Evening star., 1936-10-04
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

ways and the byways, from the seats OF
the money kings and the drudgery OF
the poor, from church pulpits and the
vaudeville stage, romping cowboys from
the wide open spaces, savants from
scientific laboratories, mechanics and
manufacturers and missionaries, yachts
men, poets, cheese makers, shirt makers.
Representative William M. Citron OF
Connecticut covered the countryside as
q tinware peddler, doing magic" tricks
to inveigle the yokels.
Representative Vincent ]. Palmisano
Of Maryland was bartender.
Representative William P. Connery of
Massachusetts, and Representative Fritz
Lanham Of Texas were In vaudeville and
Representative william T. Schultz Of
Indiana was "in stock"
Representative D. Lane Powers of New
Jersey was q former congressional page.
Senator James j. Davis of Pennsyl-
vania was an iron puddler and was q
slave In a peonage camp In the swamps
Of Louisiana.
Representative John 8. McGroarty of
California Is poet laureate Of his State
by legislative act.
Representative Schuyler Merritt Of
NOLlIlCCblCQJ tudI1ukd(tu1CQ& &ONASs
Representative Sol Bloom of New York
built his first theater before he was 81
and then superintended the construc-
ton of the Midway Plaisance at the Co.
lumbian Exposition in Chicago and
earned the title of music man" by
establishing a chain of 30 music pub
fishing plants.
Representative Robert Alexis Green
was messenger for the Florida Legisla-
ture.
Representative Josh Lee OF Oklahoma
was national champion college orator.
Representative Louis Ludlow of In
diana and Representative william r.
Thorn, Ohio, were Washington CORE
spondents.
Senator Joseph c. oMahoney Of
wyoming was newspaper reporter and
Senator's secretary.
Representative Raymond ]. Cannon
came out of an orphan asylum and edu-
Gated himself by playing base ball.
Senator Harry c. Byrd of Virginia is
one Of the worlds largest apple growers
Representative Monard c. Wallgren is
an optometrist and was national anna
teur 1872 billiard champion in 1929.
Representative Charles I. Clifford OF
Massachusetts, was a teacher, auction
eer. and cranberry grower
Representative Richard B. Wiggles-
worth was legal adviser to the Treasury
Department on foreign loans and rail-
way payments and secretary of the World
War Foreign Debt Commission.
Senator James Couzens was pioneer
partner Of Henry Ford in the automo-
bile business
Representative Hamilton Fish of New
York was captain Of the Harvard foot
ball team and selected by Walter Camr
for the all-America team two years.
Senator Royal Copeland was health
commissioner Of New York City.
Representative William D. Thomas oi
New York is pharmacist.
Representative Francis D. Culkin, New
York, Is one Of the Nations best known
yachtsmen.
Representative Will Rogers, Oklahoma
is one Of many school teachers in Con.
gress.
Representative Martin L. Sweeney o1
Ohio is former judge.
Senator Carter Glass OF Virginia Is 0
former Secretary Of the Treasury.
Representative John G. Cooper of Ohio
was railroad fireman.
Representative Ernest Lundeen oi
Minnesota is q Spanish War veteran.
Representative Melvin Mas, Mime.
| sofa, Is an aviator.
Representative Reuben T. Wood oi
Missouri was o cigar maker and legis.
lative representative In WASHINGTON o,
| railway employees.
Senator Bennett Clark and Repre-.
sentative Clarence Cannon, both Of Mis-.
souri, are former parliamentarians of tn.
House.
| The Department of Commerce and
Labor was established in 1908, with
George B. Cortelyou Of New York as first
Secretary. Nine bureaus were trans
ferred from the State, Treasury and In
terror Departments. This was the ninth
executive department. The organic law
| was a compromise between two groups,
one In favor of setting up an agency to
| encourage commerce and industry and
the other urging an agency to represent
| the interests of labor. Then in 1913 the
| Congress separated these functions into
| two distinct departments. making the
total number Of 10 executive depart
ments. The first Secretary Of Labor was
| Charles Nagei Of Missouri. Since then
there has been no increase in this num-
l beR.