The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-04
MANY VETERANS IN
 BOTH HOUSES WILL LE AVE CONGRESS
John Sharp Williams, Demo- cratic War Horse, One of Notable Members Leav-
 ing Senate Today

WASHINGTON, March 3-Many familiar and distinguished figures in Congress fade out with the falling or the gavels, marking the end of the sixty-seventh Congress. Among them are stalwarts In both of the major political parties.
 From the Senate will disappear such personages as John Sharp Will Hams of Mississippi, demorcatic war horse. with 80 years In Congress; Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, and Atlee Pomerene of Ohio. demo- cratic administration leaders in the memorable Senate fight over the treaty of Versailles.
 Missing from the republican side will be Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota, whose service record Is 24 years, and who has been chairman of the powerful finance committee since the death of Boies Penrose; Harry s. New of Indiana, close per sonal friend of President Harding, and Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, an administration leader and famous as prosecutor of trusts before he lative service.
 Veterans Retire.
 Along with these will go the vet eran senator from Texas, Charles $. Culberson; Joseph $. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, another close per sonal friend of the President; Car rol s. Page of Vermont; Miles Poin- dexter of Washington, who becomes ambassador to Peru; Charles E. Townsend of Michigan. William N. Calder of New York, Howard Suth- erland of West Virginia, Joseph I. nf Mor ryrf fo pd IT. Myers of Montana, who, like Senators Williams and Page, retires volun- tarily.
 The House is to lose a number of members whose length of service had caused them to become regarded al- most as fixtures. Among them are prominent republican party manag- CTS. including Frank w. Mondell of Wyoming. who has served exactly a quarter of a century. and Philip r. Campbell of kansas, chairman of the all-powerful rules committee.
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 FOrdney Retires.
 quaint character who will Be known no more to the legislative halls is Joseph w. Fordney of Miehi- gan, chairman of the ways and means committee and joint author with Senator McCumber of the new tariff law. With "A years of serv- ice. MT. Fordney goes out of his own volition, planning to devote his time to breeding blooded cattle on hls farm in Michigan.
 Gone, too, but not to be forgot ten, at least in this generation, will be Andrew J. Volstead of Minnesota chairman of the judiciary commit tee and author of the most discussed law ever placed on the American statute books. Another prominent Minnesota member who goes out with him is Halvor Steenerson, chair man of the post office committee.
 But the most picturesque among all the retiring House members is Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois. Few men who have served in Congress have been the storm center Uncle Joe" was in the heydeys of his power as speaker of the House. Once the voters of his district retired him temporarily, but having established worlds record for legislative serv- ice-forty years--he goes out this time of his own free will to make way, as he has put 1t, for younger man.
 Stafford Goes Out.
 William II. Stafford of Wisconsin,
  rent Legislation and long thorn in the side of members seeking appro- priations for pet home projects, also retires. He will give way to Victor Berger. who will be the only social ist representative in the new Con gress. Meyer London of New York, the single socialist in this Congress, having failed of reelection.
 Congress also will lose it's single dared devil aviator" - self-styled-- Representative Manuel Herrck of Oklahoma. who. in swan song, an nounced that he was one congress sional lame duck" who would re- frain from "quacking around the Presidents corn crib"
 Two of the three women members of the House also end their service. They are Miss Alice M. Robertson of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck of Illinois. Thus Mrs. Mae FL len Nolan remains as the one woman member of the new Congress. She eiils the place long held by her late