Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 13 | Washington Observations

Written for FEed Wile j I r Washington's mount in population population population tion b to the eminence of and of the thirteenth city in the country country country coun coun- try brings to light a statistical fact fac unrecorded by the census That Tha circumstance is that the nations capital has the 1 gest community of churchgoers on the per capita basis of any city of its size in the eastern half halt of the Union Those figures were produced before a committee com corn mUtee of congress earlier this tills year yearn in n the course of ot hearings on the bill Introduced by Representative Lankford Democrat of ot Georgia providing for a more rigid system of f Sunday closing laws in the Dis- Dis of Columbia Opponents o of bluer regulations for observance o ohe of the he Sabbath successfully invoked the statistics to show that even evenI with Sunday baseball theatres and andr movies attendance at divine worship worship worship wor wor- ship in Washington is far in excess of that in other big cities S S S Mark L. L Requa of at San Francisco mining engineer and California Republican Republican Re Re- publican leader Is in Washington in connection with a project long close to his heart It concerns a a. federal system of supervising the nations nation's r sources resources in raw materials especially minerals Requa feels the country must develop a new conception of the importance of minerals as they affect national safety and prosperity rity Under present present present pres pres- ent conditions he holds these are are being produced In wasteful ties A year or two ago Requa a b book ok entitled The Relation Relation Relation Rela Rela- tion of Government to Industry It was was' based on the theory that the American people are squandering vital Industrial riches at nt t ta a ruinous rat rate Profligacy in tho use of oil I. I was particularly assailed A committee com corn of nine recently organized under the auspices of of- Dr Hubert Work secretary of the interior is Is' shortly to report on the whole subject subject sub sub- of the mineral supply Requa advocates prompt action in jn n some direction n following such an In his book he ho recommended recommended recommended mended a f federal deral minerals commIssion commis commIs- sion Requa is an intimate friends of ot Herbert Hoover In 1924 he lie was Coolidge primary and election camPaign campaign campaign cam cam- manager for fot California S S S Irato Irate Hoosier Hoosier writes to this observer ob ob observer server serveT and laments Being an yourself how come that your recent paragraph tabulating Hoosiers in high places at Washington Wash Wash- ington omitted these three Wil Wil- liam Ham R. R Wood chairman of the Republican Re Re- publican congressional campaign committee J. J Bennett Dennett Gordon who produces pow powerful pi pieces ces periodically period period- published by the Republican national committee and Richard T. T Buchanan BUchan n the acc accomplished publicity pub pub- director of ot the Democratic national national na na- na- na committee f Wonders never cease Detroit Is unpalatable to Tammany as ns a sito sUe for the Democratic national convention con con- In 1928 b because of its proxImity proximity to wet ivet Canada Word has Just reached Washington that tint George W W. W Tammany leader leaden lead lead- er en has turned thumbs down on the motor metropolis for the same rea rca reason son that Detroit lost out for the Republican namely convention convention convention- namely that Windsor Ont Out is too easily accessible for delegates who are arc ex expected ex- ex to nominate Al Smith for tor president The tip appears to have gone gooe out that all national committee commit commit- tee men and women favorable to Smith shall vote against Detroit when the committee meets In WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington on January 12 The expectation expectation tation according to New York ad advices ad ad- vices is that votes from dry states of ot o the south and west plus votes of Smith pro delegates from all over the country will be more mOle than sufficient to sink Detroit's DetroU's comen cons hopes S S a Still another member of congress s Representative l Franklin W W. Tort Fort of New Jer Jersey ey y hankers for honors Ho He has s Just sent word to Republican leaders leader in ia that state i J ii H that unless they take tal the lead hi in a sweeping reform movement ho he will enter the race for the gubernatorial nomination in 1922 Fort calls for foran foran foran an exposure and the future avoidance avoidance avoid avoid- ance of the scandalous handling of b bank banic and loan building-loan charters and the rehabilitation of the fair name nama of Jersey justice Tile The statesman statesman statesman states states- man from from East Orange declares that the wish to to- tobe be governor of New Jersey as his father was ivas before him is the chief f personal ambition ambition ambi ambi- tion of ot my life but he lie feels it his duty to complete Ms his present term in the house Although his affiliations have been exclusively those of insurance and banking Representative Representative Representative Fort Tort is one of the foremost tore lore m most t authorities in congress on agricultural ag ag- ral He is a Princeton Princeton Princeton Prince Prince- ton man and still sUll on the sunny side of 50 50 S 5 5 Any number of pretty sentiments as befitted such an occasion were vere uttered at the picturesque ceremony in Washington this week of the presentation of 01 fifty eight doll dolI ambassadors ambassadors am am- by Jap Japanese nese school dren to the school chi children dren of Amer Airier lea ica Bishop McDowell termed it a rare symbolism which may come como to mean that a little mUe child ld shall lead the two countries in the direction of ot perpetual friendship Japans Japan's accomplished envoy Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira rejoiced that he now has fifty eight e ight assistant ambassadors which should enable him to take a a. long vacation Dr United States commissioner of cf edu education observed that the doll ambassadors are aie un unique que In two re- re they they can an neither be recalled called n nor r commit diplomatic James J J. J Davis Dayis secretary of labor whose small daughter gr gracefully grace grace- ce- ce fully accepted the dolls in the name of ot American children declared that statesmen n might well pattern after t the object lesson these mute ambassadors ambassadors am am- are giving and d devise vise ways and means of re reaching ching the hearts and souls oC ot peoples S S I Its It's a long lOong time since Washington has been the scene eerie of ot so monumental tal an aggregation of brains ins as are assembled here for the closing days of the year The occasion is tho thio annual session sessio of the tile sixteen learned societies comprise the American council of those bodies bodlos As As' A Indicated by their various vari vari- vari ous titles titles- the societies are con con- with philosophy arts sciences sciences antiquaries oriental affairs archeology modern languages hIsto history his hIs- to tory economics politics sociology medieval history agriculture marketing mar mar- accounting advertising la- la bor statistics and education Papers Pipers are being read z-ea-j by eminent eminent- authorIties author author- authorities in all these fields The hol hoi lIe gets Its chance at all freo round tables Copyright 1927 6