Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Capital Sidelights
b. WILL P. KENNEDY,

Senator Mlllard z. Tydings of Mary
Notwithstanding target of the Presi-
dents Inflated "purge'-who will prob
ably be reelected Tuesday by very sub
stantial majority, was not born with a
silver spoon in his mouth He was a
wage Garner at IA, climbing out of bed at
4:30 m. to meet at the Havre de Grace
station the newspaper train from Balti-
more at am. His vacations were spent
in the plant of the American Can Co.
working 10la hour day-six days
week Saturdays of at 3 pm)-for a
wage of cents an hour, 50 week. While
he was working his way through Mary
land Agricultural College, he spent his
summers working with construction
gang of the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad
building the bridge across the Susque-
hanna River and the freight yards in
Frederick.
Representative Allen T. Treadway of
Massachusetts,, ranking Republican on the
House Ways and Means Committee, is
having the hardest fight of his political
career covering IS years. He was a polit-
lcal lieutenant OF the late Senator Win
throp Murray Crane and has served con-
tinuously in the House for Is years He
has just celebrated his 45th wedding an
niversary. Mr.. Treadway was born in the
old Red Lion Inn. famous as a stagecoach
stop in the Berkshire Hills of Western
Massachusetts,. which he still owns and
operates in thoroughly modern fashion
with q at iof,'e ney,S to-
to legend old King Konkapot of the
Stockbridge Indians had his wigwam on
the site Of Representative Treadway's
present home. the Elms, which was built
before 1900. A portion of that house was
the store immortalized in Edward Bel
lamys Duke of Stockbridge." Accord
ing to Miss Electa F. Jones History of
Stockbridge," published in 1854, the first
store in Berkshire County was established
in this house in 1772.
Congress has its own career service
Some of the ablest members got their
start and worked their way up from what
are known as Capitol employees"
Senator Wallace White of Maine was a
former committee clerk; Representative
Jack Cochran of Missouri was a con-
gressional secretary; Senator Bennett
Clark OF Missouri was parliamentarian
OF the House; Representative Donald H.
Mclean. New Jersey, was a Senate page
and later secretary to Senator John
kean. Chairman Ramspeck of the Civil
Service Committee was chief clerk in the
House post office and later secretary to
Representative William Schley Howard
and there are many others too numer-
Gus to mention here
In the incoming Congress there is an
other former secretary who enters in his
own right as an elected member of Con-
gress, John l.. Mcmillan. who succeeds
the late Representative Allard H. Gasoue
OF South Carolina. He was Mr.. Gasoue,s
secretary for about Is years. He took
over this Job as secretary immediately on
completion OF his education in the Uni
versltles of South and North Carolina.
During the last six years of Mr.. Gasoue's
HE ne was afflicted with heart disease
and was unable to handle much of the
congressional work. So Mcmillan was
IN almost complete control of the leeis-
tatlVe work for that district. He had
nve OF the strongest men in the State
opposing him as candidate to succeed to
the seat vacated by Mr.. Gasque and in
the run-oi he handily defeated the
States prosecuting attorney-so he had
to earn his promotion to Congress.
Mr.. Mcmillan comes from one of the
most prominent families in the Pee Dee
region. He made record for himself
on the gridiron, was selected on the all.
State football eleven for four successive
years and for the all-Southern team in
1921. He was later honored by being Sc
lected for the all-time all-South Caro-
lima team.