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Show I "i 4 J AVER PRESS n i ix i iiii IOII VI i I IIII 1 I 111 lt LI WATSON N JUNE 1 a croup 108 eminent citizens By ELMO SCOTT . M v , flfew 1 the United States Wfflffi will begin scanning a g A7L list of 76 names nnd Mm trCirtr 1 between that date and October 15 they will ?SJ& tftoW which of the r worthy of be lug characterized a "great Americans." For this year the eighth quinquennial election to the Hall of Fame for Great Amori cans Is being held and the names of the men and women chosen by the 108 electors will be Inscribed upon bronze tablets in the Mall of Fame building at New York tint versity. Later they will be further honored when portrait busts of i (, ureas? them are unveiled with special cere monies In that patriotic shrine. For election to the Mall of Fame a candidate must receive a threeJOHN FITCH fifths majority of the electors or C5 (1842-1881votes. Of the 70 who will be con Lanier southSidney sldered for election this year. 23 ern poet and musician. are automatically on the ballot beinCyrus McCormick cause tney received HO or more ventor of a reaper In 1831. votes In the election of 10,'tt). The Thomas Paine (1737-1809- ), politiremaining M. 10 of whom are worn cal writer of the Revolution and author of "Common Sense." William Penn founder of the state of Pennsylvania. Walter Reed bacteriologist, pathologist and discoverer of the method of transmission of yellow fever. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813signer of the Declaration of Independence; physician-genera- l of the Continental army; founder of the Philadelphia dispensary, first In the United States. Theodore Thomas musician and conductor of symphony orchestras. auHenry D. Thoreau thor and naturalist, friend and disciple of Emerson. Noah Webster (1758-1843Journalist and lexicographer; compiler of the first American dictionary. The 53 new names which will be balloted upon by the electors during the coming months are those of : auLouisa May Aicott (1832-1888thor of "Little Women," "Little WILLIAM H. McGUFFEY Men" and other books for children. reSusan B. Anthony en, have been designated by the public, In the last five years. Each former and leader in the woman of those named, to be eligible for suffrage movement. Helen Petrovna Blavatsky election, must have been dead for founder of the Theosophical nt least 25 years. The 23 automatically eligible this society. Alice Mcl.ellan Birney, reformer. year are the following: Nathaniel Bowditch Samuel Adams statesman, Revolutionary patriot and a astronomer, mathematician and au- signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence. edu Henry Barnard cational reformer and first United States commissioner of education. Charles Bulflnch .architect of the rotunda, the west approaches and the portico of the Capitol In Washington. George Rogers Clark (1752 1818). pioneer, Ilevolutionary leader and the conqueror of the Old Northwest John Singleton Copley (1737-IS15artist and member of the Royal academy. John Ericsson Inven tor of the screw propeller which revolutionized, navigation and designer of the Ironclad Monitor which revolutionized wurshlp construction Albert Gallatin sec retary of the treasury. 1S01-13- : signer of the Treaty of Ghent In 1814 and one of the founders and first president of the Ethnological SARA JOSEPHA HALE Society of America. the Cyrus W. Field man who laid the first Atlantic thor of the standard work on navi cable In 1S00. gation. nolltl Menry George Borden Parker Browne (1847- cal economist, reformer and single 1910). American philosopher. tax advocate. Matthew B. Brady (c. 1S23 189C). 0742-17SG- ) Nathnnael Gr ene Civil war photographer. Revolutionary war general and hero Peter Bulkeley ( coloni al clercyman and founder of Con- JL1 o' ill ' JuF SIS A X tl.-I' ' A (1644-1718- ), (1851-1902- ), (1.835-1905- (1S17-18G2- (1S20-190G- (1S31-1S01- (1722-1803- (1773-1838- ), (1S11-1000- ). (17G3-1814- ), (1S03-1SS0- (17C1-1S49- ), (1S10-1S02- (1839-1807- 1583-1059- ), T z . f A m & 6 . . OLIVER (1790-1859- (1S33-1S99- (1795-18S5- (1S20-1857- (1823-1901- (1725-1780- Edward ), (1S24-18G3- genZachary Taylor eral in the Mexican war and twelfth President of the United States. "FaSylvanus Thayer ther of the United States Military Academy" at West Point. John Quincy Adams Ward sculptor of many famous American statues. Lewis Edson Waterman inventor of the fountain pen. James Wilson signer of the Declaration of Independence and associate justice of the United States Supreme court. Previous elections to the Mall of Fame have been as follows: (1785-1850- (17S5-1S72- (1742-179S- (1830-1910- ), (1837-1901- ), ), Chosen in 1900. