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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Smaller Scale Projects
in New PWA PROGRAM


MPHASIS is placed on smaller
II scale projects to be completed
speedily, in the third building pro-
gram of the public works admin
istration, which was opened by the
allotment of $22,742, 034 by Pres
ident Roosevelt. 1t includes 352
projects in 81 states, and the larg-
est of these is a courthouse for
New York city to cost the govern
ment $4,835,00 The average al
lotment is only $64,323.
Secretary Ickes, PWA admin
istrator, said that, in addition to 40
per cent donation, PWA will lend
$2,142, 900 to help communities de-
fray their SIS per cent share OF the
cost. President Roosevelt has or
dered that all projects "be COM
menced by October 1, 1886, reach
peak by the end of the year and be
completed by October /, 1887"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Reputation for Wisdom

sour ancient IDOLS" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, "were visit
ed by vast throngs and gained
reputation for wisdom by remain
ing mute and expressionless while
others did the talking"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

and winning some
bloody encounters.
This despite the
claims of Madrid
that the Fascists
had been checked.
The rebel columns
advancing on the
capital from the
south were reported
to be threatening
communications be-
tween Madrid and
Z he ga stern sea-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

That's the Trouble
Quink-Do you believe that all
money is tainted?
Guppy-Yes. Money in fact is
double tainted. 'Tain't yours and
faint mine.-Stray Stories Maya
zine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

flame that had been
started from Greece
dashed into the sta
dunn, lowered the
silver torch before
Reichsfuehrer Hit
Ter and kindled the
sacred fire in a
great cresset. Then
came the formal
parade of the ath-
letes of fifty ma
tons, nattily uni
formed and march
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Puerto Rico Nationalist
Are Found Guilty.

DEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, leader
L of the Puerto Rico Nationalist
party, and seven of his associates
were found guilty at San Juan of a
conspiracy to overthrow the United
States government in the island by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Still Waters

Still waters run deep is as true
of grief as it is of character; the
greatest sorrows are never pa
raded, they are carefully hidden
away as sacred things, too sacred
to be shared.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
E5S |lT|I]I|. D Is
MOtherly

Weary Willie-You say de lady
treated. yer like yer was her own
kid? What did she do?
Dusty Rhoads-Yes; she told
me ter wash me face and comb
me hair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

His Speed Limited
Sailor-Say, conductor, can't
you run any faster than this?
Con6uctor-Sure l can, but I
have to stay on the car.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Whv He Needed lob

WHY he NttuGu JUU
Gam I bright? Why, I've won
several newspaper competitions"
Prospective Employer = Yes,
but I need a boy who is smart
during business hours.
We'll, this was during business
hours
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Progress of Revolution
in Spanish Republic

CEN. FRANCISCO FRANCOIS
~ rebel forces in Spain, accord
ing to late reports, were pressing
the government troops seriously
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Chooses Vues
Furs, Conseience-Proof
Caterpillars and Weeds
Wise Generosity

An able Frenchman, long since
dead, wrote about chooses vues-
"things SEEM"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

governor of Puerto Rico and gov
ernor-general of the Philippines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Col. Roosevelt Willing to
Run for Cove

KUN IOT SOVSI HUI
NEW YORK Republicans are
Y to nominate a candidate for
governor at their party convention
in September, and Col. Theodore
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
EACINC

Frank Knox Notified of
His Nomination
FACING an enthusiastic crowd
L that completely filed the big
Chicago stadium, Col. Frank Knox
received from Senator SteiWer OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Olympic Games Formally
Opened in Berlin

WITH spectacular ceremony the
w Olympic Games were official
ly opened in Berlin when a grace
full runner bearing the Olympic
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

strength; seek His face evermore.
Remember his marvellous works
that He hath done; His wonders,
and the judgments of His mouth"
You spend a moment wondering
what kind of English man or wom-
an, strong in faith, decided to put
that text before statesmen that to-
day seek the 'face" of Hitler, Mus
solini, Stain, but forget the greater
power of the Creator of those gen.
tlemen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

