Brazil has the largest number of
Japanese residents—173.500—outside
if the mother country. Hawaii is sec
md with 150,000 and the United
States third, with 146,000.
Ray Refuses to
Be Candidate
For Delegate
SEWARD, Alaska. Jan. 29.—
L. V. Ray, prominent West Al
eka attorney, squelched all re
ports that he will file a; a
Republican candidate for Dele
gate to Congres from Alaska.
Various organization; lately re
quested Ray to become a can
didate but he has positively
refused.
Political Oratory
Sweeps Congress
as Election Nears
By HERBERT PLUMMER
WASHINGTON, fJan. 29. — The
first clays of the present session of
Congress indicate that the floors of
both houses will be utilized at every
opportunity as sounding boards for
the coming national campaign.
From the opening day this has
been so. President Roosevelt set
the pace when he broke all pre
cedents by delivering his message
on the state of the Union at a
night session when the nation could
listen in. It has been maintained
since.
Already Congressional leaders, es
pecially in the House, have ex
perienced difficulty in holding the
membership in check. Supporters
of the Townsend old age pension
plan have been particularly insist
ent they be given opportunity to
air their views.
As the session progresses, the
pressure for “letting off steam," as
Vice-President Garner described it
when he was Speaker of the House,
will increase. Unless the leaders
clamp down, the situation may be
come serious.
“CANNED SPEECHES”
The entire membership of the
House and one-third of the Senate
are up for re-election this year.
No better place is to be had than
the House or Senate for these Sen
ators and Representatives to make
their speeches.