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Webster, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph W. Emerson, II. W. Longfellow, Robert Fulton, Horace Mann, Henry W. Alexander ). versity. Robert McCormick Inventor of a grain cutter in 1809. William Holmes McGuffey educator and compiler of Eclectic Readers and spelling books. Charles Follen McKlm architect who, In partnership with William R. Mead and Stanford White, "created a veritable renaissance in American architecture." Herman Melville author of "Typee," "Omoo," and "Moby Dick." Lucretla Coffin Mott reformer, a founder of the society and a worker for woman suffrage. (1780-1840- ), (1SO0-1S73- ), (1S47-1909- ), (1819-1891- (1793-1880- Anti-Slaver- y Simon Newcomb (1S35-1909- astronomer who supervised construction of the telescope In the United States Naval observatory at Washington. Frederick Law Olmstead landscape architect and planner of Central park In New York city, the Capitol grounds in Washington and the World's Columbian exposition In Chicago In 1893. Oliver Hazard Perry naval officer and victor at the Battle of Lake Erie In 1813. Henry Hobson Richardson architect, who "designed some of the most beautiful buildings In this country." , John Rogers sculptor of "Rogers Groups" Illustrative of American and army life. James Rumsey inventor of a steamboat. ShoSacajawea (c. shone Indian girl who guided Lewis and Clark. Edward Austin Sheldon (1S23- h (1822-1903- (1785-1819- (1S3S-1S80)- (1S29-1904)- (1743-1792- 1789-1884- , fJ&J 77 A 4 tTy-- GEORGE ROGERS CLARK Beecher, James Kent, Joseph Story, John Adams, Washington Irving Jonathan Edwards, Samuel F. B. Morse, David G. Farragut. Henry Clay, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Peabody, Robert E. Lee. Peter Cooper. Ell Whitney, John j. Audubon, William E. Channing, Gilbert Stuart, Asa Gray. Chosen In 1905. John Quincy Adams, James Russell Lowell, Williac. T. Sherman, James Madison, John G. Wliittier, Alexander Hamilton, Louis Agassiz' Mary Lyon, Emma Wlllard, Maria Mitchell. Chosen In 1910. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Phillips Brooks, William Cullen P.rvant Frances E. Wlllard. Andrew , George Bancroft. John Lothron Motley. .Tack-son- Chosen In 1915. Francis Parkman, Mark Hopkins Llias Howe. Josetih Ilenrv ur..l Choate, Daniel lioone Cushman. Chosen In 1920. Samuel L. Clemens f Murt Augustus Saint Gaudens. James t-o- riff Vis $ June 16, 1934, Walt Whitman. Janies Neil Whistler XT....I iiiie Maury, jiltm.H Moi,roH. W'"'r" V v i 1 I ZACHARY '.m 1897), philanthropist, educator, founder of "unclassified schools." , Spalding Lyman physician and originator of the United States Pharmacopoeia. Elizabeth Cady Stanton reformer and author; worker for woman suffrage. Lucy Stone reformer and editor; worker for woman suffrage; founder of "Lucy Stoners" (women who retain their maiden name after marriage). John August Sutter (1803 1SS0). pioneer, the man responsible for (1775-1821)- (1815-1902- (1818-1893- :'C fnl.,0. Founding of 0ford UnUer.:,y Iradtiionall.v. tl,e f,,,,,,,,;,,, f ford unlversny w,, ,,v A,fn, Teat, about 871. but the anthentlc orig.n was .he result of a quarrel otween II Henry and Tl, Rocket, aim,,, 110, .,, forbade English clerks TAYLOR Bu- - .itlp3 .. Congress still will be In session on June 10, 1935. Senator Robinson of course, will not present a sum mary of legislative enactments by the current session until the clos ing day and your guess is as good as mine as to when that will be But after virtually five months of the current session, observers can not help looking back to see what has been done. Comparisons can hardly be avoided. We find from the records at the Capitol that a total of fifty laws of a public character have completed passage through congress and have received Presidential consideration, That number appears large an av erage of ten pieces of legislation a month but when the nature of the bills themselves is examined, a con trary conclusion must be reached. I have reported to you heretofore some details of how congress has been balky. Undeniably, there has been stalling and delays accountable only in politics. There have been controversies over entirely minor and inconsequential matters. Individual representatives nnd senators having no claims to leadership either from ability or seniority have been able to block enactments In a fashion almost unknown except where congress has been at loggerheads with the Chief Executive. Through all of these, I think it Is fair to say that Senator Robinson has been the most vigorous fighter in behalf of the New Deal of any who maintains a position of prominence in the present administration. Instead of receiving credit, pats on the back, as he did a year ago, the Arkansas senator has been receiving some wholly unwarranted kicks In the pants. If there Is to be a goat in congress through the failure of some of the highly con troversial New Deal legislation it is liable to be Joe Robinson. If