Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1949 — Page 22

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DAN KIDNEY Ts Wimes Slalt Wriker A WASHINGTON, Nov.5—~ 1 Next to Associate Justice Sher : man Minton, the happiest Hoo-

#ler mow playing a return engagment here is his long-time . personal secretary—Miss Fran- . ces A. Kelly, ~Jinsconced In the high-celling ve suite. assigned to each member of the Supreme Court ‘the United States, Miss Kelly the other members of JusMinton’s staff have taken of the sedateness inin being housed In a million marble palace. 0 other building in Washis approached by a halfwhite Vermont marble Once inside, the feeling awe is as great as that » cathedral.

The place is a far cry from the rough-and-tumble days when Miss Kelly first joined then Senator Minton on Capitol Hill, He was majority whip and. #0 outspoken in his advocacy of any snd all programs proposed by the late President Roosevelt. that some of his speeches came back to haunt him after he was nominated to what President Truman termed “the greatest court in the world.” There had been an interim of

Clreuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. There his record for a competent, judge stamped out the criticism based on his espousing such things as FDR's “court packing plan.”

. » . MISS KELLY went through the Chicago period also. So thelr transfer here was not so shockingly subdued as it would have been had they shifted at "omes_ from the Senate office building. It is the Senate period that Miss Kelly, and “Shay” also, “look back on with nostalgia. Those were exciting days for New Dealers. Days when the two Indiana senators often were found on opposite sides, although both were Democrats. The late Ben. Frederick VanNuys was chairman of the Sente Judiciary Committee. He led the fight against “court packing,” while his colleague was

— eerrying the banner for it.

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great defense force which formed the basis for our final victory in World War II. These things came up after France, Holland and Belgium all had fallen to the Hitler hordes, Miss Kelly remembers them well and the hard work done on the crackling speeches of the Senate Whip. Such matters are

‘gigantic — too important for evaluation in the grand sweep office and told them one of their

of things Miss .Kelly admits. She would rather chuckle over the little incidents of that time,

w ®_ ¥» THERE WAS the day when an elderly man came to.get Senator Minton's assistance to patent a capsule which, upon breaking and inhaling its fumes, caused one to no longer hea a bath. This, he pointed , would save dally bathers lots of time, He wanted Miss Kelly to try it then and there,

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When she retreated behind her desk, he pursued, dancing a rumba en route, Then she learned that he wasn't even a Hoosier. Just some imposter from Pennsylvania. She soon directed him to the office of Shav's good friend—Sen. Joseph Guffey, the New Deal Democrat from the Keystone state. “1 called Senator Guffey's

constituents was on the way there,” Miss Kelly recalled with

laughter. “It was a month be- -

fore we got back on speaking terms again.’ Her worst “fau pas” she relates, was when President and Mrs. Roosevelt asked for guest list from the, Senator. The ests were invited to one of hose small, intimate Sunday night suppers, where Eleanor served seconds from a chafingdish.

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There were two congressmen with’ the same last name, but opposite views regarding the New Deal. Somehow the list which went to the White House

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came Aa remained unconquered. The White House social secretary, an admirals widow, took the matter up with Senator Minton. Miss Kelly's own list showed that she had the New Dealer on it and not the man who came to the supper. Nevertheless, the White House list did have the other name, It was sent to Minton’s office with this. note: . “You_see our office doesn’t make all of the mistakes.” During World War II, Miss Kelly had a respite from her Jong service with Justice Minton. She explained that while in Chicago she succombed to thoe WAVE posters pointing a

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