Evening star., 1940-11-03
Capital SideIights
By viii P. Kennedy.

There will be many interesting new
men in the next Congress, as a result
of Tuesdays elections. One of the GER
tain new men in the Senate will be Gov.
George D. Aiken of Vermont who some
% years ago started with a small fruit
and berry farm and now has more than
500 acres under cultivation. shipping his
products all over the world. He began
commercial cultivation of wild flowers IA
years ago. For nearly 20 years he has
been school director of his home town.
Putney. He was successfully a member
of the State Legislature, Speaker, Lieu
tenant Governor and Governor. Twenty
two years ago he was president of the
Vermont Horticulture Society. He is the
author of several standard works-on
small fruits, berries and wild flowers.
His latest work is Speaking From YER
mont"
A probable new House member will
be Kenneth F. Simpson, Republican Ma
tional Committeeman from New York
State. who is expected to succeed Rep
resentative Bruce Barton. He is law
yer, World War officer, decorated with
Palmes Academiques by the French
Minister of Public Instruction and
Beaux Arts, a former trustee of the
Public Education Association and promi-
nent in many legal, social and fraternal
organizations. His district cuts across
the busiest part of New York City. in
Guiding Rockefeller Center, Broadway.
the garment center, shopping districts,
radio studios and newspapers, Central
Park and Croton Reservoir, swank hotels
and apartment houses and their anti.
thesis on San Juan Hill, the entertain
ment center. Carnegie Hall, Times
Square. the Metropolitan Opera. the art
galleries and museums. 1t cuts a wide
swath between Grand Central and the
Pennsylvania Railroad stations.
One of Washington's beloved civic
leaders. Thomas B. Sweeney. 1920 New
Hampshire avenue, is watching eagerly
he fondly hopes his son and namesake
will be elected United States Senator
from his native State, West Virginia.
Mr.. Sweeney is an author of prose and
verse, was chairman of the Red Cross
campaigns for the District during the
World War and is vice president of Chill
dren's Hospital. For IS years he was
manager for . large life assurance
agency covering the States of West Vir-
ginia, Ohio, Maryland and Virginia. In
that work he succeeded his father and
has since been succeeded by his son.
Young Tom" graduated from Yale IA
years ago with first honors, specializing
in history, government and economics.
He was on the stats of the New York
Times and of the Herald Tribune, and
four years ago was elected president Of
his county Young Republican Club. He
is a licensed aviator.
Miss Jeannette Rankin, the first
woman ever to sit in Congress, who wept
as she cast her vote on entrance into
the first World War, is expected to come
back in the next session after an absence
Of more than 20 years-at the age of
three score years Of q very active life.
After graduation from Montana Univer-
thropy, New York; was social worker in
Seattle in 1909; was pioneer in pro-
noting woman suffrage in the States Of
Washington, California and Montana.
She visited New Zealand Is years ago
and worked as a seamstress to gain per-
sonal knowledge of social conditions.
And as the new ones come in and the
old ones come backbone Of this Nations
illustrious legislative families walks out
Of the Congress in the person Of Senator
Frederick Hale Of Maine, who was not 4
candidate for reelection. He has served
since 1916, having previously served in
the State Legislature. He was the son
Of the late Representative and Senator,
Eugene Hale. who first came to Congress
in 1869, declined appointment as Post
master General by Gen. Grant and rs
Secretary of the Navy by President
Hayes. and served in the Senate 30 years.