Edward S. Hardness, generous
young New York fnancier, gave to
Lawrenceville School for Boys
sum that will make possible i'm
portant new building, plus rebuild
ing and a more extensive system
of small-group instruction, with
more teachers.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Talliaferro had stated his problem.
It was far more than Talliaferro
had hoped and he departed with quite
q burden of his mind.
brides move to the District Build
L ing meant that Seal was soon to
follow. When the former took over
the corporation counsel's' post, one Of
the most difficult problems he found
awaiting him was the Police Court
lam in cases involving jury trials.
There were 600 of them on the docket
awaiting action Some Of the cases
were so old even the defendants had
forgotten them.
Bride asked Seal 10 take over the
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doorknob and block Of marble in the
magnificent building is dear to Sec
retary Harold L. Ickes' heart, say de-
partment officials who bring their
ideas to him for consultation and ap-
proval. The Secretary succeeded in
having the building erected as P. w.
A. project No. 4, when he was unable
to obtain funds from Congress.
There is nothing like it in Wash
ington or the rest of the world" says
Waddy B. Wood, F. A. I. A., who has
been an architect of distinction in the
District for 46 years, and to whom the
conception of the building was in
trusted by Secretary Ickes. Details of
the plan were worked out in conjunc-
ton with the staff of the Procurement
Division of the Treasury Department
and approved by the Fine Arts Com
mission. Louis A. Simon is supervis-
ing architect and Neal A. Melick Is
supervising engineer.
There isn't light well or closed
court in the structure" Mr.. Wood
says. 1T Is air-conditioned through
out-the first Federal building to be
completely cooled-and the design is
adapted to modern needs from early
Federal architecture Influenced by
Evening star., 1936-08-30
ELWOOD SEAL,

job of breaking the jam, and thus
Seal made his first contact with the
Office he now holds.
At the end Of several months the
calendar was cleared and Seal had
built up reputation for nolle pressing
cases which probably would stand as
q record If any one kept comparative
performance charts on the activities of
public prosecutors. Some Of these
cases, he found, were six and seven
years old: nothing more than dusty.
decayed documents of minor immorali-
ter forget with finality than fight with
success.
Arresting policemen, who had gone
Evening star., 1936-08-30

New Head Of Department Regularly Called
to Its Service for Years.

but his friends insist it Is tribute to
his character that, in the course OF his
work, he always managed to make pre-
cisely the right enemies.
These enemies-Seal prefers to look
upon them as individuals who think
differently than he does and with a
perfectly valid right to do so-naturally
Gid not care to see him advance to his
present place. However, he is there.
and Is too busy to think much about
those who tossed obstacles in his path.
That is all in the past and his future
looks too busy to permit him to reflect
much upon it.
The new corporation counsel, whose
name on the door, Interestingly
enough, is down pretty far among
those listed as assistants, was too close
to his predecessors both personally and
professionally to come into office with
plans, for sweeping reform in operating
technique. AS head of one of the larg-
est law firms in the country-legal de+
partment of large municipalities are
that in their own way-he figures to be
a pretty busy man. He intends, how
ever, to go along the same path that
Bride and Prettyman trod.
One change which probably will be
made has to do with what Seal con-
ceives to be one of the most important
and difficult aspects Of his job, that
of acting as legislative adviser to the
Commissioners. In this function, it is
Seals duty to conduct public hearings
on the dozen and one proposals for
new local legislation or amendment of
that in force.
Seal is pretty familiar with these
hearings, the purpose of which is to
collect information from the points
of view Of all affected parties, but the
destiny of which often is to turn into
debates between witnesses representa-
tive of different social faiths.
THE resultant pickering, Seal feels
might be reduced to the vanishing
point If groups Of different sentiments
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Demaray Is in daily contact with men,
bers Of all committees. Generations
of Office workers will owe the Secre-
tary thanks for working under pleas
ant conditions. Mr.. Demaray says,
agreeing that the new edifloe is well
ahead of its time. Indeed, the en-
thusiasm of executives and advisory
experts planning their new home is
reminiscent of that of a bride ar
ranging the house in which she expects
to spend her life.
On the Building Committee, headed
by Mr. Demaray. are E. K. Burlew.
administrative assistant and budget
officer; Floyd Dotson, chief clerk; Will
liam Zimmerman, assistant commits
sioner of Indian Affairs; DR.. j. D.
Sears of Geological Survery, and c. G.
Gutheridge, secretary of the commit
tee.
Indian artists from New Mexico and
Arizona may be seen using their pri-
mary blues and yellows on the murals
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on arresting a great many other Of
tenders in the years between, had only
the most vague memories Of some Of
tenders whose names were on the
elderly documents. Cases OF this char
acter were dropped. Others were prose-
cuted. After months of high-pressure
work. Seal and his associates on the
job were just two weeks from the heels
of the heels they had to prosecute.
That was that.
It loked now as if Seal would get
chance to do scme private law prac-
tice.
He was not to get away from the
corporation counsels Office, however.
It finally was almost four years later
that Tom Cameron, an assistant cor
poration counsel, was stricken with an
illness which forced him to take a
leave of absence. Cameron had been
working on condemnation cases. Bride
asked Seal to take over his work. Seal
agreed, but only on condition that he
might submit his resignation, effective
within six months. on the day he took
the job.
He set something of a record on this
Job, too, in that as an assistant corpo-
ration counsel Ia charge Of condemna-
ton proceedings he never participated
in a single case of that character.
An investigauive ability which he
never had thought of was recognized
by his superiors snd they sidetracked
him on what appealed to them as more
important work. Seal became the ace
Investigator for the Office. His days
were filled with inquiries Of one kind
or another until they led. him to the
apex of his investigating career. That
was the milk investigation of 1888 and
1884, an eight-month job, which
brought Seal so much prominence that
one of his friends made approximately
the worlds worst pun about it.
They named a milk bottle after
him; the Sealtest." the pun goes.
AN INVESTIGATORS lot is not the
"A most pleasant Seal could think OF,
Evening star., 1936-08-30
By F. Jay Carmody.
TWO years ago Elwood Seal was
| an assistant corporation coun-
sci for the District. E. Barrett

