Evening star., 1936-01-19
Capital Sidelights
BY Viii P. Kennedy.

Chairman Parks of the House Sub
committee on War Department Ap-
propriationS in his official report on
his tour OF inspection of the principal
Army posts emphasizes the human in
terest problem of the soldiers wife and
sounds her praises. I'VE get many of
them. We saw them going to new posts
in Panama, in Hawaii, the faraway
Philippines, to stations on the West
Coast, and we saw others returning to
the mainland to new stations all over the
land A few years here, few years there,
this climate and that, continually on the
move, making and fixing up new homes,
leaving old friends for new, biennially
faced with a school problem for their
children; truly they merit our highest
commendation and praise. Undaunted,
they carry on in spirit really amazing
and by so doing contribute in unmeas-
urable degree to the fine morale so
largely prevalent among the soldier hus-
bands"
Virginia is proud of Representative
Patrick Henry Drewry, who is heading
the Democratic Congressional Committee,
engineering the Nationwide campaign
reaching into the smallest rural districts
in each one of the 435 congressional dis
tricts-to hold the present party ma
jority in the next Congress. Represent
ative Drewry has been conspicuously
successful as lawyer and banker He
has for years been delegate to State
and national conventions of his party,
a member of the State Senate, chairman
OF the State Economy and Efficiency
Commission, chairman of the State
Auditing Committee, chairman of the
State Advisory Board member of Con-
gress for 18 years conSecutively and a
member of the Board of Visitors Of the
United States Naval Academy.
Representative Abe Murdock of Utah
secretary of the Patman Soldiers Bonus
Steering Committee, comes of old Nor
mon pioneer stock. His grandfather on
his fathers side was one of Brigham
Young's most trusted apostles. He pros
pered, was prominent in public affairs
member of the State Constitutional
Convention, in the State Legislature and
as probate judge.
On the abandonment of Fort Cameron,
Federal fort, he purchased the 240-
acre tract and gave it to the Mormon
Church for school which was named
Murdock Academy in his honor.
At the age of 16 the future Congress-
man was employed as a miner-he now
owns several promising mining properties
and does much prospecting. He is one
Of the best horseback riders in Congress
He is fond OF hunting and with deer
plentiful in his bailiwick always brings
home his buck during the season.
+ X
Uncle Sam conducts big book store
in connection with the Government
Printing Office, doing heavy mail order
busineSs-and all the works of one pub
Usher, Uncle Sam himself. In this book
store 538.698 orders were received last
year, with receipts of $637, 7,41443, show
ing a clean profit of $268,32l 58-turneo
over to the Federal Treasury. A tota
of 428,950,907 publications were distrib.
uted-nearly one-half of which were fol
the Agricultural Relief Administration
205, ,622 GIL, and the next largest number
for the Federal Emergency Relief Admin.
iStration, 1891 $50. For sending out
Government publications. 3,414 mailing
lists are maintained, and last year 27,-
1907 addresses were printed.
Out Of 5,341 employees in the Govern
ment Printing Office only 26 were ex-
cused temporarily from work last year
on account of injuries received in the
office, and in none of these cases was the
injury due to any mechanical defect in
machinery or to the lack Of safeguarding
equipment