Evening star., 1938-01-12

welt was seated in the Senate chamber
on March 4. 1888, during the installation
of Vice President Garner. he asked Col.
Edwin A. Halsey. soon to become secre-
tary OF the Senate. to step over to the
section in which members Of the Su-
preme Court were seated and whisper
message to Justice CardoZo. 1t was to
the effect that the President wanted his
old Jurist friend to come to the White
House at o'clock that night and swear
in the members of the new cabinet
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Along with statistics of lynchings and
"lynchable crimes" presented to the Sem
ate during the filibuster on the Wagner
Van NuyS bill, there have been some
revealing figures on the varied occupa-
tions of Negroes. Senator McKellar,
Democrat, of Tennessee introduced them,
to prove that the race has had square
deal in the field of gainful opportunities
He recited that the Federal census for
192O-l922 showed there were 1858 COL
ored teachers, 25.034 clergymen. 2146 COL
lege presidents and professors, 1888 mu-
sicians and teachers of music. 1885 ply
sicians and surgeons. 1,773 dentists,
5,728 trained nurses, 1,247 lawyers, judges
and justices; 1927 policemen. 460l SOL
diers, sailors and marines and 4 radio
announcerS.
John Temple Graves, II, gifted son OF
a famous Dixie father and one Of the
editors of the Birmingham News, is
authority for the statement that Tom
Heflins defeat for the Senate in Ala
bama makes it extremely unlikely that
efforts to revive the ku Klux Klan in
the South will succeed. Mr.. Graves
writes: although the principles and
loyalties for which Lister Hill stood and
his own personal effectiveness as a
public man may explain the bulk of the
support given him, the decisive factor
in his victory was obviously Heflinism-
an unwillingness on the part of many
voters to identify themselves or their
State again with the racial and religious
hatred and the Ku Kluxery for which
the former Senator, despite the charm
he's credited with, stands in national
sight,
Apropos his annual ten health COM
mandments to members of Congress,
DR.. George w. Calver, U. s. N, attend
ing physician to House and Senate, was
asked what is the coInmonest ailment
to which members are subjected. Un-
besitatingly, he replies, "The common
cold" but adds: The most frequent
cause of impaired health among men
in public life is their failure to observe
the first rule, which is, to eat wisely.
They, unfortunately. have to participate
IN a large number of luncheOnS, dinners
and other functions, where the method
of approach is the doctrine that the
best way to a mans heart Is through
his stomach. Consequently. their poor
stomachs have to suffer from many a
gastronomic insult, with good intent
and in the name of hospitality" 1t was
originally intended to have a doctor at
the Capitol only for first aid in emer-
gencies, but Calver had been there =
very short time before he learned to
paraphrase the motto of the Navy Medi-
cal Corps-"To Keep as Many Men at
as Many Guns as Many Days as Pos
sible"-into doctrine for Congress-"To
Keep as Much of the Personnel OF the
Legislative Branch of the Government
Physically Fit to Be on the Job Through
the Session as Possible"
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There's been a heavy increase in the
demand for Carter Glass half dollars
since the recent 80th birthday anniver-
sary of the Virginia sage. When the
Senator's native Lynchburg celebrated
its sesuuicentennial in October, 1886,
the Treasury Department honored its
one-time chief by minting a silver half
dollar adorned With his profile. The
first coin was presented to Glass by
the secretary of the Senate, himself q
son of the Old Dominion. Vice President
Garner is among the latest to acquire
one of the souvenirs.
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