Evening star., 1935-02-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

to be talked about as either presiden-
tial or vice presidential timber tor
1882. Though he does not consume
space in the Congressional Record.
Bulow is highly esteemed by his col
leagues and renders industrious and
effective committee service. He Is
now chairman Of the Senate Civil
Service Committee. Like so many
Senators, the South Dakotan was a
State Governor before coming TO
Congress, having served two terms as
chief executive at Pierre.
When Miss Josephine Roche of Col
orado recently became Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury suggestions
cropped up that one Of the early
changes in the United States Public
Health Service, which comes under
her Jurisdiction, might be the retire
ment of Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cum
ming A certain aspirant for Cum
mings place has just learned that
there is no intention of relieving him
of duty and no knowledge of any
desire on his part to retire from the
post he has occupied uninterruptedly
for the past Is years. Gen. Cumming
is now engroSSed in efforts to bring
about more expeditions health inspec-
ton arrangements among the coun-
tries of North, Central and South
America, with a special view to ac-
celebrating air travel in the Western
Hemisphere.
George William Russell, Irish writer,
painter and authority on rural life.
better known throughout the English
speaking world as "AE''-is spending
a few days in Washington in con-
ference with Department Of Agricul-
ture officials and other interested au-
thoritieS on the subject of agricultural
community centers. For years "AE'
has specialized in matters associated
with an improved cultural existence
for dwellers on the land. He was
invited to visit the United States for
consultative purposes by the late Mary
Hartman Rumsey, chairman of the
N. r. A. Consumers Advisory Board.
Herbert Hoover Is due in the East
some time this month for the purpose
of attending his first meeting of the
Board of Directors of the New York
Life Insurance Co., to which he was
recently elected on the nomination OF
AL Smith. It is taken for granted
that the former President will hold
political conferences with Republican
national leaders, but 1t is doubted
whether he will come to Washington
for the purpose. He has not set foot
on Capital soil since March 4, 1888.
X X X X
Over the air regularly on Friday
forenoons henceforward Senator Albin
w. Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky,
now In the thick of an administration
Blue Grass State Democratic fracas,
will expound the Democratic view of
developments in Congress, speaking
over a Nationwide Columbia network.
His talks alternate with the weekly
Republican viewpoint, broadcast by
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas.
Grade-crossing elimination is going
to be one Of the foremost undertake
ings sponsored by the Roosevelt work
relief program. It is estimated that
removal of the most hazardous of the
100000 grade intersections of high
ways and railways would directly pro-
vide years employment for 100000
workers, not counting many thousands
Of others who would benefit indirectly
through production Of the 100000
tons of steel and other needed mate
rails. Accidents at grade crossings
cause approximately 1000 deaths and
5000 injuries o year In the United
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