Show Modern Exodus From Capital I Starts March 4 1 By HERBERT PLU Il IE WASHINGTON Dec 1 The I-The The Dem o cratic sweep on November 8 was not nol no c confined to senators and nd congressmen I on on the hill For that crowd of people who must musi l leave eave on next March 4 includes many mans P who have come to be regarded almost almost al ale most as fixtures around the capitol b because of their long service Veteran s secretaries to members of congress and anti clerks clerks' of committees many of whom spent a a good part of their l lives ives there must depart Theres There's Representative Woods Wood's secretary sec see for example Miss example Miss Jessie T T. Lovell She came to the hill hilt 32 years ago worked for 18 years with one congressman and has been with Wood for 14 Woods Wood's defeat in Indiana Indiana In In- diana after a period of service extending extend ing Lag over 18 years forces Miss Lovell to look for another job Jim Cook Cook a recognized authority on international relations tariff and taxation for 20 years has been secretary secretary secre secre- tary to the representative of ot the second sec see ond and Rhode Island dj district His boss boss' defeat in November places Cook among the unemployed Miss Mis Lola LoIa Williams secretary tary to Charles CurBs Curtis and arid the Ithe first woman ever to hold such a post with a n vice president is another casu casualty But hell he'll still be the boss she says of the vice president Another veteran congressional secretary secretary sec sec- see sec and clerk is Miss Virginia Davis Davis Da Da- Da vis who has been on the hill for 19 years with Representative Albert Johnson of Washington Miss Davis has been publicly commended for lor her work on the the house house immigration com corn where she has served as clerk for the past three years Mrs Edna Stenger has been with Burton French of Idaho for the last 16 years Frenchs French's congressional assignments assignments as as- extended into many fields and Mrs Stenger has become an expert ex cx- pert in each She is as familiar with federal appropriations for the n navy vy and Indian reservation problems as she is with her district in Idaho And there are arc several others who I face similar situations S SA A few of ot these veteran the behind scenes workers may be able to land lane I berths with the themen men who replace their I old employers This often happens A new senator or congressman who arrives in Washington not knowing much about the way things are done sometimes picks his secretaries from the ranks ranks' of these veterans The chances this time however are slim It'll be Democrats replacing Republicans Re publicans next March rather than Republicans Republicans Re publicans taking the places of 1 icons And as a rule these jobs are prom back home months before election elec dec tion time time sometimes sometimes more than once |