Show summer reaches washington when congress leaves town amers washington ASHINGTON summers almost over for most of america but for washington its just started moon sun and climate to the contrary the nations capital knows only one unfixed period of summertime each year it starts the instant speakers of both houses of congress bang their adjournment els and send the thundering herd of legislators back to their home stamping grounds but by the same token summer come when it may brings a new influx to washington it is then that tourist business reaches its peak drawing thousands of summer vaca tion christmas bills finally paid off visitors but modern modem washington summers have lost the out to lunch touch that once made the city a haven for those who sought escape from the madding crowd since 1932 a huge crop of new administrative offices has grown up keeping much of the cites population busy without letup once in the dear dead days all governmental offices automatically adopted a shorter work day immediately after congress adjourned even today despite the growth of new bureaus longer lunch hours and briefer days are the rule investigators stay on htiu M tiu another harsh note breaks 10 Poto macs stillness this summer As in all summers preceding election years the current between session spell finds investigating committees hard at work one reason is that their members candrar can draw big headlines without competition during the news less dog days of late summer this summers committees will be headed by texas rep martin dies who reopens his investigation of subversive activities the new house committee to investigate the national labor relations board will provide a bit more entertainment such affairs will not interest the tourists however preparing for a boom season the board of trade has made plans once more to cash in on a annual business washington tourist business comes han pa i I 1 all over the world it is esti za q d that only 5 per cent of tor for wen V visitors to the united states tail fail to see the city hence the professional guides who speak french german italian and spanish the tourists favorite leccas are the smithsonian institution and national museum the capitol building Y GONE HOME metropolitan police officer edward brown pushes his six feet nine and one hall half inches against the famous bronze doors of the senate closing up for a few months now that congress has left town whose chambers still echo the past winters angry debates and the white house these draw em ein too following close in popularity come mount vernon the tomb of the unknown soldier the bureau of printing and engraving the washington cathedral supreme court library of congress federal bureau of investigation pan american union and the lincoln memorial most popular method of inspecting the city is via the sightseeing bus thus tourists visit the white house and other historical spots at the rate of a day listening to guides reel off an unintelligible spiel and crack stock jokes many of which deservedly draw no laughs though august is the peak month tourists will continue to pour in through september and october by november I 1 the species becomes almost extinct remaining thus tor for the next six months until may again beckons the patriotic american to hallowed ground |