Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11

Washington, D. C.. Jan. s, I924- Congress is at length on the verge of getting down tO real work. Whether the results obtained will eutitle the present body Co honorable blazon is an open question. haiOr1ties are small in both branches and a presl= dential year s on deck. All of which very often means small accomplish. ment and much talk. One of the large dangers to the hopedsfar sue. cess President Coolidge will have with the voters lies in the brisk possibility of a do-nOthing Congress.
 But this K not 10 say that the Con Deeticut congressional delegation ls doing nothing and will have nothing to do Committee work goes on just the same, no matter how dismal the prospects may look for getting Con gress fo approve the labors of the various committees. Theirs not te reason why: theirs but to do and see 1t die
 Hold important Places
 In this field of battle the Gonnec- ticut men hold responsible positions ia the 6sth Congress. Senator Bran degee IS chairman of the judiciary and Senator Mclean of the banking currency committee Of the Senate BrandeRee also is on the foreign relations library and patents committees. while the other of Mclean include f- nance, interstate commerce. and ter ritories and insular possessions.
 Thus BrandeRee and Mclean head two of the influential Senate com miftees Tine judiciary body con siaers all proposed changes in the Thus prohibition mat ters Uill be scrutinized by hr. Bran degee and bis workers; also proposi- tions involving child labor amend ment a shift iH the manner of elect ing the president and vieep president, a proposal to have the people pass on all constitutional amend ments, aHd SO forth It wiil be re- called that when the Connecticut man succeeded to the head of Che Judiciary the "Wets" found happiness ln the event. holding, which Is true, that Rrandegea is wetter than the lutc Senator Nelson of Minnesota. Che for mer chairman.
 Mr. MoLean's Job
 Mir Mclean has his own tfogbles with banking and currency He has To sit up nights with the complain ing farmers of Che west and labor over proposals involving alleged beue- hts for them Last session. for OK ample. his committee considered the various farm credit bills Besides this large contract. dcfean's commit ice handles all matters affecting the federal reserve laws and all currency mHtter5 in general No. the two senators are not ale.
 Coming down to the representa- lives. Fem of The lirst district holds the most committee assignments a fact which means not much ln ltselt because no man is placed ea q com miftee without his consent ana some dodge work in this manner But Mr. Fenn has some noad agsHgnWentz They include banking and currency, labor. census. expenditures in the state department
 Tilsou on Ways and Means
 Tison af New Haven Is on che in- Huenta ways and means committee which deals with tariff taxation and bonus. Merritt of Bridgeport is on fhr interstate and foreign commerce body. the only New Englander on that committee excluding the chair man Wnsiow of Massachusetts. Mir. O'Sullvan, the only Democrat in the delegation. has won q good assign ment, Judiciary committee.
 Mir. Freeman's Work
 Congressman Freeman Is ranking member on the rivers and harbors committed If the chairman, Dempsey of New York, should leave Congress for any reason, Mir. Freeman, by the seniority rule. would head the com mittee. This is the only committee Mir Freeman has; Tilson and Merritt. likewise. hnve contented themselves with but ore such job.
 The rivers and hWhors committee haadie tho annual rivers and hat hors hill as it comes over from the War department. chaHTtng Il from the fetommeudations of the wu dep5rf ment u Hrh details as II sees flf.
 One af the organizations tehts iu fhe House aHasr ever Nr Tiison. q good earlamentarian. who had been tentatively assigned to the rules com mitfee The western insurgents fore cd TIlson eT to make room for enc af their number Nr Filson. t IS stated. had net sought the job any. way,