Show Wadsworth tl to Succeed Senator Lodge W WASHINGTON March Mach 1 1 By NEA Service Slim Service Slim Jim Wadsworth more sedately known as the Hon Ron James W. W Wadsworth Jr Junior senator senator senator sen sen- ator from New Tork York is being groomed to succeed Henry Cabot Lodge o of Massachusetts l as majority leader of or the senate In the next congress Wadsworth is 45 45 tl full of ot pep pugnacity and a a. the in RepUblican Republican Re Re- publican partisan Wherefore he is look looked d' d upon as offering the tho party the fighting sort of ot leadership that wilbe will wil be needed and which may not pot because because because be be- cause of his years and temperamental lImit limitations be expected from Lodge hack of or firm and stimulating leadership leadership leader leader- ship which it is bell believed ved Wadsworth might give arive Is blamed for failure of the the- sen senate te teto to handle successfully the theu u party program of or the past two ses ses- ses- ses Wadsworth's biography in the congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional directory gives his business as livestock and farming Ho is not however a member of the tho f farm rm I bloc Western farm members look upon him rather lather a as s a landed proprietor proprietor pro pro- who when not in ill Washington Washing Washing- ton lives on his acre HOO-acro estate near Geneseo N. N Y Farm blockers consider consider con con- sider aider him rather as a silk stocking senator his experience as manager of ofa ofa ofa a big ranch at Paloduro Tex Tax merely the quest of or a wealthy youth for thrills and his present farming activities activities activities ties as a hobby LOTS OF EXPERIENCE They do recognize however that as asa a legislator he has bas both experience and tradition In his favor His father father fa fa father ther James Jame W W. Wadsworth Sr pre preceded preceded pre pre- ceded him as senator from New York Young Jim himself broke into the I New York assembly at 28 28 was speaker speak speak- er at 29 and a United I States senator at atIS 38 88 I I Having seen service in the Porto Rican campaign In the war with Spain Wadsworth was assigned to I the com committee on military affairs I when he came to the senate In 1915 He Ho Is now chairman of ot that committee commit commit- tee and as such has ha's many prerogatives prerogatives tives and much power If It he becomes s senate enate- majority leader we may expect a program of ot adequate military pre pre- v At 25 5 young Wadsworth married Miss Alice Hay the daughter of ot f the then secretary of ot state John Hay They have three children one children one d daughter daugh daugh- ugh ugh- ter and two sons Eons Mrs Wadsworth took an active part partIn In the fight against suffrage heading the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage Senator Wadsworth Wadsworth Wadsworth Wads- Wads worth vot voted d against the suffrage amendment Q E. E D Dj FOND OF ATHLETICS Wadsworth is fond of athletics He does not play gol golf He keeps a saddie saddle saddle sad sad- dle die horse in Washington and rides frequently Of summers he be and Ted Roosevelt assistant secretary of ot the navy take daily dally swims In the big testing tank at the navy nay yard ard lIe He is also a a. hiker of ot ability and a devotee of ot baseball To the ho horsehide sehlde sphere he sacrificed sacrificed sacrificed the symmetry of or his his' good right hand When he addres addresses es the senate It is noticeable in his gestures that the forefinger of ot his speaking hand handIs Is buckled awkwardly at the first Joint It was busted by one hot off ort ortI the bat when he was first sacker on I the nine of ot St. St Marks Mark's prep school at atI Mass rass I Incidentally his father also played first base with the St St. Marks Mark's team and now his ls year old son Jerry holds the same position on the nine there Three generations of ot first basemen That say say Wadsworth's friends ought to be sufficient to make malce his selection as majority leader a opu- opu lar one j 2 c f fc n A r rJAMEs JAMES w. w WADSWORTH JR JIk |