Evening star., 1937-03-28
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

many members OF congress can Sit
cozily in their home Libraries and read
their favorite author"-not just speeches
they have inserted in the Congressional
Record, the daily newspaper and his
torical record of the proceedings of
Congress, but really substantial volumes
on some important subject on which
they have extensive knowledge There
are many worthwhile authors in Congress.
One OF the most outstanding is just
celebrating a golden jubilee-Represent
ative Robert Luce, Republican, of Mas
sachusetts, who has the lead" article
on Fifty Years A-Growing" in the
Writer, the Oldest magazine for literary
workers, which he and William H. Hills,
college friends and exchange editors on
the Boston Globe, founded in Boston in
1887, to be a class journal for writer's. "
Representative Luce has an impressive
magma opus" to his credit-a set of large
standard volumes of Legislative Pro-
cedure," Legislative Assemblies" Leg
islative Principles" Legislative Prob
lens and Congress: An Explanation. Z"
There is no dictated word in this entire
series, each letter was licked off by
himself on his typewriter He is inter-
on this subject.
During his widely varied life as officer
In the Spanish American War, newspaper
writer, lawyer, special emissary abroad
for several Presidents, member of Con-
gress from Washington State and SEN
ator from Illinois. Senator James Ham,
lton Lewis has found time to write a
number OF books-treaties of Federal law,
the law Of injunctions, historical works,
/. e., The Two Great Republics. Rome
and America" and co-author on general
subjects of the law of government and
political systems
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Democrat,
OF North Carolina has travelled far and
wide and INDUCED his zeal to pass along
his observations to his fellow men. He
is the author of two travel books, Wan
derlust" and Gypsy Trails"
Representative John S. McGroarty.
Democrat, of California, who gained
much prominence in the last Congress
as author OF the bill for old-age relief
under the Townsend plan, is a noted
Wflter-some Of his verses are in school
text books. He has done newspaper edi.
torlal work for IS years. He is author
OF many books: California Its History
and Romance" THE Kings Highway. :"
Songs Along the Way" Wander Songs"
Just California and Other Poems" and
The Mass He was made poet laureate
OF California by action of the State Leg
lslature. He is also the author and pro-
ducer OF plays, The Mission Play"
which has had a consecutive run for
2l years; La Golondrina" and "El
Dorado"-which three plays form a tri-
oloey OF California historic dramas
Osceola, Babylon and Romany.
Representative Sol Bloom, Democrat
OF New York, after taking charge of
compiling and arranging an extensive
library OF authoritative works on George
washington, in connection with the BIZ
centennial Celebration, is just pub
nshlng his new primer on I'VE, the
People" in connection with the sesoui-
centennial OF the Constitution.
Representative Luther Patrick, Demo-
crat, OF Alabama admits in his auto
biographical sketch In the Congressional
directory that he is teacher, writer.
lecturer, author, lawyer and radio COM
mentator."
Representative Kent E. Keller, Demo-
crat. OF Illinois recently sent his COL
Leagues copies of his new book, Pros
perity Through Employment, q Job for
Every Man and Woman Who Wants to
Work.
A new member, Representative John
r. Murdock. Democrat, of Arizona who
Tor 20 years was an instructor in the
three institutions Of higher learning in
Arizona and three years dean of the
State Teachers College, is the author
OF text books on history and government
used in the public schools of Arizona.
Representative Louis Ludlow, Demo-
crat, of Indiana, former Washington
newspaper correspondent, is author of
From Cornfleld to Press Gallery" an
autobiography; I'm the Heart OF Hoosier-
land" story of the Indiana pioneers;
Senator Solomon Spifnedink," satire
on political bunkum; America Go Bust"
an expose of governmental bureaucracy,
and Hell or Heaven a treatise on peace
and war.
Senator William G. McAdoo, Demo-
crat, of California is author of The
Challenge" 1929 and Crowded Years.
Autobiography. 193D.
Representative Thomas F. Ford, Demo-
crat, Of California is co-author with Mrs.
Ford Of THE Foreign Trade of the
United States" Q920), used in many COLI
leees as . text book. and other works
resulting from travel and research In
Hnope.