Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-11
FEDERAL WORKER
RECEIVES HONOR
Toasted as "BeSt-Loved''
Man in Department of JUS
tice at Dinner.

Toasted by officials as "the most
popular and best loved man in the De-
partment of Justice" Paul Boileau was
honored Tuesday night at testimonial
dinner at the Roma Gardens upon his
retirement after more than At years in
charge of the departments supply room
OfficialS and employees lauded Mr..
Boileau for his years of faithful service
and expressed regret at his retirement
after serving the department from 1888,
a period during which he formed a
wide circle of friends in Washington
and in the field service, as well as in
innate personal friendships with high
ranking officials, such as the late Chief
Justice Taft, at one time solicitor gen.
eral, and successive Attorney Generals
from Benjamin H. Brewster, incumbent
under President Chester A. Arthur, to
William d. Mitchell, the present in
cumbent.
Letter From Mitchell Read.
A letter from Attorney General
Mitchell extolling Mr. Boileau's record
Of loyalty and meritorious service was
read by David Caldwell, who presided
as POSTMASTER. Echoing the Attorney
Generals sentiments were speeches by
John Cherry, an old friend; James w.
Baldwin, formerly chief clerk of the
department and now secretary 10 the
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present chief clerk: Capt. Harry G.
Maui, jr representative of the depart
ment on the General Supply Commit
tee; Michael j. Rock, representing the
lawyers of the Department of Justice;
Edward N. Bodholdt, supervisor of the
division of supplies and printing, and
by other officials and friends who gath
cred to express their affection for the
guest of honor. In token of their es-
TMmsNH p E2n}1aolf q nf Onl6
was presented by Mr.. Bodholdt.
Portrays Growth Of Department.
Mr.. Boileau responded with reminis-
eences. He portrayed the growth OF
the Department of Justice since his
arrival in Washington, in 1882, from his
native city of New Orleans, when eight
men constituted sufficient working
force, to its present multifarious activ-
titles.
His "reminiscences prompted the Gre
alton of a Paul Bolleau Old Timers
Club, which henceforth will meet an
nually to honor old employees of the
Department of Justice as well as to
preserve the innumerable and pictur-
eSQue traditions which have gathered
about the department and its personnel.
Mr.. Boileau was born in 1856, the
son of French emigres who traced their
ancestry to distinguished French FAM
lilies prominent in the Napoleonic wars.
Parents Emigrated in 1885.
His parents emigrated to the United
States in 1885, landed at Baltimore, and
there purchased a wagon which con-
veyed their effects to their first Amer
lean home in Florida. AS they jour
ueyed through Washington the old
elms on the White House lawn were
being planted under the direction of
President Andrew Jackson. In 1867
Mr.. Boileau went to France, where he
remained two years a student in Paris.
Coming to Washington in 1882, he en-
tered the Government service as a
copyist In the then Bureau of Agricul-
ture. A year later he obtained posi-
ton in the Department of Justice
through Senator James @. Blaine OF
Maine.
After almost half century of active
service, Mr.. Boileau retires to pursue
his ayccation of fishing, making his
headquarters at his sons home in Ber-
wyn, Md.
Those attending the banquet and
who have become charter members OF
the Paul Boileau Old Timers Club were
David Caldwell, James w. Baldwin, B.
z. Miller, John Holland, d. j. Heffer-
nan, Edward N. Bodholdt, j.. II. Ora
ham, r. A. Gates, Bernard Mayo, Har-
KY G. Maui, jr.; M. T. Ricks Hugh p.
Melton, John Cherry, David Miller, G.
g. G. Kavanaugh, T. r. Pickett and Mi
Claael j. Rock.