Show p If WHAT'S IN A J NAME IE 1 Postmaster General James A. A Farl Farley Farly Y 1 annulled the airmail contracts just about abou tn administration proposed to the wa gre greeted ted wi with h. h an amen athen chorus that i d from th frojD Atlantic to the Pacific Those did not feel like joining tit it t held their p peace pace a B But t wh when n the po postmaster general with the assent v ent of or of-or or r perhaps direction by the by-the the president liti t up those c contracts dissent be be- ct e jl Definitely ly a dible Some observers went l Mi ta far as to express fear that the high pressure ii cares lcara ear g was p putting administration t Op on edge dg A A- vac ij was suggested for forI ime of those een been carrying the thc heavy loads oads for nearly 1 a a- ye year r with tie or r no rest j Ss nat first n witness before it and then another including in in- former Postmaster General Brown the cm nt ri ra ritO tO OI k-OI courage It appeared that ti government gov e t. t li had d bitten i re off of more ore than it itt t d r T Things s l looked pretty good for Jh he 1 opposition J rT Then along n camo eam James m esl G. G W Woolley olley f forne for for- ori or- or i ne SaU Jt La Lake e JJ man former of- of ei o Wet t. t Air ir Express and former in tn T. T W W. A. A Washington p described him hint as the tho first witness t Ol go o before the committee with the the- courage to Wi Spill pili the beans Th Those These se w who o know Woolley Wool 1 ie ley r hereabouts were wera not taken by surprise n Hp is known for loquaciousness picturesque Vocabulary and utter titter lack of ot reticence 1 After Aftel Woolley started talking before the tho the sessions turned out to be a al l fathers and sons sons' carnival 1 What s in a name Well Sf If the 1110 test O of ot Woolley and Harris Hanshue who followed him on the stand remains there ther is' is better than a good living m ome names Take the name Smoot for Instance Ernest W W. Smoot son Bon of Utah's t former cr senator discovered gold in his his patro- patro nym worth according to his o own testimony This was while he wa was a clerk of i the senate enate finance committee of which his fat father er was waa chairman It ars that those who d dealt alt I with ih him n fett t that they were getting their their moneys money's Worth when the name Smoot might be em in th their ir beh behalf lf in dealings dealings' with the thc c comptroller r. r general postmaster general genera and ot other otner r high government figures Correspondence Correspondence dence offered in evidence would seem to show th that thit young o g Smoot was wa sell selling th the tho idea that U IVie i couldn't coUldn t put over a deal for his client h hV could call can on his father lather for help He Hc CleD denied ed however that the former senator d anything ing to d do with negotiating con con- conk k q jog g ir Express E r 05 rans i Western Vestern Air Senator Smoot interviewed interviewed interviewed in in- locally declared he lu did not even know Woolley y oo Since young Smoots Smoot's name came cam into the picture it appears that sons of other notables likewise have unearthed the commercial possibilities possibilities pos pos- of impressive cognominal inherit inherit- ances Before the co committee there paraded Thursday the names of Lehr Fess ess son of Senator Simeon Fess Julius Kahn son of Senator Florence Kahn Young Phillip son of John Phillip Philip former fourth assistant postmaster postmaster postmaster post post- master general Various interests found it expedient to o employ them for rendering va various various yn- yn rious services professional or political It all goes to show how many things may maybe maybe ay be accomplished at Washington just another version of the undoubted fact that there ismore ismore is ismore more more than Ulan one way of skinning a cat cat or or the government It is all very interesting I It might be interesting even to the internal revenue department to look up the income tax returns of these bright young men with prominent surnames and the statements filed with the government by corporations with whom they d dealt alt showing outgo for salaries and fees Tho The government nt finally did that when all other otner means failed to halt Al AI Capone's Capones Capones Capone's Ca Ca- pones pone's enterprises While round one in iii this airmail bout seemed to go to the aviation int interests round rounel two as far fal as it has gone looks pretty good for the government Maybe faybe after all it was not in ill a jittery moment that the administration tion cracked down on the airmail carriers There is enough smelly smoke in the air I now OW to plainly indicate that there is is rubbish burning somewhere If it turns out that big business has as duped yo young ng men cn in the formative period of their maturity to become become become be be- come tools for accomplishing underhanded purposes its v venality is more despi despicable able than readily may be described in temperate lan Ian guage If this is established the whole nation will will- appl applaud ud President dent Roosevelt and ana hi his hig associates associates associates as as- in the administration if they leave no stone unturned to bring out the damning facts regardless of whom they touch There is irony or something in this Colonel L. L H. H Brittin sentenced for contempt of court in connection with a charge of destroying airmail files has been made file clerk in the District of Columbia jail Sorta makes the punishment fit the crime |