Evening star., 1952-02-24

mempef' y uiGn't reaIlze " was q
Yankee church until after ] Joined
IT," no says.
He Ia always O bit hurt ct the
antagonlsln 10 the Democratic Ad-
FainiStrations In the many business
organization meetings no attends. He
was O New Deal businessman and
10 now @ Fair Dealer. The Smiths
once had Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
aS guest OF honor at q tea at their
home. He organized one Of the first
TruEnan.Barkley clubs after the
ie4e convention. then began work.
Ing on the absentee ballots. He ilg-
ures that enough absentee ballots
were mailed into Ohio from Wash.
ington TO have swung that decisive
State into the Democratic column.
Masonic Potentete
Renah =. Camalier. whose name
also appears In most lists OF potential
appointees, iS chairman OF the Hus!-
nessmen's Committee for the DEM
ocratic Party's sl0o.a-plate Jefger.
son-Jackson dinner.
Mr.. Catnalier is Q lawyer whose
hobby has been fraternity. He Is
grand master OF the Grand Lodge
Of Masons OF the District, the high.
est Masonic post In Washington. In
l040 he was illustriouS potentate OF
Alimas Temple Of the Ancient Arabic
Order Of the Mobiles OF the Mystic
Shrine.
He has been active for years In
the promotion Of such events as the
annual Shrine Circus, which raises
$4,000 10 $4,000 for the Shrine
Crippled Childten's Hospital m Phila.
delphia, and the annual Night Of
Thrills at 0flffith Stadium which
raises q similar sum for the Masonic
and Easteff Star Home Ia the Dis
tFietl
A baseball fan, he fiafiaEes TO afs
Faflge hls iegai practice, largely ada
IfllhlstFatiVe law before the reed and
BFug Administration and the FEDERAL
Trade eeiflEllsSleH, 90 that ne spends
many @ summer afteFheeR at the
ball park
Coin eeIleGtien
MP, eaHlaiiep is bel stands B feet
Q inches end Welghs iFi peuRds, One
OF his hobbies, RHHlismatles, was Fez
Vealed the ether day when his heHse
At 1910 Nebraska avenue NV, was
bHFglaFiged by high seheel students,
the 'Iniee" boy burglars, A number
Of old eeins were stelen, Contrary TO
AFst Feperts, the beEs Didn't oct hls
geld eeins, The prize OF this e9ls
leGtion, q United States geld ebzeent
piece dated 1855, IA 50 tiny that Q
l1agnlfying glass Ia necessary to read
the inscription,
On one occasion he was allowed To
run OH some silver coins at the Den
yer Mint, He bought the coins, 3d.
cent and 81 pieces, at face value and
gave them to his friends,
He was born In the District, where
the Municipal Building now stands
His father was administrator OF the
Willard estate. The Camaliers are
an old Southern Maryland family.
His uncle was Federal Judge. Dur.
ing World War ], Mr.. Camalier was
secretary to the Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy, Franklin d. Roosevelt.
He has served as On assistant United
States attorney for the District and
as municipal attorney for the Sen.
ate District Committee. He has at
tended every Democratic National
Convention since 1920. He is on the
Board Of Trustees Of the Metropolitan
Methodist Church and o member OF
the Interfaith Committee Of Catho-
lies, protestants and Jews.
Another Big 6ivsr
Francis J. Kane ID q new name Up
for political consideration. He has
been too busy running his trucking
business TO take more than O con.
tributory interest In politics.
His contributions to the Decorate
Party have been substantial 40 they.
are TO anything he strongly approves.
He took care OF all the transportation
for the last jackson Day dinner, the
ei00.a.piate affair, then feeelpted
his own bill which came TO more than
$1,000, He bought $3.50 table for
hls guests at the recent brotherhood
dinner OF the Conference OF Chris
tlans and Jews hoRoring Joseph ..
Kaufman,
irish through and through, Mr.,
Kane ID president this year OF the
Friendly Sons Of st. Patrick and
will preside at their March II dinner.
ne had on early introduction TO pol.
tiles under O past master. One Of
his first Jobs was % stenogFApheTS
secretary 10 Champ Clark, Speaker
Of the House. he used 10 live with
the clarks.
Green Truck Man
This IA surprising because Mr..
Kane, fAstsiii0vina man OF trim ilas
IRE and medium height. cots as
though he ought TO DO IN hls 40s. He
ID bT, He has 10 grandchildren,
AA was born In the District on
Capitol Hill, attended G0hEasa Nigh
Beheol and started driving 0 truck
labeled 'Kaiie transfer co." In 1918
when he left Speaker elAFk's efiiee,
lie now has 100 vehicles ana they
oil happen 10 be painted gFeehl
His business also stresses more thAfi
ei million O year, tie runs 0 eeiila
IIlenseaFPleF etissehedule freight line
ever the read between Baltimore end
washington, does the hauling Tor the
BaltlHleFe Proet0F " Gamble DiAAb
and for the eAlewav eteFeSl
HE eets away from 10 Oil several
times q wear bV tAklnH passage on q
fPeIght steamer eut Of BAltlnleFe Tor
Panama or eeElle Caribbean port he
tAkee the seA tFlp enc Vav@A matter
o. about seven dAEsI Then hles back
N seven h0pFa,