Evening star., 1933-04-02
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

The House leadership is now sup
ported by the strongest party organi-
zation in history to assist in controlling
the largest majority that might become
unwieldy with an unprecedented num-
Der of new members restive to distin-
guish themselves in one way or another
Previously the Office of whip" has been
a perfunctory sort of job carrying with
it little recognition for an individual
member. Now the whip" has an or
ganization systematically covering the
entire country with all the States
brought into close cooperation and all
the members, old and new. kept closely
informed regarding party policy and
program.
The new "whip" is Representative
Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana, who
/ is also a member of the Committee on
Rules, which is the policy and program.
| or political committee which takes
charge of carrying out the administra-
tion's and party's program. Mr.. Green
| wood was an active leader in the two
! campaigns which made Representative
Henry T. Rainey of Illinois floor leader
two years ago and now Speaker, and in
recognition of the close contacts he
made in those campaigns with the big
majority Of the House membership, has
been chosen as whip"
| Representative Greenwood explains
! that the word whip is really a mis-
nomer because his forces are not en-
ploying compulsion or endeavoring to
drive any one. but are working more in
the nature of benevolent persuaders. !"
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bership in closer touch with legislation,
I, for an intelligent understanding of
what is being done, Mr.. Greenwood has
appointed is assistant whips, one for
each of the Is sections of the country
laid out for the Steering Committee
membership. of which Representative
Robert Crosser of Ohio is chairman.
In this way the whips organization
covers every part of the country from
New England to the Golden Gate and
from the Canadian to the Mexican bor-
der. This affords an opportunity to
| give recognition to some promising new
| members.
The chief duty of these assistant
whips Is to contact the Democratic
members, particularly the first-termers
assisting them to understand the party
program, purposes and actuating causes
and the partisan political moves, sc
that they will not only get the Demo
cratic members present to vote, but to
understand what the party is endeavor-
ing to get into law. With the largest
majority in history, the chief duty OF
the whip is to build up the party or
ganization with more solidarity so as
| to support the Speaker and floor leader
In carrying out the Presidents program
+, The assistant whips who have beer
| ca1arfad Itc%r 81 NJ {orI rI,,lt ltv,e
New England States, Representative
| William N. Rogers, New Hampshire
second district, New York, Representa-
tive James M. Mead, New York; thirc
| district Pennsylvania, New Jersey anC
Delaware, Representative Harry L
HaineS, Pennsylvania; fourth district
Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina
Representative John w. Flanagan, Vir-
| ginia; fifth district, South Carolina
Georgia and. Florida, Representative r
A. Green, Florida; sixth district, Ala
bama. Louisiana and Mississippi, Rep
resentatiye Numa F. Montet, Louisiana;
seventh district, Arkansas, Kentucky
| and Tennessee, Representative John E
and West Virginia, Representative Jen-
nings Randolph West Virginia; ninth
district, Michigan and Indiana, Repre-
sentative Carl L. Weideman, Michigan
| tenth district, Illinois and Wisconsin
Representative Claude v. Parsons, Illi-
nois; eleventh district, Missouri, Iows
and Minnesota, Representative Free
Bierman, Iowa; twelfth district, Texas
Representative Luther A. johnson
Texas; thirteenth district, Oklahoma
Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota
Representative Jed johnson, Oklahoma
| fourteenth district, the tier Of Mountain
States, Representative Lawrence Levi.
of Colorado, and fifteenth district. the
/ Pacific Coast, Representative Wesley
Lloyd. Washington.
Whip" Greenwood Is serving his
sixth term in Congress and is dean o1
the Indiana delegation which previous
| to his election in 1922 was solidly Re-
I publican, whereas today 1t Is solidly
Democratic, having completely reversed
itself in 10 years. Representative Green
wood is a member of the George Rogers
Clark Memorial Commission, which is
! in charge of the gigantic memorial be-
ing carved on the face of the mountain
at Vincennes.
While a member Of Congress he
earned his masters degree at George
Washington University. He took his law
degree when he graduated from the
University of Indiana in 1905 and was
| awarded the A. M. degree in 1925. In
I studying for that degree he specialized
| in income tax, Federal procedure, con-
stitutional law particularly with refer
ence to the commerce clause, and In
international law.
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| In the House there are many men
who have won their way to popular
election carrying the name Of great
statesman who holds high place in
American history-such as George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick
Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham
Lincoln, jefferson Davis, Schuyler Col
| fax, James G. Blaine, Grover Cleveland
U. S. Grant and William Jennings
Bryan.
Representative George Washington
Edmonds of Pennsylvania was not only
named for THE Father Of His Coun-
try" but was born on Washington S
birthday
Representative JEFF Busby has a dou-
BILE claim in this list because he Is
named after both Thomas Jefferson and
jefferson Davis. His real name Is
| Thomas Jefferson Davis BuSby but he
shortened it to just plain jeff"
Then there Is Representative Patrick
Henry Drewry, member at large from
Virginia.
Representative Hamilton Fish Of
New York traces his name back to Alex
ander Hamilton.
Abraham Lincoln has several name
sakes in the House-RepreSentati Abe
Murdock of Utah and Lincoln McCand-
less, delegate from Hawaii.
Representative Schuyler Merritt OF
Connecticut bears with honor the name
of Schuyler Colfax, former Speaker and
Vice President on the same ticket with
Gen. u. S. Grant.
Representative Ulysses S. Guyer Of
Kansas is named after Gen. Grant.
Representative James G. Polk Of Ohio
carries proudly the name of James G.
Blaine.
Representative Cleveland Dear of
Louisiana was named after Grover
Cleveland, but couldn't have the entire
name because there was another young