Prettyman was his chief.
Seal had a small Office and a large
law library. Pettyman had the reverse
combination So, Seal sent his library
over to decorate the otherwise COM
paratively bare walls of the spacious
room which Prettyman occupied.
Recently Prettyman resigned. Seal
was appointed his successor. 1t meant
reunion with his law library and it
also meant a lot of ribbing from his
friends, who are praising him these
days for his system of advancing
in public life behind a barrage of law
volumes. They are curious to learn
where next he Is going to send the
books.
Probably nowhere. The books and
their owner have an appearance of
fixity, sitting there in that spacious
room on the southwest corner Of the
District Building.
Now that it is a fait accompli, It
is difficult to see how the combination
of circumstances which led Seal to
his present Office could have done
otherwise. There seems always to
have been a quality of inevitability
about it.
Seals first contact with the cor
poration counsel's Office, so the story
goes, indicated that he was natural"
for some place in the public legal
set-up. As practicing lawyer back
in 1922. and extremely fresh out
of law school at the time, he had
case which brought him before the
corporation counsel's office, repre-
sented on this occasion by Howard
Boyd, who had been q professor of
Seals at Georgetown Law Scnool.
Seal laid his argument before Boyd.
The latter listened, reflected a few
minutes, outlined his own viewpoint,
then asked his former pupil:
what would you do in my plaee,
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Every Step in Legal Career Pointed Him
for Municipal Post He Now Fills.

