Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

three best questions. awarding a
prize to the boy whose question he
considered tops. Monroe Wingate
of New Mexico won.
Addressed by President.
Tuesday was big day Herbert
Little, director of information of the
Department of Labor. arranged a
program of lectures about various
labor agencies, and then came the
biggest event of all: President Tru-
man received us on the White House
terrace and told us he is perfectly
willing to turn the country over to us
when our time comes.
Oscar L. Chapman, Undersecre-
tary of the Interior, after addressing
us on the activities of his depart
ment, introduced us to the Governor
of Puerto Rico. -
We had lunch in the Interior De-.
partment cafeteria, then heard adj
dresses at the Navy Department by
Undersecretary Sullivan, Fleet Ad-
miral Chester Nimitz and Gen.
VanGegrift. Later, we were adj
dressed by Secretary of State Mar
shall.
Like all good politicians, we had
to have relaxation, so we took off
Tuesday night to be guests of Clark
Griffith at the Washington VS.. Bos-
ton baseball game.
Wednesday. our last big day began
with a mock Senate session con-
Quoted by Edward McGinnis, ser
geant at arms of the Senate, with
the assistance of the deputy SER
geant at arms, William Reed, and his
aide, Raymond Bellamy (my father
Mr.. McGinnis opened the meeting
with an invocation by one of the boy
delegates and introduced Senate
Parliamentarian Charles L. watkins,
four Senate pages and several short
hand reporters. Mr.. McGinnis then
introduced Senator Brewster of
Maine. who recalled his start in
politics. incidentally, Senator Brew
ster reserved ITO seats for us at the
Howard Hughes hearing.
Mock Supreme Court Session.
Back at our Senate session, we
took oath of Office as Senators and
elected our president pro tempore,
Kendall King of New York, and va
rious other officers After talks by
real officers of the Senate, four
resolutions were introduced and re-
ferred to the proper committees. and
then we recessed. After lunch in
the Senate dining room, arranged
by Paul Johnson, veteran of 40 years
service there, we went to the Su-
preme Court, where George Wash
|ington, assistant solicitor general,
spoke to us on the tribunals activ-
tiles and supervised a mock session
with a case of election fraud being
argued before nine mock justices.
All the boys but four went by bus
to Annapolis later in the afternoon
as guests of the Naval Academy's
new plebe class. They toured the
Academy, took mess in Bancroft Hall
and saw the film, Fighting Lady"
The four who stayed in Washing
ton participated in a radio forum
with Representative Mike Monroney
of Oklahoma. These four were Owen
G. Holleran of Washington. "Chug'
White of Virginia. James Hembree
of Oklahoma and myself. j. The sub
iect was universal military train
ing.
On Thursday. we toured the FBI
and heard talk by Special Investi-
gator Lee Pennington, jr We re-
turned to American University and
attended graduation exercises" of
our forum. Each boy received an
appointment to Office in the govern
ment. I became Ambassador to
Panama. After receiving our diplo-
mas, we departed sadly for our
homes. some 5000 miles away, some
eight blocks.