Evening star., 1933-05-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

the South He planned an $4,000, 900
reclamation project for the St. Francis
Valley In Arkansas and has drafted and
devised drainage codes for nearly a
dozen years. Two more members OF
the Tennessee Valley Commission yet
remain to be selected by Mr.. Roosevelt
from list Of approximately $50
applicants.
Volume /, No. l. of Happy Days"
the authorized weekly newspaper of
the Civilian Conservation Corps. sub
ScriptiOn price So a year, made its first
appearance Saturday. 1t is put out in
the regulation tabloid formal and the
first issue numbered IL pages. heavily
sprinkled with news photos Of the for
esters and their camps. Page carried
q 3-eolumn cut of Mr.. Roosevelt
signing the reforestation work bill and
the lead story was captioned Forest
Camps to Be Filled by July" 1t was
pointed out that to accomplish this
would require moving 5,4OO men into
work camps each day and that this
rate of movement would be greater
than that Of troops during the World
War The story stated further that "a
total of 1850 forest camps will be
needed to accommodate the 275,000
III H. lac PialS Vi VIC lOlCot oCi VIC
were said to include the construction
OF 1900 miles of telephone lines, 900
miles of fire breaks, II 700 miles Of
range fences, 5000 miles Of forest high
ways, $4,000 miles OF minor roads and
trails, the clearing of rubbish from
100000 acres. the erection Of 1,40O
administrative buildings, and SO on.
Col. Louis Howe. the Presidents de-
voted chief of staff, when feted by the
National Press Club at dinner a few
weeks ago, was presented with q broad
sword as a token Of his bravery and
skill in battling for Mr.. Roosevelt.
Last week Col. Howe received another
token when he dined with the Mems
and Mothers Club of Baltimore
church. On this occasion 1t was an
embossed scroll on which was inscribed
under the caption Finest Friendship
in America" the following: ITO Col,
Louis McHenry Howe, in admiration
Of his sterling friendship for Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. Friendship Is the
fairest and sweetest flower that blooms
in the garden Of life" AS glowingly
has gone down In history as the man
who held the bridge; John Paul Jones
achieved fame as the man who won
battles in leaky scow. but Louis Nc
Henry Howe. confidential secretary to
President Roosevelt, last Thursday
night was enrolled in the hall of fame
Of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church for his lasting friendship to
his chief" Col. Howe, OH returning to
The White House from Baltimore, found
letter awaiting him from an admirer
in California requesting his permission
to have his name bestowed upon the
writer's Persian cat. 1t Is all in days
work with Col. Howe.
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Assignment of space in the new
House ONCE Building is on basis Of
seniority. with the result that virtually
all members Of the House whose serv-
ice antedates March 4 this year have
moved over into palatiai quarters in
the new building and the old building
is now almost entirely tenanted by the
rookie members who are serving their
first term. There are some exceptions,
and one is Congressman George Holden
Tinkham of Massachusetts,. Mr.. Tink-
ham still lives in the same two-room
suite in Washington hotel into which
he moved when he came to Washington
20 years ago. He still occupies the
same one-roam office in the House Of
flee Building. and has declined prof
fer of q new suite in the new building.
Mr.. Tinkham did, however, make one
important and wholly unprecedented
change this year. He relinQuished his
place at the top Of the list on the Re-
publican side Of the premier House
committee-the Appropriations Com
mittee-to take a place at the bottom
OF the list on the Foreign Affairs
Committee. that he might better carry
on his crusade against internatiopalism
and against entangling foreign alliances.
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