Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22

well known in Washington from his
periodical tours Of duty In the Navy
Department. He is a native Of Tyler,
Tex, and married a Miss Jennie
Yudelevit. also Of Washington. Their
home Is now here. Badt has a
notable service record ashore and
af1oat. He wears the Victory Medal
for World War service, took part
previously In the Mexican and MIC
araguan campaigns, has been an in
structor at Annapolis graduate Of
1909 and is q specialist In naviga-
ton and mechanical engineering.
Youthful Founding Fathers.
Now that Representative Sol
Bloom has been told OF to glorify
the forthcoming 150th anniversary
OF the Supreme Court, plus the &C.
cent on youth momentarily visible
in the Republican party-State Gov
ernors, presidential candidates, etc.
its timely to recall that youth
pervaded the Constitutional Conven-
ton In 1887 on a scale not uni
versally realized. Except Franklin
and Washington, most of the DOM
mating personalities at Philadelphia
were men under 40. Dayton of New
York, youngest member of the con-
vention, was only q. Madison.
sometimes called the Father of the
Constitution, was So. Edmund Ran
dolph, who opened proceedings by
presenting the Virginia Plan, was "a.
Charles Pinckney, who submitted the
first concrete draft of the Constitu-
ton, had just turned 20.
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Hull's Possibilities.
II Cordell Hull wins his fight In
Congress for retention of the trade
agreements program-his own par
ticular New Deal baby-the Secre-
tary of States Democratic presiden-
tial possibilities will be enhanced.
The contest will be fast and furious.
The Tennessean is prepared to put
up the stiffest kind of battle. If
ne comes out on top, his name will
be a national household word, to
even greater extent than he has
made it through his sagacious con-
duct of Americas foreign relations,
especially during the last perilous
two years.
Cultured "Bill" Sirovich.
In the passing of Representative
William Irving Sirovich, Democrat,
Of New York, the House has lost one
of its really cultured members. Bill"
was a Snowman and generally lacked
terminal facilities when making a
speech, but he always commanded
big audience, which listened at
tentively to a medical scientist whose
knowledge Of history, literature, his
own Talmudic faith and the classics
had few equals in Congress. Siro-
vich's East Side New York district,
which included the original Al Smith
bailiwick, turned out en- masse at
the Representatives funeral this
week, lining the streets in thousands
from his old home near the East
River and through Greenwich VII
lage to the cemetery.
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Dark Horse Jim Wadsworth.
Keep an eye on Jim Wadsworth
as . potential Republican presiden-
tial dark horse. He is being quietly
but increasingly discussed as an ideal
compromise nominee if Dewey, VAN
denberg, Taft and the other runners
up don't make the grade. Yale man,
Spanish American War veteran,
original advocate of prohibition re-
peal. one-time Texas rancher. SON
in-law Of John Hay. long time men,
Der Of the New York State Assembly,
twice United States Senator from
New York and now Representative
of his Geneseo Valley upstate dis
trict in the House, Wadsworth has
an uncommonly seasoned political
background. He was 81 last sum-
mer, and supported Roosevelt in the
neutrality controversy.
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