considering the matter, OF course,
from the angle of this of1ce?"
Just what you're asking" Seal said,
accepting the ofiicial legal point OF
view with q startling candor.
THAT case was Seals baptism into
the firm of Douglas, Obear &
Douglas, which he Joined after being
graduated from law school.
After two years of a sort Of legal
interneship, Seal decided to become
a firm himself. Just how large firm
he never realized until he found him
self the lessor of huge suite OF Offices
in the Investment Building. 1t oc-
CURED to him as he surveyed his vast
establishment that before he could
settle down to the practice Of law he
would have to find some one to relieve
the loneliness Of the huge suite, and,
more Importantly, to share the rent.
While he was. thus. contemplating
the problems of over expansion, Boyd
called him.
I've got some extra space down
here" Boyd said. How about moving
in with me?"'
Extra space" shouted Seal. I've
got acres up here. How about NOV
ing In with me?"
Boyd did. And shortly afterward
so did w. w. Bride, followed by others,
until Seals problem of finding share
croppers for his huge legal establish
ment was completely solved.
Brides association with Seal as CO.
tenant turned out to be another link
in the chain Of circumstances by
which fate towed Seal into his present
public ONCE.
It was hot day in July, 1927, when
then Commissioner Sidney F. Talia-
ferro dropped into Brides ofice. The
Commissioner was occupied at the mo-
ment with the problem Of finding .
man to, I'LL the job as corporation
counsel. He thought Bride might be
able to suggest some one for the place.
He was right.
How about mel" Bride asked when
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Q The great seal of the Department of the Interior
bronze basreef plaque be placed in the marble floor
balustrade of marble and metal (3) Airview of the De-
partment of Interior Buildings. The building is
shown in the foreground 1t joins the old building through
tunnel running under Rawns Park, the square shown
in the of the picture ~ Dedication tablet the
of the building (5) Detail view of
stone work setback the sixth floor. (6 view of
the building taken from Nineteenth and Streets look
ing northeast () Work the sixth floor leve southeast
corner of the building.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Of the corridors in few months. ac-
cording to Edwin B. Rowan Of the
section of paintings and sculpture in
procurement, who is in charge of art
for the new building. Although no
plans for decoration are complete,
American Indian work is being con-
sidered, Mr.. Rowan says. On the Art
Committee are William Zimmerman,
assistant commissioner of Indian At
fairs, chairman; Mae A. Schnurr, as
sistant to the commissioner of reclama-
ton; DR.. Carl Russell, chief Of the
museum section of the National Park
Service, and C. C. Dawson of the chief
clerks Office of the Department of
Interior.
Solid walnut furniture for the struc-
ture is being designed under Robert
LIE Fevre, assistant to the assistant
director of procurement, with Ian Nc
Callum doing the sketches for which
contracts will be let in the near future.
An allotment of $225,000 for these
pieces was made available out of con-
struction fund, but since that sum
will furnish only one-third of the
giant erection, furnishings will be
supplemented by re-sanding and re-
finishing old furniture. Completely
equipping the thousands of new Of
fees with unused pieces would cost
three-quarters OF a million COLLARS
Mr.. LIE Fevre estimates.
THE Secretary's suite, consisting OF
a reception room, study, main
Office. and bath in the south wing on
the sixth floor, will be panelled In
oak and the floors will be solid walnut.
Ceilings are vaulted and made OF
accustical plaster, a material used
throughout the building. In the Sec
retarys Office Is woodburning brick
fireplace, based on black marble. A
small garden terrace formed by the
setback above the cornice) affords a
stunning view of the Potomac River
and the Lincoln Memorial Venetian
blinds will be used in suites occupied
by the Secretary and department
heads in the four street corners on
the second, third, fourth and NTH
floors.
Plaster, painting, and lighting fix
ture bids will be out September Is,
according to Charles E. Darnell, con-
struction engineer. Bronze door knobs
and fixtures will in many cases carry
the buffalo motif of the department
seal, he says. In the entrance lobby
a large buffalo of bronze will be IN
serted in the marble floor. The build
ing is made of limestone below the
stylobate, and of granite below. with
marble used in the lower corridors.
the great central staircases and the
exhibit and conference halls. Quarry
tile laid in the corridors Is like that
used in the new Department Of Labor
and Interstate Commerce Commission
buildings.
The building is located south of the
present site for the department. be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets northwest, facing north on
Rawlins Park, continuing south to
c street. and occupying two squares
and D street. The first floor will
contain the conference hall, library.
exhibit gallery, Offices of the guards
and park police, supply room. and an
official dining room, to be served by
dumbwaiter from the main kitchen.
An average of 1900 men have been
employed on the project, Mr.. DarneD
says, and 80 engineers were kept busy
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the same number of people will work
there.
Every bit OF ornament, unless
necessary to draw attention to what
occurs inside, has been omitted" Mr..
Wood says. The blocks of limestone
used are larger in dimensions than
those used in most of Uncle Sans
new houses, giving the structure a
grandeur independent of decoration.
Circular discs on the south elevation
are reproductions of the seals of the
Evening star., 1936-08-30

