Evening star., 1938-03-28

five years after the first two years. dur
ing which no cllrtailment Is expected.
BlroblJan can absorb as many as 10000
immigrants annually.
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Uncle Sam is supposed to employ an
army Of some 500 public relations" ex-
perts. vulgarly known as press agents,
and designated officially in many cases
as executive assistants to cabinet Off
GERS and other departmental chiefs.
some OF them are in the $4,000 brack-
cts. Their job is to keep the U. S. A.
safe for the New Deal. and, in pursuance
thereof, to get as much newspaper space
as possible for their respective bosses and
bailiWlcks. The information and pub
lie relations specialist who experiences
no trouble nowadays in seeing his out
mt publicized is George O. Gillingham
OF the Tennessee Valley Authority.
though he's wholly on the sidelines in
the matter of the Morganatic divorce in
the T. V. A. family. In his spare time
Glillngham edits the Goldfish Bowl,
sprlghtly monthly of the National Press
Club. AS Wordsmith, T. v. AS Gill
Lngham is Timeworthy. Specializing in
headlines appropriate to the name of
the Goldfish Bowl, he lists additions to
the membership as new splashes." lob
changes as new waters" club small talk
as 'ripples." and personal intelligence
about local scribes as "kingf1sh and
guppies.
One OF these days racegOerS at Bowie
Laurel, Hlaleah or Santa Anita NAV nut
money on horse named Branch Water.
sired by the late Admiral Cary Gray-
sons stable. Thereby hangs a tale.
vice President Garner and Grayson met
one day last winter in the office of Col.
Ed Halsey. secretary of the Senate
The V. P. was about to indulge in pre-
luncheon appetizer, whereupon Grayson
asked him what he generally used for a
chaser. Branch water" was the reply
by which. the Texan explained, he meant
That on hunting and fishing expeditions
back home he was accustomed to quench
his thirst from creeks and rivulets
known down there as branch water"
Ihe words intrigued Grayson so much
that he said he was going to name his
next thoroughbred colt Branch Water"
The admiral left word. shortly before he
passed away in February, that when the
future Battleship, War Admiral or Sea-
biscuit was born, it should be christened
Branch Water
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Not long ago one of the best-known
ngures in Washington Maryland public
life, ex-senator Blair Lee of Silver Spring,
walked into the office of Col. Ralph C.
Bishop, director of the civilian military
education fund, on the second floor of
NO. 1858 Pennsylvania avenue. The
visitor asked Bishop if he might tarry
for while at one OF the front windows
which looks directly across to the State,
War and Navy Building. Mr.. Lee ex-
planned he once owned the house and
that some of the happiest days of his
life had been spent in that very room.
While Bishop went on with his work,
the distinguished old Marylander sat
contemplatiyely, saying nothing, with
his eyes half closed In reverie, as he
glanced into the street below or around
the old-fashioned, big room with its
mid-Victorian fireplace and mantelpiece.
Then, with courtly bow of thanks to
his host, Lee made his way silently down
the well-worn stairs of his old home.
The building is sandwiched between the
famous Blair mansion and the archaic
Court of Claims.
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Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican, of
North Dakota ventured an international
pun during his Town Hall of the Air
talk in New York the other night. Speak
ing Of collective action, he reminded
the American people that. as far as Eu-
ropes concerned, they're still "col-
lecting."
Former Ambassador William z. Dodd.
who was student at Virginia Poly
technic Institute in the COS, ha. been in
vited to deliver the commencement adj
dress at his alma mater In Blacksburp
next June.
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