Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAN VILE.

London Punch once upon time said
that the United States isn't a nation
but picnic" If the author of that
wisecrack had been in the House of
Representatives this week the day the
veterans loan bill was rammed through,
he would have been excused if he'd
called us not only a picnic. but cir
Gus. Hilarity was the order Of the day
Overwhelmingly pIS-bonus, the House
cheered wildly every speaker and every
argument in favor of the Bacharach
bill. It was with the utmost difficulty
that Speaker LongWcrth was able to
preserve the appearance of decorum
either en- the floor or in the packed gal
lerie;. at one time the chamber rang
with cowboy yells. The presiding off,
Ger had frequently to ask spectators to
desist from demonstrations. Members
Of the House, as BELTS the popular
branch Of Congress, are always free and
easy in venting their emotions. Ap-
plauSe and cheers are common. In the
more dignified Senate, such unseenliy
manifestations are the exception. Hun
dreds Of veterans were in the House
galleries. A group in full uniform was
the delegation that came down from
Boston to attend the funeral of Gen.
Edwards.
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1t is an open secret that it was the
testimony of Owen L. Young, Democrat.
Of New York that gave the real spur
to Republican leaders to rush the vet
erans' bill to passage. Except for his
testimony before the Ways and Means
Committee that the Treasury could
stand without difficulty a drain not eX-
ceeding $500 100000, the Bacharacn
compromise might never have been in
cubated. Young spoke not as an cleo
trio or radio na2nate, or as 4 lawyer,
but as a director Of the Federal Reserve
Bank Of New York. It goes without
saying that he was not playing politics.
But 1t IS equally apparent that Young's
presidential possibilities have not been
diminished by his pro-veterans' stand.
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IKE" Bacharach, Republican Repre-
sentative from New Jersey, whose name
Is attached to the lean bill, is Speake.
LongWorth's particular friend and
buddy. The member for Atlantic City
is winding up his eighth consecutive
term in Congress. He was reelected
for a ninth last November. The Bach
arachs are the uncroWned kings of the
great Jersey shore resort. The Repre-
sentatiye's brother Harry is now mayor
Of Atlantic City. The family for sew
philanthropy. One Of the show places
Of the town is the Bstty Bacharach
Home for Crippled Children, erected by
Representative RGcharach and his
brothers and sister IN memory Of their
mother. Philadelphia by birth, white
haiped and handsome Ike is one of
the ACGniScS Of Congress. He is the
second ranking majority member of the
Ways and Means Committee and knows
all about the tariff.
Even though millions of them roll
from members lips in the course CT
session, words are precious III the
House Of Representatives. Repeatedly
during the bonus debate, Chairman
HaWley, Representative BacharaCh and
others in control Of speakers time al
lotted this or that colleague "a quarter
Of minute" or half a minute" Rep
resentatiVe La Guardia, Republican, Of
New York, evoked one Of the big laughs
by retorting, after being given 80 sec
onds, Il yield back the balance of my
time. l am going to vote for the bill"
Representative Trsadway, Republican,
Of Massachusetts,, one Of the gallant but
futile band OF 80, VINO opposed it, point
out that the speed of the English auto
racer at Ormond Beach, where he de-
Veloped a speed of 245 miles an hour,
appears like gl0W-motion pictures in
comparison with the unseemly rapidity
Of the Ways and Means Committee in
connection with this legislation"
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Senator Dwight w. Morrow. Republic
an, Of New Jersey, has unique system
Of enlightening his friends who turn
out to be misinformed or inadequately
informed on a given subject. Morrow
talks to them a while, and, II he OBJ
serves that their knowledge is lopsided
or baggy at the knee, he orders his
bookseller to send the person in question