The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-25

finger takes full responsibility for the selection made, so be 1t on his head.
 Included in the collection are of course President Roosevelt, Vice President Wallace, Cabinet members Hull, Stimson, Morgenthau, Riddle, Walker, Knox, Forrestal, Ickes, Wickard, Jones, Perkins, StettinuS and Patterson. Chief Justice Stone, Candidates Dewey, Bricker, Senator Harry s, Truman, Speaker of the House Sam Reyburn and the late Wendell Willkie.
 FROM MACARTHUR
 TO BOB HOPE ,
 Military leaders are represented by Generals Marshall, Macarthur, Eisenhower and Arnold, Admirals heahy, King, Nimitz and Halsey.
 War agency heads are Harry Hop- kins, Justice Byrnes, Don Nelson, Charles E, Wilson, Chester Bowles, Vannevar Bush, Marvin Jones, Paul McNutt, Barney Baruch, Bill Jeffers J. Edgar Hoover. Elmer Davis, Byron Price, Nelson Rockefeller, Admiral Emory s, Land.
 Labor leaders honored are Bill Green, Phil Murray and John l.. Lewis, IndustrialistS Henry J. Kaiser and Eric Johnston, Newspapermen Ray Clapper, Ernie Pyle, Walter Lippman, Comedian Bob Hope.
 Everyone will have his own nom- nations as to who should be in- cluded on any Washington hall of fame list, but of far more specula- tive interest Is the list of those who were not included.
 Where for instance, are Director of Economic StahiliSation Fred M. Vinson, War Labor Board Chairman William II, Davis, Selective Service Director Major General Lewis Her. Shey, the late Ofilce of Defense Transportation Director Joe East man, the perfect civil servant?"
 When you get into Congress, aren't there others besides Wallace, Truman, and Rayhutn who would rate? What about Barkley, Byrd, Connally, George, Carter 0iass, Taft Vandenhurg, White, Wheeler and the B-2-H-2 group of Ball, Burton, Hatch and Hill, to name only e few in the Senatep In the House, where does Joe Martin rate for contempo- rary famep Or Judge Hatton, Sum- ners, Everett M. Dirksen, Full. bright, Sabath, dean of the House, and Martin Dies, most widely known name In Congress whether you like him or not.
 AMONG THE MISSING
 If Harry Hopkins Is included, why not Justice Felix Frankfurter or Judge' Sam Rosenman, Dave Niles or Bob SherwoodP
 Other journalists not without their inuenee over Washington af- fairs would include Henry Luce of Time, Dewitt Walalce of Readers Digest, Colonel Robert Mccormick of Chicago, Drew Pearson, Arthur KrocE, Walter Winchell.
 Other industrialists who have shaped American life are Henry Ford, Donald Douglas, General Will liam 8. KnudSen, Paul Hoffman, Andy Higgins, Jack and Heintz.
 Make your own list
 Regardless of who is on 1t, the kalish sculptures portray in imper- ishable bronze the characteristic of these, our betters. Lewis standing with clenched fists like the original Neanderthal man, Baruch on 0 park bench with his quizzical smile, Cor. dell Hull's and Byron Prices stoop, Elmer Daviss bow tie. Forrestais broken nose, Pattersons impressed pants, Nelson and Bush with pipes, Stimson with his tired paunch, jef- fers with his big bull belly, Dewey's smoothness, Bricker's and McNutt's and Stettinus's handsome proflies, 1ckes's leading chin, Rockefellers youth.
 As the collection is housed in the Smithsonian building along with the Lindbergh plane and the dresses worn by the wives of the presidents, It will be seen by many thousands and 1t is easily one of the best new sights of Washington.