such is the result, it will demonstrate better than anything else the ingratitude of politics because ob servers agree that except for Sena tor Robinson the senate would be out of hand and President Roose velt really would have a serious problem as regards the enactment of his program. It Is my own be lief that Senator Robinson deserves all of the acclaim which the New Dealers can heap upon him instead of criticism that Is cropping up here and there. Senator Robinson's job has been made much more difficult than a senate leader's Job ought to be by fcmstant messing from brain trust quarters. By the same token Sena tor McXary, of Oregon, who carries the title of Republican leader, has had numerous opportunities to give prominence to Republican doctrines. But Senator MeNary has been Just ns quiet as Senator Robinson has been active. u urn wm rcj- - a have passed con- press this session Is Balky the blame, If there be blame, must be attributed not to the Democratic leadership, but to an undercurrent of objection to New Deal principles. The house under the speakership of Representative Byrns of Tennessee has performed as the house usually dr.es where there Is a preponderant majority by one partv. It has obeyed Presidential instructions and has put Ihrotmh bills about as the White House desired. The obstacle has been the senate and In all probability it will continue to be ground for the administrate ion. P.orrowing the favorite phrase of onetime Democratic candidate for president, "Let us look at the record." Up to the present four hi Is of national scope have passed. J he five billion dollar works relief legislation was passed after a delay of two months; legSnton extending the life of the Reconstruction Hnance corporation was not controversial and was passed almost '? unanimous vote, and the appropriation of $1,750,000- for the Homeowners Loan cor oration brought little In objection 'ts course through congress. The o her national piece of legislation nt ""Ished Is the sob ,h"" hers bonus, , measure highly to the President and a the school at oxfor.i. The document giving the S(.,-- rnrl or the title of universl,v ,f f ' wiJ, Th. Wren Family The house wrPn flm, billed marsh wren bubble thTv lng; the winter wren and V, o hna wren sing and the stlnrt' , marsh wren, second ' of Eastern birds, cli.ks. er wren and the Carolina The w are r, wm er woods, bu, only the .inn in winter In Eas J So P n therefore, after .,. legislation. .. Wlt" regard to that have be snh, ue or are designated ,:r anguishing vate bills ura"-v- . W J1 " ) i ,w otu coasw, them ftT Z of di? they I Nj ot troversy. But awaiting aotinn legislation a ti. the life of the v admlnistrHnn security bill, revision 7? tural adjustment to M the hand of th, Agriculture, and ts. ST I H Roosevelt.Eccles " Wi measure ii" uc any of these la bhrhl! ?,H It is also a matter n work to predict in whatVoL " l,0 Capitol. Each of the four bin,-- ... scope that Is pending ivolr;i ciples of a character tw 1 , clnitate n leiuiii, 'i "i any tup senate In times past has imi to act with utmost tm m ',v""",; l"e uuterences ot tfe islature outlined abov.m..v. Justed so that an early adjo win resun. me prospects, td luc.CTs, me entirely to the cor,. Indeed, it appears that congr due to get a taste of summer neat. , j w. I am Indebted to senate for the ... " , attaches i following corapii of public laws, passage Is Completed 01 R finally pleted: To extend the Reconstroctioe nance corporation. Independent offices approprlg The "Baby Bond" act An act granting authority!! Missouri state highway depart: a to ouiid bridge across Ew Points river. An act granting tht State of home authority to build i fey over the Arkansas river. An act permitting the laying pipe lines across an avenue la District of Columbia. An act authorizing the States Washington and Idaho to toil bridge across the Snake river. An act providing loans to farmers. An act postponing the effect contract m date of certain strictions. An act prohibiting Interstate air men t of "hot" oil In violatioa state laws and regulations. An act for the transfer of ten: lands In Mississippi to the Watt partment for military pnrpwi An act adding rice to the te commodities under the agricultci adjustment act. The first deficiency approprlati act, supplying additional fundi various governmental agencies. for Regular appropriation act U Justice, of State, Departments merce and Labor. An act authorizing the Wwis! Navv departments to lend ment for the national Jamboree t the Boy Scouts of America. c An act Incorporating Trinity lege of Washington. Oii o air-ma- q art n establishiniS i I claims commission for settlement claims between the United $u and Mexico. An B authorizing the Fresi J distinguished nresent to ' .. . . u.l Oalhfl -ll! crosses to Air .Marsnai nollafrrlnl nf Italy. . a hnr!