Evening star., 1933-11-12

/ liam the First the ConQueror
A slender, graceful man bundled il
| furs riding gray monoplane oyel
Antarctic mountains
Ten centuries lie between them. But
the immortal blood line of LIE Bird, the
warrior at Hastings, flies through un-
charted skies For Richard Evelyr
Byrd is his descendant. A strain Of
daring and zest for life has tumbled
down a thousand years of chaos. uniting
the two adventurers with the links OF
glamorouS generations.
Beautiful and courageous womer
were wooed and won by the adventure
some Byrds; they brought with them
blood of Richard III and Of Henry oi
Navarro.
Contributions Are Varied.
For more than $50 years generations
of Byrds have contributed to building
America Their tangible contributions
have been made in varied fields-gov-
ernment, exploration, science, war
letters. But equal to these recorded
attainments has been the high spirit
endowing their acts-a contagious
spirit.
Imagination, the mother of adven-
ture, has been theirs. Coupled with
Imagination has been a practical daring
to enter gayly, with gusto and sure
force. into the realms their imagery
sketched. BY their dramatic venturing
they have not only left substantial &C.
complishment, but have given color
and romance to their times.
Three heirs of this rich heritage are
weaving. in threads of service and
daring, their own meteoric careers into
the fabulous tapestry of the Byrd
family. They are:
Harry Flood Byrd, United States
Senator from Virginia, recently retired
as the youngest Governor of the Old
Dominion. He was inaugurated in
Richmond, a town founded by one OF
his forbearS who also donated to the
infant municipality the land on which
it was built. Harry Flood Byrd has
effected governmental reforms that
mark him for high place in the
Nation.
Brothers in Big Venture.
Thomas Byrd. lawyer. World War
officer with a record of distinction and
co-worker with his brother in the
largest independent holdings of or
chards in the Nation.
Richard Evelyn Byrd, who has written
for all time his name across the sky
Consider Tom, Dick and Harry. See
in them their ancestors, their ancestors
through them
Dick Byrd" a leader of a large
American motor industry said to me
sis an executive. He sees things in
wide scope and knows how to get
them done"
Said another man who knows him:
There's something wistful about Dick
Byrd His imagination paints vista
Of the world that's larger than the
world itself. And Dick can have only
those things the world offers. He's never
satisfied"
While still another who has been long
associated with Byrd and his work says
There's no limit to Richard Byrd:
dreams nor his courage to undertake
giving them reality. Like any one who
sees a distant aim clearly, the details o.
accomplishing it cannot be grasped II
completing thoroughness at once.
His mind works this way. He seei
an objective whether it be the NORTH
Pole or getting a derelict servant out oi
| jail He says, Certainly it can be done.
He grabs pencil and paper, lists severa
steps. points to them. 'Here-here-
nere-nere, ne says 1illS Is al tIleIt
| is to it,
Tries Several Courses.
Some of the factors in his first esti
| nation may be far astray, but before h
undertakes the final goal he has testet
all these points and discarded thoS
| that are weak. His infinite ingenuit,
gives him the ability to devise quickl.
new and workable schemes to Supplan
those that prove inexpedient
There was the difficult landing 0
| his plane at an Arctic port. An ice fiot
was used. The slightest upset woult
have sent the expedition to the bottom
| OF the bay. But he saw way and tool
a chance on his judgment
| HE enjoys talking over the myriat
plans which crowd into his turbulen
mind. He will set until dawn discussing
! an expedition. a political scheme or
| philosophy. When he once sets out OF
a task or subject he runs through i
| or around it to workable conclusion
all tireleSsly. Food and sleep do no
| concern him until the job is outlined
and ready for execution. Then he nigh
sleep for SO hours and resume q nor
NAL routine"
| A sense Of the dramatic. which s,
often is an unaffected part of those whit
live fully. helps Richard Byrd to defin,
| his dreams to others and promote tIiei
aid. A charming. gracious manner ant
spontaneous, youthful interest imbu
with his own enthusiasm those who's
help he needs. He is not the bull
necked, believing leader, but a leade
| just the same-one who can organic
and execute at the speed with which h,
thinks. He takes long chances on hi
| judgment.
"Handicaps" is one of its most uset
words. Organize" is another 'Ieti
organize and do it," is threadbar,
phrase OF his. When he organizes ant
puts himself at the task the handicap
have way Of fading out.