The Springdale news., 1918-05-24
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f16 dlSo TSIueTcu SUCH ed service in connection with the Child Labor law that President Will son expressed high personal complI- ment upon the efficiency with which he handled the bill in the Senate anc secured it's prompt passage.
 Again we find him active with ref erence to transportation conditions, and a member of the Joint Commis- sion on Congress named to investigate the entire situation He threw his meet the railway crisis due to the war His studies and investigations as a member of the commission fitted him for leadership in the preparation of the bill providing for the Federal Control of Railroads. The Secretary of the Treasury. who is also the Direc- tor General of Railroads. has ex- pressed his cordial appreciation of the services of Senator Robinson In relation to this measure. both in the committee and on the floor of the Sen. ate Senator Robinson was chairman of the subcommittee, composed of Senator Townsend and himself, which effected a compromise in the commit tee upon the points most materially controverted relating to the period of Federal control and the power of the president to make rates, and thus fa- cilitated a prompt report of the bill 70 the Senate. It was upon his motion that the provision in the bill for the Work ngnan's Compensation Act ap- plicable to railroad employees was stricken out. Representatives of the Brotherl.oods have appeared before the committee and opposed the pro vision.
 Later on in the proceedings with reference to government control of railroads the constructive mind of Senator Robinson asserted itself in effecting reduction of approximately six and a half million dollars In the annual compensation which may be agreed upon between the president and the railroads
 The flood control bill was one of the h5g achievements Of Congress. and as the presiding officers while the Senats had the biH under consideration, hs declared that measure passed just be- fore the expiration Of the fve-hoar period fixed for it's consideration He is recognized as one of the ablest par lamentarians and presiding officers in the Senate.
 He is the author of the appropria- ton providing for flood control. the House committee and the House Of Representatives having failed to re- port any appropriation for that pur- pose and the Senate committee on an= propriafions having rejected the same After fight on the floor Senator Ro5. iasoH's amendment carrying ten mil lion five hundred thousand dollars was agreed 10 by inc Senate To amount was afterwards reduced in conference to six and one=half million dollars.
 There is an endless variety of ae- tivifie7 in the career of I real sena- tor: and in still another field of usa- fitness we find thr subircl Of tlfi7 skoteh as the author of the measure r~oating an employment bureau Nith- ii the Department Of Labor fIe ts also the author of the measure pro sid.ns minimum penalty for the Hours of Service Act, and ot the law increasing and reorganizing the In- terstate Commerce Commission.
 Senator Hoke Smith. one of the an- fhors of the Agricultural Extension bill. in a newspaper interview. ex- pressed his cordial appreciation to Senator Robinson for his Assistance in connection with that measure.
 Some years ago Senator Robinson received information that the Ava- ton Section of the Signal Corps in the United States Army, as organized. was hopelessly inefficient Believing that war with Germany was probably inevitable and that the result of tho conflict might be determined by bat ties in the air, he caused an exposure Of conditions in this service which brought about it's complete reorganl- ration and started il on a rapid ad- vance towards it's present state of re- markable development and efficiency.
 So II might appear that the ancient philosophy concerning old men for counsel and young men for war. has been put on a practical workable ba- sis in these later days There was q time when new senators sat around and looked wise for few years before getting into the center of things. Not so with Joe T. Robinson-because he never was built that way The az ercssive enthusiasm of youth that made him big success in the lower house has kept him keyed up to tha performance of heavy tasks. and the discharge of great responsibilities In the Senate. There was no period of Sitting around" waiting for the cal endar to record longevity in his sena- torial career. He started out as real senator the day he arrived in Wash ington to take the oath of office; and as his first term draws toward close he has marked up a record of service