-lnf- certain lands BMUlSltM In the District of 0 Inmhln when It Is shown that only four important pieces of legislation So, benate i nmnan i.ads. Patrick Henry William T G. Morton. R,W;r wii'liams 'line rreeman Palmer. Chosen in 1925. Edwin Booth. John P.iu' Chosen in 1930. V (1790-1852)- (1800-1800- in in California gold MacDowell composer, pianist and professor of music at Columbia uni(1801-1908- (180-1S72- (1S38-1905- JACKSON 1774. songs. (1S30-10O3- ). n ). . John Frazee one of the first American sculptors. Charles Edgar Frltts Inventor of device that made talk ing pictures possible. Richard Jordan Gatllne (1818- 1903), Inventor of the revolving bat tery gun which bears his name. Richard Watson Gilder (1844- 1909). author. Journalist and editor of the Century Magazine. Charles Goodyear in ventor of the rubber vulcanizing process. Sarah Josepha Buell nale (1788- 1879), author and editor of Codec's ii: 1S48. (1S48-190S- (1743-179S)- of the famous campaign In the South In 1780-81- . J. Wlllard Glbbs educator and physicist, noted for investigations In thermodynamics. statesman John May (1838-1005and writer; ambassador and secretary of state. ), Thonia3 Jonathan Jackson Confederate general, the famous "Stonewall" Jackson. John Jay (1745-1829-), statesman, president of the Continental congress, signer of the Treaty of Farls in 1783, and chief Justice of the Supreme court discovery of Joel Chandler Harris Journalist and story writer; creator of "Uncle Remus." Walter Hunt inventor of a sewing machine in 1834. Elizabeth E. Mutter, philanthropist and reformer. Robert Green Ingersoll. lawyer, orator, agnostic, the man who gave James 0. Blaine the title of "The Plumed Knight" In nominating him for the Presidency. John Bloornfield Jervis engineer, buildet of the Mud-soRiver railroad and the Delaware and Hudson canal. Elisha Kent Kane Arctic explorer. Joseph Le Conte physician and scientist; professor of geology and natural history at the University of California. John Logan a Cayuga Indian chief and leader of an Indian war after the massacre of his family by whites in Anti-Slaver- CLEVELAND x-- STONEWALL" Lady's Book; originator of Thanksgiving day as a national festival. n GROVER V'-.- ::MNfm uw,t-- (1S08-1SK9)- song-writer- -- On Senator ltobinson of Arkansas, the Democratic lead- Robinson er, rose in his the Kev Man place in the sen ate and present ed for the Congressional Record a summary of accomplishments of the first regular session of congress un der the New Deal. The vast amount of legislation enacted was analyzed and its Importance to the country set forth. The one thing that was lacking in that summary was any reference to the Herculean effort of Senator Robinson. He took no cred It for himself although it was every where realized that Senator Robin son had been the key man In ac compiishing that great amount of 'itMm. -. Cl- HAZARD PERRY s Washington work. (1S70-1900- Ko.-res- '.;:? V O "sfc.sx (18.37-1908- (1S17-1S95- ;,'. 6 O -- A cord, Mass. George Catlln (171XM872). author and painter of the American Indian. Cleveland (.rover statesman, twice President of the United States. au Stephen Crane thor, journalist and war correspond ent In the Spanish-Americawar. . Jefferson Davis states man, senator, secretary of war and president of the Confederacy. Frederick Douglass negro journalist and lecturer for the society; minister to Haiti. . John Fitch Inventor and builder of a steamboat fn 1780. t Edwin trage dian in Shakespearean plays. Stephen Collins Foster (1820- ; 1S01). author of "Mv Old Kentucky Home," "Suwannee River" and more than 100 other . 0 AVashington. Wlt 1&sf CM)1 " O A n by William Bruckart National Press Building- UrM Swi iv (1S09-1884- , 9 0 Mtm ), , i t ....-- a " . ' rv. wiiiw S ''" .. n n wumtwm vv &. I iivn r a,a n iflt u add!-Unn- "" minor amendment to Uie .... un. nt io?n relating , cnani iiiunne ..in ,wta from railrw hlc cars, boats and motor V. An act authorizing ie to ment of Labor to continue special statistical studies. An act to authorize the n with pertment to proceed works m public certain tlon of ous yards. ,.m r An act provbhn cadets In the navai marine reserves. j An act authorizing m w the nntrncts for f forests. , . B(fNi. timner in me nm" ,ai repca., Pink slip publicity Ing income tax returns. An act amending ids wh f tlve to the manner In coiirt w ty may be sold n.Ir a M authorizing certain. corps of the navy and marine . 4 minister oaths. t normlttlng personnel the navy and marine corpor miniature facsimlHes awarded them. .rftsl i An act authorizing of the navy to reii.i -man. mentd for a water ft,ry Harbor, Hawaii. . An act autiiorizmK for of the navy to accept 0 ernment a certain tnP South Carolina. must1 An act nilthorlzlnx I"e l' pieces in the anniversary of the ; the city of Hudson. A f. rr,t ' M-ce- j e WenUrD tit'P" in.,( |