Evening star., 1935-08-18
Capital Sidelights
By Will p. Kennedy.

Representative Pat" Boland, one Of
the most genial men in the House, has
earned the title of being the best whip"
the Democrats have ever had in Con-
gress. This tribute is paid him by
Speaker Byrns and all the other leaders.
Representative Adolph j. SABBATH of Illi-
noiS, dean OF the House, having a Serv-
ice of 30 years. with Speaker Byrns
and Acting House Leader Taylor, each
of whom has served % years, bear wit
ness that Pat" Boland has been a
most effective whip" His latest exploit
has been to get the Guffey coal bill
before the House with report from
the Ways and Means and Rules Com
mittees-largely through his personal
persuasion. And that in itself is mag
unanimous, because Senator Joe" Guffey
also of Pennsylvania, personally pro-
tested against the appointment of
Boland as whip The latter has been
working tooth and nail for the coal bill.
because it means so much to the miners
Of my State" he says.
Four other most important New
Deal administration must" measures
have been put through the House.
without amendment through the Off
cheney Of Whip Boland's organization
First, the s488O,OOOOOO relief. on which
some 43 amendments were offered; then
the social security bill. on which 35
amendments were offered; the banking
bill and the tax bill, with 25 amend
ments proposed and AZ amendments
offered to another bill On all of these
measures Boland carried the load for
the administration to get the must
program through, and to succeed in the
major New Deal" measures he had TO
neglect his own bills.
When selected to be whip for his
party, Boland saw real opportunity Tor
service and organized a strong regional
organization with key men from Is
sections, and chose as his principal as
sistant Representative Thomas Ford of
California, former newspaper man.
He himself has been constantly in
charge on the floor. always keeping the
Democratic membership informed how
best to work together for the admins
tration's program.
Speaker Byrns has repeatedly and
publicly commended the work of his
whip and Pat" Boland always gives
credit to the Is other members in his
whip" organization.
The Damon and Pythias of the SEN
ate employees, who have worked their
way upward together for more than 38
years, are about to be separated by the
distance between the Capitol and the
new Archives Building. Col Edwin A
HalSey, secretary of the Senate, and
James D. Preston. for many years su-
perintendent of the Senate Press Gal
lery, later librarian of the Senate and
now assistant to the administrative sec
retary of the National Archives. felt real
''pangs of regret" when they separated
after nearly twoscore years of the closest
o-operation-each always helping and
boosting the other, and each always
glad to do service for others They
have for years been an inspiration and
encoura cement to humber workers on
the Senate pay roll.
The flowery tongued and fluent
orator of the Senate-Senator James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois-chiding
critics of the administration, who
'loosened the volleys of their assault
on the President" quoted from classic
lore in the language which Shake
Speare puts in the mouth of BaSsanio,
when, referring to Gratiano. he says:
"Gratiano speaks an infinite deal Of
nothing, more than any man in all
Venice. His reasons are as two grains
of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff-
you shall seek all day ere you find them,
and when you have them they are not
worth the search"
Representative Caroline ODay, mem
ber at large from New York, and per-
Sonal friend of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, is one member of the House
who urges her constituents to write to
her about legislation in which they are
interested. In a recent circular letter
she said: "A Congressman must know
the wishes of his constituents and he
cannot know unless he is told. So write
to your Congressman, remembering this
Between 5000 and 5000 bills have
been introduced in the House this SeS-
sion. No one Congressman can be ia
miliar with all of them and it will take
a little time to study up on the one
you write him about"
Colen H. Emerson, in charge of tele-
phones in the Democratic cloak room
Of the House, who was recently made
a Kentucky Colonel" has now been
made an admiral" in the Nebraska
Navy.
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Bob" Kempton, veteran House Office
Building worker, secretary for some 20
years to Representative Robert Luce OF
Massachusetts, and clerk to the Com
mittee on the Library, who studied law
while doing congressional work, is now
candidate for mayor of Cambridge,
Mass Mayor Russell is now member
,f the Ho,ise