Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
CONGRESS ISSUES
TO Be RADIO TOPIC
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Speak Tomorrow Night
in Star Forum.

| Radio listeners throughout the United
States are to hear the problems await
ing the special session of Congress un-
| folded by two of the outstanding mem
bers of the Senate--Senator Wesley l..
/ Jones of Washington. assistant Repub-
lican floor leader, and Senator Pat Har-
rison OF Mississippi, enc of the Demo-
cratic leaders-who will go on the air at
10 o'clock tomorrow night in the Sec
ond of the weekly radio programs ar
ranged by The Evening Star, in CO.
operation with the Columbia Broadcast
ing System.
The Senator's will speak from station
WMAL. in this city, with far-reaching
hook-up.
There probably is no one in the Sem
ate who keeps in closer touch with the
progress of legislation than Senator
Jones Of Washington. On the Demo-
cratic side Senator Harrison stands
forth both in debate and in committee
activities.
Familiar with Program.
Senator Jones analyses thoroughly
those questions which come directly
under his charge, but he also shows
when other matters are before the Sem
ate, that he familiarizes himself with
the general legislative program. No
matter when you enter the Senate
chamber you are likely to find Sen
ator Jones at his desk. Senator
Jones chief duty off the floor Is
the Craftsmanship of the important COM
merce committee, which handles mat
| terS of such magnitude as Mississippi
| flood control. river and harbor improve
ment programs, American merchant
marine development and legislation to
| provide for the census and reapportion-
ment of the House.
| The manner in which Senator Jones
| steered the Mississippi food control
measure through the Senate in the first
session of the seventieth Congress fur
nishes an illustration Of his legislative
ability. The question was far-reach-
| ing one, affecting many States and in
volving many intricate problems, It
had naturally been expected that con-
siderable time would be required for
mittee to the Senate floor. To the sur
prise of many on Capitol Hill, the flood
control bill was brought to vote and
passed after few. brief explanations,
| indicating that the commerce commit
| tee had thoroughly ironed out before
making its report whatever differences
may have existed Members on the mi
nority side complimcnted Senator Jones
on that occasion.
Harrison Talented Orator.
Senator Harrison Is one of the tai
ented orators In the upper branch of
| Congress, and being q member OF the
powerful finance committee, he is al
| ways in the thick of the debate when
matters of taxation or tariff are before
/ the Senate. His deep resonant voice al
ways holds the galleries. The Missis-
| sippi Senator possesses a keen sense OF
! humor and frequently employs 1t In de-
| bate to chide his opponents, Smilngly
! but effectively.
| Since tariff revision is to be one of
| the prime subjects of the special ses-
| sion, it is safe to say that Senator Har-
rison will be in the midst Of the verbal
| fray when that issue reaches the Sen
ate He also Is student or the farm
| problem, which will be before the spe-
cial session.
The flood control bill was only one of
several important pieces OF legislation
Senator Jones guided through the Sen
ate during the Seventieth Congress. In
| the first session, year ago, he clearly
and forcefully expounded the objects of
the bill to aid in developing an Amcri-
can merchant marine, succeeding IN
bringing it to a vote and subsequently
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