Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1931, Page 7

THE EVENING LINCOLN RECALLED i Movie Idea of U. S. Scored BY PROFESSOR, % Ewing Summers, Former Re- porter, Tells How He Saw 0ld Abe’ Leaning Over Rail. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Some time during the fifties of the Jast century a tall, gangling man was subject of & hotly disputed sena- :g:m ngumnauon in the Iilinois State slature hsglxavery was creating as much agita- tion and party splits as is prohibition foday, and while the Democrats and the fast disappearing Whigs had united to elect the pro-slavery James Shield to the United States Senate from Tllinois, abolitionists started nois- ily voting for a man named Abraham In u:ccmung newspaper reporter, one o(‘ the two who at that time took sten graphic rotes of the Legislature pro-, Cceedings. nudged his companion and| /ho is this Abraham Lincoln? 's that tall farmer-looking u S in the lobby, straddling , talking to one of the Sena- | was the reply. i First Recollection, The above 1s his first recollection of | the great Lincoln, as told by Prof. Ewing Summers, who is now living at the John Dickson Home and last week celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday. “I later saw a great deal of Lin- coln,” reminisced the old gentleman, who, despite the fact that he is on the last lap of a century journey through 1if2, has a brilli keen mind, and complet sion of all his faculties. “At the time that the Abolitionists started voting for_Lincoln,” he said, “hardly any one in Tilinois had heard of Lincoln, and at that particular election his name was dropped after the fifth ballot, end Lyman Trumbull was nomi- nated and later won the election by one vote. Democrats Split. “I don't think Lincoln would have even been elected President if it had not been for the fact that at the time of the election the Democrats split into three pieces, and therefore the Anti- Slavery party, which had elected Lin- coln, won. “Although Mr. Lincoln had a tremen- dous local popularity,” continued Prof. Summers, “there were many who were strenuously opposed to his election, and the opposition was so intense that it was feared by many that the newly elected President would be assassina before he could take his seat in the ‘White House ™ “I think one of the earliest sources of Lincoln’s popularity,” continued the old gentleman, “was his ability to tell anecdotes. He was always telling funny stories and would even relate anecdotes in court, telling the story at the expense of his opponent.” Recognized at Death. 1t is Prof. Summers’ opinion that Lin- coln’s assassination contributed greatly toward the country’s recognition of the famous President’s genius and greatness. Although his first sight of Lincoln was as a young reporter for the Spring- fleld paper, Prof. Summers relates that he saw him frequently after that time. “I had a delightful visit with him grt a few months before his presiden- 1 election,” he said. “I was making & covered wagon trip with my wife and my wife’s sister through Illinois. I lived about 45 miles from Springfield, and while passing through that city with my covered wagon, drawn by two horses, I stopped In to see Mr. Lincoln at his office. He was extremely cordial and chatted pleasantly for some time, even taking nfe to his office window to show me where he lived—a large, unpainted- looking frame house, without any front or back yard.” Six Weeks for Trip. 1t took Prof. Summers and his family six weeks to make his covered wagon trip, traveling about 500 miles during that time. Prof. Summers, who during his long life has had a variety of interests, com- 20 years of his life with a Chicago pub- lishing house, has for the past three ;:lrl been deeply engrossed with what calls his “latest plaything”—the in- vention or formation of a universal language to succed Esperanto. “Of course, I realize it will never be | adopted,” smiled the venerable scholar,’ “but it amuses me to work with it—I have finished the grammar and have 150 root words with which I can carry on as complete a conversation as one could with two-thirds of the words used in an average conversation.” Mr. Summers came to Washington from Illinols several years ago to be near his son, Milo C. Summers of this | city. « In addition to his son, he has| two grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. —_— Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, is to have a powerful wireless station for oversea telegrams. Twenty-four bars of delicious Tastyeast—handily packaged ~—wrapped, for freshness, in cellophane-covered 3-pecke— economically priced . . . that's the Tastyeast 24-bar family package. Keep one always in your home. 2 BUSINESS COUNGIL SCOT TELLS OF FALSE VIEW IN EUROPE. Moving pictures exported from the United States to foreign countries are in large measure responsible for the erroneous ideas and regrettable opin- ions existing among other nations gnn- cerning American: So declares Capt. Lothian Small, secretary of the International Federa- tion of League of Nations Societies, who recently conferred with Federal author- ities on the unemployment situation and studied American methods of cop- ing with its problems, Capt. Small, a World War veteran and former captain of the British Army, Is secretary of a federation of 30 national societies from _countries which are members of the League of Nations. Although the International Federatlon is independent of the League, it has as one of its objectives the work of educating people throughout the world as