supplement the dinner pail and offers
an attractive spot in which to open it."
II am an admirer of good archi-
ture," said Frederic A. Delano, chair
man of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, when the cor
ner stone of the structure was laid
this Spring. but I am quite hostile
to those architects who design build
ings with little regard to the require
ments of the building and the func-
tions it is to perform"
zach detail of planning, construc-
ton and decoration-every bronze
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Thomas jefferson. 1t is done with the
greatest simplicity to blend with the
Lincoln Memorial in the vicinity. The
design has no columns, but the north
and south entrances are marked by a
recessed porch, with large posts three
stories high.
This arrangement, with central
corridor and six wings on all floors,
allows 4,400 windows" This means
that every one in the building will
have q window of his own. since about
Evening star., 1936-08-30
By Vesfa Cummings.

(tTHE finest Office building in
the entire world" is the
way the new Department
L of Interior Building, now
nearing completion, is described by
those who are creating it and experts
who examine it.
Escalators will prevent crowding in
elevators at peak rush hours. A two
story pent house provides radio stu
dios for educational broadcasts, and
0 room where employees may eat sand-
wiches brought from home and buy
q cup of coffee.
A roof promenade Of tile, specially
constructed for easy walking. will
please the more athletic Government
workers who like turn in the air
at lunch time, while lounge in the
pent house offers easy chairs to those
who prefer to relax after the midday
meal and regard the Potomac from
seven stories up.
A gymnasium for basket ball or
eolley ball, to be equipped with
mechanical exercising devices, will be
available for those who wish to play
games or punch bag after working
hours.
museum gallery equipped with
dioramas, charts and maps, with an
attendant in charge to explain the
functions of all 16 bureaus of the
department, illustrated by the exhibits,
will be open daily to sightseers. and
D library for 100000 books will as
semble the collections of each bureau
in one spot for the first time in In
terror history.
An underground tunnel passing un-
der Rawlins Park will prevent per-
sons who wish to 60 from the old to
the new building from being forced
to don overcoats and galoshes for
the trip in the Wintertime. or expos
Ing themselves to unfriendly SUNS in
the Summer. Small electric trucks
will transport supplies from one build
ing to the other.
WELFARE and recreation experts
wv all over the city were asked for
advice about the many innovations
in the new set-up, according to
Arthur E. Demaray, assistant director
Of the National Park Service and
chairman of the Building Committee,
80 that those who live there from 8
to 4:30 will be happy and comfortable.
Persons to occupy all sections were
consulted about their needs and asked
to make suggestions.
1.-The interior of Interior was largely
planned by its future occupants" De-
maray says. "It was built from the
inside outward" The first Govern
ment building to be so planned. the
new citadel of conservation promises
to be q working paradise for those
laboring to fulfill its functions.
For instance" says Demaray. "it
has been found that employees some
times find 1t embarrassing toS enter
cafeterias to consume home lunches
and they usually have no other place
to eat where coffee or milk can be
purchased. The penthouse lunch
room will have a soda fountain to
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original 13 Colonies of the United

original 13 Colonies of the United
States.
For the first time in many years,
since the conservationists outgrew
their old home, all bureaus of the de-
partment will be centralized in the old
and new structures, from rented Office
space in more than 100 Washington
Office buildings, residences and apart
ment houses. The monthly Federal
rent bill will be considerably smaller
when the Interior folk desert for their
new domicile.
TO CREATE home" department,
the Department of Interior was
established by act of Congress in 1849
because of problems then arising on
the pioneer outskirts of the young
republic. The new department first
took over the General Land Office.
originated in 1912, and the Bureau Of
Indian Affairs. established by the War
Department during 1882. and today
has grown until 16 bureaus operate
under the sign of the buffalo and the
rising sun.
Appointed by Secretary Ickes, soon
after construction funds were avail
able. to head a building committee, Mr..
Evening star., 1936-08-30

(STHE finest Office building in
the entire world is the
way the new Department
L of Interior Building now
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It pays to read the advertisements