Evening star., 1938-02-16

once again to turn its attention toward
the banks Of the Wabash. Senator san,
Ralston of Indiana could have had tn.
democratic presidential nomination in
1924. " ''o' A"
As the State Departments word esne.
cia!ly in the punctilious matter Of
precedents and titles, is supposed to be
law. attention is attracted by the letter
Secretary Hull sent to Representative
Ludlow of Indiana on naval defense. in
which Ludlow is addressed as my dear
congressman Sticklers for propriety
have always insisted there amt no
such animal as congressman" They
claim member is either Senator or a
Representative. although Congressman
mas almost been legalized by usage. Rep
resentatlve Edith Nourse Rogers, Re-
publican. of Massachusetts once said she
wanted to be referred to as the Con-
greSsman' from Lowell. 1t was Speaker
Nick Longworth who first referred to
bobbed-haired member of the House as
the gentlewoman' from the State in
question.
Now that Cooperation" or non-co-
operation with the British Nayv is a
topic of paramount interest, Navy De-
partment visitors are noticing the big
Oil painting which strikes their gaze as
soon as they enter the building. It's q
graphic canvas memorializing the arrival
OF the American Fleet at Scapa Flow.
England, on December T. 1917, and its
welcome by the British Grand Fleet un-
der command of Admiral David Beatty
Nater Earl Beatty, as he greeted Ad-
miral Rodmans battleships from H. M
S. Queen Elizabeth.
H. r. Baukhage of the North American
Newspaper Alliance is patentee of WASH
ington's latest political wisecrack. He
says Uncle Sam is now threatened with
democracy" Signs of the menace,
Baukhage says, are the recent war ref
erendum agitation, the rising tide of
rugged individualism in Congress, and
current popular demands for Qualification
Of foreign policy.
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Others-particularly Senator Bulkley
of Ohio-are getting credit for fathering
the $4,000 900 transcontinental, self
liquidating highway project. The honor
belongs, in fact, to Representative Jen-
nings Randolph, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia. AS long ago as May l8, 1887, Ran
dolph introduced bill calling for crea-
tion of commission to study the pro-
posal to build super-highways The
idea, the West Virginian stated in subse-
quent hearings, actually originated with
Arthur M. Davis of Morgantown, w.
Va, and T. E. Steiner of Wooster, Ohio.
Last year Representative Randolph fol-
lowed up his original proposal with two
more Joint resolutions developing the
plan in detail.
It's announced that the new 81 900, 900
naval radio communications station, un-
der construction at Camp Springs, Md,
about is miles outside of Washington,
will be ready for operation this summer.
1t will mean the eventual disappearance
OF those long familiar trans-Potomac
skymarks. the 600-foot radio towers
erected for the hrst Navy wireless sta
ton at Arlington, Va, in 1912. The Navy
opposes the construction Of Washing
ton airport at Camp Springs because q
flying field there would seriously inter-
fere with worldwide radio receiving ia
cilities and thereby hamper national
defense The Navy has purchased $50
acres of land ut Camp Springs, COM
pleted construction Of most Of the per-
manent buildings, and already moved
into them part Of its personnel.
Copyright. 193S.)