Evening star., 1937-03-21
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Inc new senator from OkldhOma-
Josh Lee, who has the middle name
Bryan, after the Great Commoner, and
who won the national collegiate ora
torical championship 10 years ago-has
made his maiden speech in the SEN
ate with much applause. Here is a
sample Of his oratory:
American spirit has made America
great.
During the World War the Americans
were pushing their sector of the line
too far into the enemy territory. A
French officer. eXCitedly shouted to the
American colonel to stop the American
SoldlerS-they were advancing too fast
The colonel replied: If the Germans
can't stop them how Go YOU expect me
to?'
Admiral Smiths son was in COM
mand OF the American battleship Con-
greSs messenger rushed to the ad-
miral and said: Sir the Congress has
struck her colors. The admiral bowed
his head and said: Then my son is
dead
The same men who bribed Benedict
Arnold approached Gen. Joseph Reed
10 bribe him He Strengthened to his
full height, every inch an American. and
replied: Gentlemen, l am not worth
purchasing but such as I am the King
OF England could not buy me
That is the spirit of loyalty that
makes true Americanism."
A plea for economy in government
seemingly lost art-was made the other
cay by Representative Louis Ludlow.
hooSler farm boy who came bv route
OF the press gallery from cornfeld TO
Congress, and who tells us that his good
1ather would have walked 10 miles to
pay debt OF 10 cents when it was due
II there was no other way to get there.
He called attention to several Govern
ment publications 'as hard on the pock-
etbook OF the taxpayer as they are in
terestlng and novel" One is the first
dnnual report of the Resettlement Ad-
mlnlstration, which he offered to put
up against any other Government re-
port in the history of America from the
standpoint of originality" The total cost
OF printing in Uncle Sans big printing
establishment was s4O51 "a. and without
illustrations and embellishments would
have been s3,1O864
Another highly embelished document
was the Possibilities of Shelterbelt
Planting in the Plains Region" Mr..
Ludlow told his colleagues: This is an
artistic report on superquality paper.
with many illustrations" Five thousand
copies were printed for the Forest Service
at cost Of S4,01164 Together these
two reports cost the taxpayers S8O62 SO
the price Of a good Indiana farm"
commented Ludlow. These are Just
samples Of eXtravagant practices that
nave grown up in many of the bureaus,
every one of which should be eradiCated
as soon as possible, said Representative
Ludlow.
Having the ornate reSettlement report
In mind, the Joint Committee on Print
ing at its last meeting adopted a rule
directing the public printer whenever a
manuscript is presented to him for print
Ing that costs more than $500 additional
expense for color printing and embel-
hshmentS to submit 1t to the joint COM
mittee
Charles Moore, chairman of the Com
mission OF Fine Arts which has guided
the Identification and orderly develop
ment OF the National Capital since 1870
quotes Daniel H. Burnham, chief of con-
struction for the Chicago World Fair in
1893 and after that one of the outStand-
ing Capital builders-"pointing the way
Tor those who shall come after US
Make no little plans" said Burnham,
they have no magic to stir mems blood
and probably themselves will not be
realized.
Make big plans, aim high in hope
and work remembering that a noble,
logical diagram once recorded will never
die. but long after we are gone will be
living thing, asserting itself with ever
growing insistence
Remember that our sons and grand
sons are going to do things that would
stagger us. Let your WatchWord be
order and your beacon beauty"
And Representative Robert Luce-with
such thought of leaving the record for
future years has had Mr.. Moore's speech
on Identification of Washington printed
in the Congressional Record, where it Is
being read with interest by many.
YeS-there are many new faces in
Congress, The House has 88 first term
members and 83 second-term members
moro than one-third Of the membership.