Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-29


ii of Representatives. potential
! u ity of which fell into partial
desuetude following that famous IN
surgency which changed the cohtrol
of the House. bids fair TO take o'
revived vigor under republican au
ministration. In the last year oi ."e
incu,nhency of Champ Clark the oiii1o
of Speaker, which before the e"eu'o
that created kind of soviet CON
troll of affairs in the House had peeh
regarded as second in importance
only 10 the presidency. was beginning
70 receive more recognitionS "hei
Champ Clark took hold of the speah
ership after they had changed '"e
organization of the House ne iounu
the speakership little better than the
post of moderator in a Presp9 'eri".
meeting. The Speaker could Pouhu
for order and put questions pue
yond that little attention was paiu
70 the office Champ Clark by sneer
+orce N personality in course OF time
made himself felt.
As it is now, the steering coiniiie
tee of the House meets every Gay III
the Speakers room. in planning '''e
business of the House. and the Spea
or is a party to all councils L ne
steering committee of the senate DC
casionally meets in joint con1erehee
with the House steering committee
IN hiring about teamwork between
tho two bodies. Moreover, it is becom-
ing the custom for members Oh the
I,a
bobbing up on the floor win re-
quests, as they find they get oetter
results by having an understandings
for recognition. OF course. there
still no change in the methoo Oh or
sanization Of the House and prooaoly
never will be; the members are 1eal-
Gus of the hold they now have upon
the organization of committees and
assignment to membership and chalr-
manships and are not likely 10 let
60.
This is tough luck; just as the re-
publicans in the House thought they
had Gre
DEMOCRATS OBJECT ated fine
TO THE GETTY TYPE" ste n ing
committee,
with some real progressives on II,
such as Longworth. Winslow and
Dunn, here comes the democratic ma
tional committee utterly scandalized
ana painfully shocked because there
are prosperous business men on the
committee, who live in cities and have
made a success in life. They probably
wear billed shirts" IL the truth were
known. The latest brcRdside issued py
the national committee contains TINS
charge: 1T is just beginning to dawn
upon the average member OF the
House that this important and now
all-powerful committee is composed
almost exclusively of 'well-to-do or
rich business men Of the city type.
The small town or country district Is
not represented. The workingman
and the farmer were not considered
in it's makeup. Mr.. Mondell is pros
porous business man! which, in his
case, includes mercantile and trading
enterprises. Deleted) Mr..
Moore is a lawyer, newspaper edi-
tor and bank director. Mr.. Long
worth is one of the wealthiest men in
the House He inherited riches and
his sympathies are with the big men
of affairs Mr.. WinsIow is a mSnufac-
turer and a banker. Mr.. Dunn is re-
puted to be very wealthy. He has
many interests. Mr.. Madden is in the
manufacturing business. The farmer
and workingman of the wage-ear ming
type are not represented on the COM
mittee that dictates, the legislation
Of the House"
Which might lead to the observation
that II does beat all how those republic
cans will insist or picking out men of
affairs. experience and ability to run
things. That reference. though. to the
"city type" may well be ominous. In
the melodramas lone of them city fell
lers'' always was the villain: he had
waxed mustaches and wore patent
leather shoes
*+ i
There is an old saying in the country
about saving at the spigot and vast
ing at the bung-
ASKS FOR $t7,5oo hole Secretary
TO SAVE $500 900. of Commerce Red
field succeeded in
convincing the Senate committee on ap-
propriations that the House in cutting
out an item OF $17,500 Of his estimate
would prevent his department saving
something like $500. 600. and in that con-
nection told a story which will in
terest housekeepers and good pro-
viders" He told how the fisheries
department had fitted up laboratory
to teach the Scotch method of cur
ing herring in this country. One con-
Germ in Alaska which was putting
50, 900 barrels OF fish into fertilizers
turned the product into food and sold
IL for 100000. He said that In the
Pacific there 10 a mackerel just as
good as the Atlantic mackerel. en-
,irely unused at present, which can
be canned. He declared that by teach
ing the people how to prepare some
of these fishes, such as the black cod
Of the Pacific, the turbot Of the lakes.
and others. millions of dollars will
be saved. He said he saw $4,000
pounds of Goldfish in cold storage
which the owner said he could not
sell because the people didn't know
how to use II. The department wanted
another $4,000 to keep up the work
Of instruction.
Congress has not yet got down to
investigation of the coffee combine"
which hast
COFFEE "COMBiNE" week boost
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