Evening star., 1949-08-10
to exempted" posi-
tions.
Tells of Visit tn See Kaiser.

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tions.
Tells of Visit to See Kaiser.
In 1924, he said. he went to
Paris with the American Olympic
team Ito guard our athletes
against being doped."
He told a story. and produced
clippings to prove it, about visiting
Doom, Holland, "to see the
Kaiser" He did not see the de-
posed ruler but he "smuggled'
back one of the Kaiser's black
police dogs. for which he paid a
palace guard $50. He said he gave
the dog to Senator Thomas Ster-
ling, Republican, of South Dakota.
It was on the way back that he
met Sir Thomas Upton. who was
on his way for another unsuccess-
full Shamrock race for the Amer
ica's Cup. Mr.. Maragon produced
a picture of them both at the rail
of ship to prove it.
He went into the fruit business
with some boys" here but evi-
IDENTIFY it was not a successful
business venture. because he got
a job with the old District Ma
tional Bank collecting bad
debts"
Organized NRA Team.
His friend William N. Doak.
Secretary of Labor during the
Hoover administration, appointed
him an immigration investigator.
He, investigated the smuggling OF
aliens. as1t &C. No
That was the job he had when
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected
President, the banks closed down
and the Blue Eagle Of the NRA
began to soar. Mr.. Maragon Was
appointed an investigator in the
big new agency.
He told how Gen. Hugh johnson,
the NRA administrator, had an
office in the White House overlook
ing the Ellipse. He used to look
out the window at the amateur ball
games.
why haven't we a team" he
asked Mr.. Maragon. Edgar
Hoover's FBI team is winning all
the games. You get me some ball
players. Have the personnel man
put them on the payroll. They can
move furniture or something"
Mr.. Maragon who had spent
much of his time In Washington
hanging around Griffith Stadium,
organized a team called the Blue
Eagles.
Won District Championship.
1--WE won so games straight. :"
he said. I'VE won the Govern
ment championship and then beat
the Heurich Brewery to win the
District championship. And at
that last game I found Gen.
johnson, no longer administrator,
standing behind the crowd. There
were tears in his eyes"
Mr.. Maragon produced a pic
ture Gen. johnson inscribed to
him as "a great baseball captain,
devoted and loyal worker"
Arranged Funeral Trips.
The Blue Eagle went out In
May, 1885 and Mr.. Maragon
transferred to the Bituminous
Coal Commission.
And then" he said, Daniel l..
Norman, passenger representa-
tive of the B. & o. hired me to 60
up on the Hill and get some busi-
ness away from the Pennsylvania
Railroad"
He said he was up against two
passenger representatives and a
professional lobbyist" but that he
got "87 per cent of the funerals y
1T got SO that when congress-
men would see me up on the Hill
fear would come into their eyes
and they would say, Here comes
the undertaken
Mr.. Maragon has met Presi-
dents at the White House. but
his biggest thrill was meeting Will
liam N. Jeffers, president of the
Union Pacific Railroad. That was
on one of the funeral trips.
Explains White House Pass.
MY mind went back 40 years,
he said, Ito me, water boy on
this great railroad and here