Evening star., 1938-07-01
Washington Observations
Fair Strs First-Class Feud Between New York and
California, Roosevelt Learns.

Taylor Compton. physicist. president
Of the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology, and one Of the adorn-
ments Of American science, as the
elephants whitest hope Dr. Comp
ton belongs to one Of Americas in
tellectual first families. Son Of Prof
Elias Compton, president emeritus of
the College Of Wooster, Ohio, the presi-
dent Of Boston "Tech," is one of q trio
OF famous brothers. The others are
Prof. Arthur H. Compton Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago, who won the Nobel
prize for physics in 1927, and Wilson
NJ. Compton, vice president and man
ager Of the American Forest Products
Industries at Washington.
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II Congress were in session, old
Capitol Hills hands declare the House
would be the scene Of some lively pro-
ceedings due to an extension Of re-
marks" by Representative Edward L.
O'Neill, Democrat. of New Jersey who
halls from Newark and is apparently
an adherent Of Mayor Hague. He is
also the baby member Of Congress.
Alleging discrepancy between state
ments made by Representative Jerry
O'Connell, Democrat, of Montana to
the Newark Congressman on August
2l and a telegram the Montanan sent
Federal Judge Clark during recent
proceedings against Hague, ONeill, in
the Congressional Record OF June II,
made the following charge: The
gentleman from Montana uttered an
unmitigated falsehood either on August
81 or in his telegram to the Federal
Judge" The matter in question re-
lates to payment for O'Connell's 1887
trip to Spain. O'Neill claims his COL
league said the trip would be paid for
by the friends Of Spanish Democ-
racy." O'Connell is quoted as having
wired Judge Clark that the trip was
made entirely at my own personal ex-
pense." Congressional authorities as
sert that a member of Congress, &C.
cording to tradition, would be not only
at liberty, but virtually under COM
pulsion, to demand drastic disciplinary
action against the user OF such words
as O'Neill hurls at O'Connell.
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New Workers, who've Just had their
first opportunity in long time to hob
mob with President Roosevelt, showered
him with thanks for approving an out
lay Of $2,540,0 900 In w. p A. funds for
a war about to be waged against mos
quitos and other insect pests In low
lying sections Of the big city. During
the next few weeks more than 5000
w. p. A. workers will be engaged In
mosquito elimination processes of va
rious kinds along 5000 miles of bitches,
dikes and drainage pipes, and 10000
acres Of salt marsh. Real estate ex-
perts say the campaign will enhance
the value Of property throughout the
infested metropolitan area. especially
Staten Island. Long Island and the
adjacent Jersey Coast.
Melvin c. Hazen. president Of the
Board Of District Commissioners, likes
doing an occasional Haroun al Ras-
child. to find out what Washingtonians
think Of the government they have no
voice in choosing. While driving home
the other night, he asked q taxi
driver: What do you think of the
police?" They're all right" was the
reply, If you don't get tough" well,
how about the Commissioners" per-
sted Hazen Those -! the
driver shot back. They don't do a
thing for the District All they think
about is how to get more dough for
themselves. They don't care anything
about Washington. They don't even
live here" Hazen, blessed with a rare