The Washington times., 1936-04-10
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timore, Monday night, when Presi'
dent Roosevelt is to make q JET
3erson Day speech, will stop on
their way at the Maryland Club,
In Baltimore, and fcrtify their
strength with a choice Maryland
dinner.
:, Senator George L. Radcliffe has
asked these distinguished gentle
men to enjoy terrapin, duck. fried
chicken, cornbread and certain
liquid encouragement native to
Maryland.
: Vice President Garner and
Speaker of the House Joseph w.
ByrnS have enthusiastically &C
cepted Senator Radcliffe'S invita-
ton. So have about sixty Sen
4torS and members Of the Mary
land delegation Of the House Of
Representatives.
It is quite likely that before the
invitation list is closed, certain
Republicans will be invited to join
the Democratic food connoiSseurs,
and when Mr.. Roosevelt has fin.
tShed his speech, these mellowed
gentlemen will likely find them
selves cheering for Thomas Jeffer.
Son-"1n vino (and terrapin) YER
1tas!" Isn't that the fable?
Admiral Standley, on Ills return
from the London naval confer.
ence, recommends that we build
II warShipS. His action j. entirely
IN accord with the strangely polite
procedure of modern governments
confer first and build later.
It happens, unfortunately, that
the English, who have q genius
for names, have monopolized all
the best ones for thir ships: Auda-
ciouS, Swiftsure, Renown, Lion
and Tiger.
So, why don't we name some Of
our new ships for our national
heroes: Mae West, Hank Green
berg, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire,
Amos n Andy, Shirley Temple,
William Wrigley and Rudy Vallee?
For every one person who has
ever heard Of Captain Mahan, q
thousand know the name and fame
Of Hank Greenberg. For every
one who has ever read a line
about Admiral Sims, million
have read reamS about Shirley
Temple.
Let us then give recognition to
our truly great national heroes by
naming ships for them. It would
be good propaganda for the Navy
and make it really national. And
ltrwould assure immortality to the
great among us.
In the Madison room on the
second floor Of the White House
where usually hangs President
Roosevelt'S collection Of ship
models and prints, on present
exhibition at the Corcoran Gal
lery, are now bare walls.
The visitors at Mrs. Roosevelt'S
last press conference sat in this
denuded room. They looked at
the walls usually covered by the
prints. Saw how the paper had
faded so that the outline Of each
picture was plain to see.
.. And remarked that in each
space had been pasted a num-
ber to correspond to the number
on each picture.
Mrs. Roosevelt explained the
numbers. She said she meant
to take no risk Of having the
prints hang out of place when
they had come back from the
gallery.
One Of the newspaper women
present-a complete Republican,
she ts-looked at the wall and
said Gin very soto voice. that
its paper had faded as has the
bright hopes Of the Roosevelt
administration.
As far as she could see only
the scars of time remained to
show what both wall paper and
New Deal once were like.
= Newspaper men, long accus.
toned to asking questions and let.
ting the annoVanceS fall where
they may, think Secretary Roper's
Commerce Department Is shooting
some mighty strange queries at
them in connection with this just
anaugurated census of business.
The detailed QUESTIONABLE laid
before the startled eyes of some
correspondents, inquiries among
other things: Total operating re-
CeiptS: "(A) Receipts for services
(such as hair cutting, shoe repairs
storage, mechanical repairs, win
dow cleaning, etc."
Indeed, this curiosity of Mr.. Ro'
per'S arrived as a nasty shock to
such reporters as consider them
Selves journalists and who before
The receipt Of Mr.. Roper's question
naire have been able to conceal
an overcoat behind an expense
account.
The reason for these amazing
queries developed by some SHARP
INQUIRY at the Census Bureau)
seems to be that the bureau has
only a limited number of claSSi
5ficationS to simplify the work oi
the enumerators (they're appar
emily not as versatile as news
paper reporters) and the "serv
Ice and amusement" schedule
covers a multitude of businesses
Including window cleaning
amusement parks, shops, the
aters, shoe shining and new
bureaus.