Evening star., 1937-06-20
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

oA1y NoAHeIy has ROne-and there
is real sadness in the places that will
know him no more, save in inspirational
memory and good example. He was
ideally In place as chairman of the House
Labor Committee, fighting the case of
the working man. but he was always for
the right Of the labor cause, not the
might; for the individual to get an honest
wage to support his family and be happy
In his home, not to aggrandize a cause
or professional organizer or a bullying
organization. He was for humanity, for
a sincere brotherhood of his fellowmen.
He was honest, friendly. kindly, without
guile or trickery or vindictiveness-that
is why his colleagues trusted him and
followed him. He met life with smile,
turned away i'll feeling and bitterness
with an amusing story, was always eager
to do kindness. He had his own con-
victlons, was firm In them, but realized
his fellows had minds of their own, and
was willing to let their conscience be
their guide. He was beloved in a manly
way. because he was square in every way
He was truly self-made. He had a
varied life, worked hard on the stage
and as producer, but always kept his
head and his self-respect. He lived a
good, clean. honorable life and earned
his way. He went through law school
while member of Congress. so as to be
better fitted for his legislative duties, to
which he devoted himself tirelessly. In
his home life he was a devoted father
and husband-idolized by his family. In
his fatal attack of stomach poisoning,
which found him physically tired from
overWork and with heart weakness-his
first thought was TO be prepared for
death. He had the consolation of re-
ceiving the last sacraments of the Roman
Catholic Church. of which he was
devout member, from Rev. Hugh Dalton,
S. j., an alumnus of his own college, who
was a student there just before Con.
ney's own time They had long been
Of honor together at an alumni banquet
Bill as toastmaSter.
1t was his brother Larry who came to
Washington and took Bills body back
to his birthplace for burial-back to
bS III. "IlClC lllo 4dIAlC4 " dS 4Ol ulel
Mayor. where all the people loved him.
separable. They enlisted together in the
World War, and suffered together
through the thick Of fighting in the old
Yankee Division Bill carried the
colors-an honor given him for "meri-
torious service"-twenty years ago. The
chaplain was Rev. Mike O'Connor. a
fellow Holy Cross College alumnus. The
''colors' Bill carried are now hung over
the main altar in the church in Natick,
Mass, where Father O'Connor is pastor
and whenever Bill was in that area he
went miles out of his way to go quietly
into church and salute his "colors"
Larry was Bills secretary when he first
came to Congress-they plugged through
Georgetown Law School together. Then
Larry went back to Lynn and there
ran an auxiliary Office for Bill, which
did the home town work, cooperating
closely with Bills Office here-so that
his constituents really had two Congress-
men. Bill always Dragged about Larry
and Larry about Bill.
Now Bill is gone-and his "buddies" his
colleagues in the Congress, and many
friends who miss him, are by the very
nature of his going encouraged to pre-
pare themselves to follow as his COM
rades in arms overseas when Bill car
ried the colors forward into the Great
Unknown.
In his plans for a hearing of the
greatest experts in the world on cancer
treatment on his bill for great cancer
study center in Washington, Representa-
tive Maury Maverick has the co-opera-
ton and advice of Dr. George M Dor
rance, one Of the greatest cancer au-
thorities in this country, chief surgeon
of the Philadelphia Cancer Control Gen.
ter-the second oldest in the country.
Dr. Dorrance won fame in three fields
of work. BY operations on cleft palates
he has made it possible for children born
with this affliction to be able to enjoy
speech Overseas in the World War
in both British and American hospitals
he did outstanding work on reconstruc-
tive facial surgery on doughboys, disfig-
ured by gunshot wounds and liquid fire.
And now he has made advanced steps
in cancer cure through use of radium.
He has been instrumental in the in
stallation Of a radium bomb, second
largest in the world, valued at $500, ,000
Eight years ago DR.. Dorrance won the
most coveted honor bestowed by the
Philadelphia College Of Physicians-the
Avarengo award-for the best descrip.
tton Of . new and successful method Of
medical treatment In q difhcult case.