Show This Week eek in Washington ashington W D C Now that the final election returns are in and it is definitely certain that the Democrats have oven even a a. larger larger larger lar lar- lar- lar ger majority in both Houses of Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress than before Washington is no 10 longer concerning Itself with possible possIble possible poss poss- ible opposition to whatever program the President may adopt Whatever he wants he can gets get and until ne Ie declares himself speculation is rather rather ra ro ra- ra ther futile as to what the program of or Roosevelt Administration tion will mill boy bo Washington as os always is concerned con cun- concerned with personalities as much as I with issues One of the mo most t colorful colorful colorful color color- ful personalities who has been seen I I on Capitol Hill ia is the past generation generation genera genera- tion lion is coming beck to the delight I I of the newspaper and his associates in the Senate He is isS S Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois usually referred to as Jim Ham Mr 11 Lewis has many claims to dis dis- dis Unction lIe He Is for example the only man who ever served in ill the United States Stales Congress from two different states As a young man with a fiery red beard he went from fromI I his 1115 native Virginia to the then I pioneer tate state te of Washington in thu tho leaped into politics and was I I twice elected Congressman a at t Large from that t state He served in the Spanish War Yar both in Cuba and the Philippines Then he moved to lo Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago where e he combined politics and the J practice e ol oj law and by 1912 he be made himself such an important import import- ant figure in the political affairs of or Illinois that lie was elected United St States tes Senator Best nest and Worst Dressers F F-ar F I ten Jim Ham ar l years e was mi from Washington but in inID 1930 ID O ho he as a ain elected Senator from rom Illinois and this month he was re elected Senator Lewis is not noL only the only owner of or a board in the Senate but ut easily the best dressed member of either House of Con Con- gress I I I I I I I I There is rejoicing In Washington also 1150 over the return to Congress of the he only other full set of of whiskers those belonging to Rep Ge Jo L rL H. H Tinkham of ot the Tenth l Massachusetts Massachusetts District Mr Tinkham is a a. picturesque picturesque pic plc- figure although an entirely dUrn different ent type from Senator l Lewis wis He pays so little attention to his personal appearance that he is frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre referred to as the worst worst- dressed man in Congress Unlike Senator Lewis who loses no opportunity to impress his personality personality per por- upon the electorate Representative Representative Tinkham ia is- reputed to have havo never made a campaign for for election A new figure In the the next Congress whose advent ent is looked to with considerable Interest and curiosity curiosity curiosity curi curi- Is Senator Henry Cabot Lode has two definite claims to distinction He I fa the grandson and namesake of Theodore Roosevelt's closest and supporter er who was W Senator from Massachusetts l for 30 years Jears Also he be defeated Gov GOY Curley of or Massachusetts in the Senatorial election elec elec- tion Senator Lodge Ledge is just barely old enough to be eligible for tor the Senate in which no no one under 30 may may sit by the terms of of the Constitution Young Mr 1 Lodge was 34 in July last Ho lIo has bas the further distinction of ot being one of Jr the few of Congress whose principal career has has has' beEn that of or a working newspaper newspaperman m man Young Lodge started on the Boston Boston Doston Bos Dos Dosi i ton Tran Transcript in fn 1923 ud 3rd ih 1924 I joined the staff stare of the tha New Y York rk Hel Herald ald Tribune with which he has been connected almost do down n to the present time Cabinet Changes Change's s Hinted Turning from Capitol Hill fUll to the theother theother theother other end of or Pennsylvania Avenue where the executive departments of or orthe the government center canter gossip about bout personalities focuses largely on possible pos- pos sible Cabinet changes It seems to Continued on page four tour This Week In DC D.C. Washington Continued from page one be in the cards card that the movement to establish a n. new Cabinet D Department Depart Depart- part part- ment that ment-that that of Public Welfare will take form Corm long would ba he This new flew department duties which now devolve de- de charged charged with volve 01 variously upon the tho Departments Depart Depart- ments mont s of Labor Dabor Interior Agriculture turn ture and Treasury It would take those ot of o the tho in such activities as childrens children's bureau tho the administration of ot the mothers mother's pensions and of many of the other phases of f the tho Social Security Act The new department may also take ke over the Job Q of the tho Public Health Service which is a bureau of ot the tho Treasury Tr It would include the bureau of education which is ia now in tho the Interior Department and It U would probably get the bureaus of the Department of Agriculture which are ar concerned with home economics and other phases of rural life Ure not strictly agricultural Some Somo Other Guesses Donald The latest gossip about Is that h he ha is t to be appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed either Attorney General or ora ora a member of C the tho Court Justice Illness Is regarded regard as more serious than public announcements announcements announcements an an- Indicate also a possible possible possible pos s sible vacancy or two on tho the Supreme Bench may occur Tho best bet in Washington as QS to Secretary of War is that Gov Paul P V V. V McNutt of Indiana past Commander Commander Commander Com Com- mander of tho the American Legion will i Some S g o SSI i are certain that Mayor r Lar LaGuar of oC Now New York is to be pit Tr sit given Q a c met inot post There is talk of at hi 1 the tho possible Secretary o of t L LI ha bor m The belief beller also alBo grows her u here tt 11 Secretary Ickes of f the Interior Interco S t will be a S th appointed b by bv President to tho the 15 16 year post or p t General succeeding succeed succeeding ing Jo 5 McCarl There is general general ar that Mr Ickes would liQuid bo ho 1 quit qUite is meticulous as was Mr McCarl ail I la scrutinizing departmental 0 o D. D M tt i turo turea J to see Beo that they kept atri al drill j within the lq law w. w i There Thero Is every very reason to JI e ern that Jesse Jcsse Jones Jon es Chairman Of ot f t Us Reconstruction Finance Carper slier will continue in that post ost art and a lib greatly Increased prestige and ana in the Administrations Administration's high CO co pia u. u ells cila |