to what role the League of Nations is playing, and in cases of so- cieties in countries whicn are members of the League, to obtain mobilized opin- lons behind the governments for ratifi- cation and applications of conventions concluded under League auspices, in- cluding its industrial organ, the Indus- trial Labor Organization. Native of Scotland. _Capt. Small, a graduate of Glasgow University, Scotiand, is the son of a Scotch miner, a man beloved by the Scotch people for his efforts in behalf of the working man. Capt. Small, since his graduation from Glasgow Uni- versity in 1912, has made an intensive study of causes underlying the unrest, misunderstandings, discontent and suf- ferings which exist among mankind throughout the world, most particularly among laboring classes Arriving in -the United States upon his first visit, Capt. Small, who has consulted with Col. Woods and officials at American Federation of Labor head- quarters since his arrival in Washing- ton Tuesday, declares that he is de- lighted with his reception in the United States. “I have found things so different, from what I had expected,” he said. “I am afraid I did not come to your | country with the most flattering ideas It is unquestionable,” he added, “that the exportation of American films gives Europeans entirely erroneous ideas of Americans. The American-made films | which are shown abroad are the chief | cause for a prevailing impression that the American people live in an atmos- | phere of unhealthy _sentimentalis that they are utterly indifferent to any sincerity in tackling human problem: Capt. Small declared that the “carv- | ing” of Europe after the war may have | CAPT. SMALL. been defensible, but that the economic results were disastrous. Unemployment and unrest exist to a greater degree today in Europe than they ever have before, he said. Defends English Dole. Relative to unemployment insurance, or the “dole,” Capt. Small, who has seen the system in operation in Eng- land, had much to say in its defense, “The system of employment ex- changes in England makes it possible to spot shirkers,” he said. ‘“‘Workers are only qualified to receive unemploy- ment benefits if no work is available. The problem of unemployment is a maladjustment between production and consumption. If there is inability to get a job, and therefore wages, the unemployed cannot buy goods pro- duced. Unemployment pay therefore enables workers not only to live, but to consume goods produced.” A movement is now being made by the International Federation of League of Nations Societies to form an ternational assemblage of leaders in finance, industry and labor, without government affiliations, to meet for discussion of world problems on unem- ployment. All factors contributing to the situation, monetary and financial, internatjonal trade, wages, migration |and rationalization will undergo sci- entific and open-minded discussion, Capt. Small explained. i BETS SECRET DATA Reports on Industrial Expan-; sions Read at Opening of Conclave Here. Confidential Teports on new acquisi- | tions and expansions and business con- | ditions generally were made by del gates today to the sixth annual confe: ence of the American Industrial De- | velopment Council. Because many of these reports in- | cluded projects now in the process of | planning, which are not known even in | the cities where they eventually will be located, they were delivered behind closed doors at the United States Cham- ber ot Commerce Building, where the two-day sessions of the council are be- ing held. Sixty-nine delegates, includ- ing industrial bureau managers of | chambers of commerce, railroads and | public utilities, had registered up t7| noon, with the expectation that total registration for the conference will] number about 90 representatives. McCullough Is Speaker. At the open session this morning. | i | delegates were addressed by depart- | mental heads of the United States Chamber of Commerce, one of whom, | E. W. McCullough, manager of the De- | partment of Manufacture, warned | against the practice of offering special | inducements or bonuses to industries, merely for the sake of bringing new enterprises_into communities. George C. Smith of St, Louls, chair- man of the council, sounded the key- note in his annual address, when he declared that “if and when, we come out of the present depression, the sales manager, and not some finance board in | Washington, will be the deliverer.” Business Lacks Control. American business, said Smith, is in a slump because there has not been developed a set of controls to slow bus- iness down or speed it up as conditions warrant. “We have lost confidence, first in the stock market, and then in ourselves,” he added. Other speakers today include Edward R. Dewey, chief of the industrial mar- keting division of the Census Bureau; Dr, R. J. McFall, also of the Census Bureau; Edward F. Gerrish, chief of the domestic regional division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce, and W. M. Steuart, Census Bu- reau director. New Zealand Has 558 Quakes. ‘WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 2 (P).—Earth shocks in New Zealand last month, beginning with the major disturbance on February 3, numbered 558, records of the government ob- servatory show. R e g L More than $22,000,000 is invested in hydroelectric projects in Spain. ¥ FRED J. KRIEG [ Just Think of It— ‘The Star delivered to your docr every evening and Sunday morning at 1%c per day and 5c Sunday. 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