Evening star., 1939-06-04
Capital Side|ights
By Will P. Kennedy

In these penthouse days in the can
find an employe of Congress in an Office
just outside the House chamber who has
for years been trying to sell what the
veteran chairman of the House Appro-
priations Committee. Representative Ed
ward T. Taylor of Colorado, calls the
roof OF the world" This fellow, Thomas
j. Flynn protege of Representative
Taylor, Is file clerk of the House
Previously he was mining in Colorado.
His uncle was a pioneer in building
Ashcroft in 1879, the first mining camp
on the western slope of Colorado, where
he opened the first mine. 1t grew to q
city of $4,000. More than s105 900 900 In
silver was taken from that mine. Now
1t is ghost town" Last week the last
inhabitant died. Flynn has lived all his
life in and near that town. He is de-
voting himself to showing the people of
the United States that there they can
find an American Alpine recreation
ground that outclasses Switzerland The
Colorado Alps cover $4,000 square miles,
against $4,000 in Switzerland, and in
cludes IS per cent of all the area of the
United States more than 10000 feet in
altitude. Flynn estimates that the
travel balance" between the United
States and other countries, principally
Switzerland, was more than 100000 900
adverse to this country last year. Colo
RADIO has more than three times the
mountain area in Switzerland. 1t has
81 peaks over 14,OOO feet high-while
Switzerland has only 8, including
Gromer Grat, Pilatus, Brienz and Rigi.
whose marvellous railways to the sum-
mits were financed by American vaca-
ton cash
William C. Deming, retired editor and
publisher of Cheyenne, Wyo, former
president of the United States Civil
Service Commission - under Presidents
Harding, Coolidge and. Hoover-is back
in town, looking over the changes here,
particularly regarding the merit system
and reorganization, partisan patronage
and presidential possibilities. He re-
grets the resignation of Samual H. Ord
way, jr., from the Civil Service Commits
sion, because he was devoted to an ideal
OF the merit system as opposed to polit-
lcal patronage. He applauds the progress
made by President Roosevelt and Con-
gress in extending the classified service,
especially to first, second and third class
postmasters. He thinks the presidential
q i,, tLo
pledge not to appoint the National Com
mlttee chairman to be Postmaster Gen.
eral, policy long followed by both
political parties. THE implication that
the Post Office Department is fertile
field for partisan patronage is bad and in
the main unfair to the postal service"
he says. with all postmasters now
classified there would seem to be no fur
ther reason for following this question:
able precedent"
Buddy" Myer, on visit to the Capt.
tol the other day, had some of Repre-
sentative Lindsay c. Warren's famous
bean soup. Then he took a group Of
Capitol friends out to the ball game.
where with the support OF the bean
soup and their cheers he batted 900
per cent and played one of the most
spectacular games Of his career.
The seats of the mighty have been
invaded - and by progressive young
womanhood, disinclined to take a back
seat For upward of 20 years there has
grown up habit of leading and veteran
Republicans in the House to hold daily
luncheon conferences. So the large
round table" in a corner of the men,
bers' cafe has by an unwritten rule been
considered their special preserve. Young
er members have awaited years for an
invitation to join the veteran group.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, al
though veteran, has not intruded. But
some of the veterans were startled this
week to see the first-term woman men,
Der from Illinois, Judge" Jesse Sumner,
nonchalantly take seat there "in the
council Of the elders" and order her
luncheon.