Evening star., 1938-04-29

since Mcklnley-a cycle of Al Years
While Mckenna has been on his lob
since Teddy Roosevelt days in l9O3-a
record Of IS years. F. D. r. has invited
his two seasoned aides to accompany him
10 Southern waters for a weeks outing
on the new lO,000-ton cruiser Philadel-
phla. In announcing his guest list to the
press conference this week, the President
smlllngly promoted Forster from a COM
modore to rear admiral and McKenna
from captain to commodore. Forster
went to Hawaii with his chief three years
ago.
One Of the age-defying figures of the
Washington scene. Representative David
y. Lewis, Democrat. OF Maryland will
be o9 years old May l. He approaches in
rare v1gor the vintage at which Supreme
Court justices are supposed to forfeit
thelr usefulness. First elected to the
House In 1910, his congressional service
was interrupted between 1917 and 1925
during his membership on the United
States Tariff Commission. Lewis auto
biographical sketch proudly boasts he
never attended school, and learned to
read in Sunday school. While employed
IN coal mine from the age of 8 to %,
he studied law and Latin. He has been
at the bar In Cumberland since 1892
once described as Democratic radical
who is perhaps the closest political af-
Unity OF Senator George w. Norris in
either the House or the Democratic
party. Lewis made political history in
1924 when he declined reappointment to
the Tariff Commission from President
Coolidge on condition that the Mary
lander sign an undated resignation.
Lewis preferred to quit. He broke with
Silent Cal over proposed reduction of
the sugar tariff. which Lewis favored.
Three great pieces of American legisla-
ton claim him as their original sponsor
the Maryland workmen's compensation
law, first of its kind in the country. the
parcels post system and the social Sc
curity law. Scholar, fighter. idealist and
advocate Of the forgotten man, f1ve-foot-
three "Davey John is regarded on the
Hill as one Of the real adornments Of
congressional life. His district includes
Maryland territory which is suburban
Washington.
Latest "low-down" on conditions in
China has just been brought to Wash
ington by an American. Esson Mcdowell
Gale, secretary of the chief inspectorate
Of the Chinese salt revenue at Shanghai.
A native of Michigan, Mr.. Mcdowell has
spent the past 80 years in the Far East,
in official, educational and business ac-
tivities. He rates as one of our foremost
Orientalists and has taught that subject
in the universities of Michigan and Cali
fornia.
Here and there are bright spots on the
business map. In March locomotive
construction was 80 per cent over March.
1897; air travel for the first quarter of
1888 was 26.6 per cent above the 1887
quarter; building material prices in the
week ended April 9 rose IL per cent, the
first upturn in months; urban real estate
foreclosures in February were below 1929
figures for the fifth consecutive month.
and telephones in use in April were
per cent above year ago.
Man bit dog in Washington this week.
President O'Hara of Notre Dame, ad-
dressing alumni on Nationwide broad
cast, never once mentioned football. He
devoted himself exclusively to telling of
current achievements on the Irish"
campus in the realms Of pure science,
including astrophysics, nuclear biology,
hydrostatics and variety Of curricular
activities dealing with the origin Of man.
DR.. OHara says sad conditions in Eu-
rope now enable American universities
to command the talents Of some Of the
worlds most eminent savants.
toopsrisht 1889