is back at his
Office In Washington after his brief
Summer vacation in Europe, much of
which was spent in the company of
Bernard M. Baruch. The trip brought
the veteran Virginian many new eX-
periences, among them his maiden
venture in hunting. Mr.. Baruch, it
appears, rented shooting box in the
Austrian Alps and invited Senator
Glass to visit it. It is said to have
been the first time in his life that the
editor-statesman ever handled a rifle.
What he brought down is not of record.
In England, just before sailing for
home, Senator Glass found himself
seated alongside Montagu Norman.
governor of the Bank of England, at
luncheon party given by Winston
Churchill, NJ P. The supposition is
that Mr. Norman gave the Senator
the low-down on the bank governors
tea party at Hyde Park, when President
Roosevelt discussed with him every
thing except money matters.
On Capitol Hill the expectation is
that patronage matters will be stepped
up as the January session of Congress
approaches. There is no indication of
concerted moves to obstruct admins
revenge over patronage diSappolnt-
ments. which are numerous and bitter,
but Democratic leaders, especially
Senators, have their dander up. and
the powers that be will find it ad-
vantageous to have the boys in better
humor than many now are. Jim Farley
is believed to be making urgent repre-
sentations to this effect at the White
House. Signs of larger recognition Of
senatorial privileges regarding appoint
ments are seen in the loving words
which the Presidents son, Jimmie
Roosevelt, has just addressed to
Senator Dave Walsh of Massachusetts,.
A delicate patronage situation arose in
the Bay State because Of the impress
sion that the Roosevelt crown prince,
and not the two Democratic Senators,
was the real arbiter of Massachusetts,
patronage.
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treet-improvement operations on Six
tenth street northwest are conspicu-
ously adornee with signs reading IN.