Evening star., 1946-07-21
Capital Sidelights
BIZ Will p. Kennedu

Many of the ablest members of Con-
gress have succeeded from being secre-
taries to Senators or Representatives to
being Senators or Representatives
Enthusiastically Senator Wallace
White of Maine, now nearing his 3oth
year in Congress, and Chairman Clar-
ence Cannon of the House Appropria.
tions Committee. former parliament
tartan and right-hand man to the late
Speaker Champ Clark, who has served
% years. Another was Representative
Jack Cochran OF Missouri, who has an
nounced his retirement, by his doctors
orders, at the close of the present ses-
sion. He served in the House more
than 20 years after having been secre-
tary successfully for more than 20 years
to Representatives William L. Igoe,
Harry B. Hawes and the late Senator
William j. Stone.
1t seems probable that Mr. Cochran's
secretary, Frank NJ. Karsten, who has
been with him for IL years, first when
he was chairman of the important Com
mittee on Expenditures and more re-
Gently as chairman of the Committee
on Accounts, where he is clerk OF the
committee as well as Mr.. Cochran's sec
retary, will succeed his chief. In fact,
in his letters serving notice of his in
tention to retire. Mr.. Cochran nomi-
mated Mr.. Karsten as his choice for
succession and urged all his supporters
to do everything for him they would
have done for me" The Democratic
congressional committee in the St. Louis
district, headed by John j. Dwyer, has
asked Mr.. Karsten to file for the nomi-
nation, and he left Washington imme-
diately. Mr.. Cochran, notifying the
proper officials of his decision to retire,
said: MY present great anxiety is to
is known to me to be qualified in every
way to carry on as I would were well
enough to remain in Congress"
Ex
Representative Dan Reed of Dunkirk,
N. Y during his college days at Cornell
one of the great football tackles, later
doctor to sick cities in the West, and
has taken an active part for more than
a quarter of century in fighting COM
munism in the United States He
recalls that: During the 192Os Com
munist schools were conducted in large
city slum districts and also in the homes
of pink intellectuals. Small children
were marched around the American flag
spread upon the hoor, told to spit upon
the flag and to repeat in unison: I
hate the American flag Many children
SO taught then are now acting as lead
ers in the Communist movement in
this country" Placing in the Congress
sional Record (of July 10 summary OF
opinions of outstanding Americans who
realize the danger of communism to
our safety and freedom, Mr.. Reed
warned that: "Our Government depart
ments are harboring Communists in key
positions where they can best carry on
their subversiye activities. Communist
Moscow, have penetrated labor unions
only to use the organizations to stir up
strife in an effort to destroy free en-
terprise. The time has come for the
Government to rid itself of the Com
munists now in its employ. Further
more, If labor unions are to survive,
as they should for the benefit of labor,
they, too, should clean their unions Of
the communistic leaders who now cast
discredit on those who tolerate such
leadership
X X
The first work written by an English
man in America is believed to be "A
True Relation of Virginia" by Capt.
John Smith, dated 1908. He also edited
| in 1924 a compilation of various mar
ratives by the first settlers under the
title: THE General History OF Virginia,
! New England and the Summer Isles"