The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07

p. m. our or respect to oenator Morrow. republican, New Jersey, and Senator Caraway. democrat. Ark, both of whom recently died.
 William Tyler Page. clerk of the house. called that body to order. V.cc-prcsident Curtis was ip the chair in the senate.
 It was John Nance Gamers day on tle house side. Garner, q quick-tempercd. white-haired Tex an, was about to be elected speak CT in succession to his late friend, Nicholas LonGworth.
 Awaiting the oath in the house were S9 representatives and dele gate from Alaska. There were IS new senators.
 The order of business in both houses was to proceed with organ iz&tion.
 Tho senate remained repubii- can. Among the IS senators to take the oath was Mrs Hattie Caraway, the first woman in his- tory to become q workaday senn- tor. The "most exclusive club in world" already was experiencing some difficulty In adjusting itself to It's lady member.
 Overflow crowds sought house and senate galleries to see the start of congress. An obscure. back -bcnch in the senate which att tracted much attention last session no longer excited the curiosity Of gallery crowds. That desk last Isvh A,, whose recent death took from the senate one of it's thoroughly able men.
 The keynote of the new congress seemed to be uncertainty. Its mem bers were deeply troubled by econ omic conditions with which they 70 far have not been able to cope. They were hearing from the folks back home.
 From the forks of the creeks came the word that congress had better reach into its plug hat and produce something more interest Ing than rabbit. As the volume os complaint grew. the thought came to-day to many $lO,00O q year servants of the people that they may be recalled next year to private life unless the 72nd' con- grcss became one of accomplish mcnt.
 The house galleries mad begun !u i'll shortly after II o'clock.
 When members began to surge into the chamber at 1l:30 they moved under the glare of klelg lights stationed about the gallery by photographers
 There was much back skipping especially among The democrats.
 Mrs Mary T. Norton. New Jersey one of the three democratic wom- CT members, was the first of the wOmcn'S b.oc of six to appear. She wore n purple drcss and n cOTsGgc.
 Members paradcd in on Il new blue carpet laid during the recess. The area between the seats Is lined with linoleum.
 Walter wton. President Hoover's secretary and liaison with congress. bobbed about on the floor shaking hands
 Rep Bertrand II. Shell, republl- can candidate for speaker, ap- peared on the floor early. nattily nttired in cutaway. but his rlval. lscp John x. Garner of Texas. de- ldyed his appearance.
 Majority Leader Watson of the senate said that he believed there would be some measure of cooper alton in legislation this winter.
 ''The problems 10 be presented" WatsCs Said. will be largely non partisan in character. The morato- rum. banking laws ard financial and economic problems in the of- ing are all of this character. have every reason to believe there will be some measure of coopera- tion that will result in speedy ac- lion and be of benefit to the coun- try"
 Liberalization of rules. agitated particularly to permit vote on prohibition. was scheduled to come before the house at the opening session.
 Modification to permit vote on any hill by petition of l45 members appeared assured, as 1t has been en- dorsed by both democrats and re- publicans. This is the major change In the prOgra which is designed broadly to check the power of lead CTS and committee chairmcn to block votes on important measures.
 'p'"h'i JOHH N' bhTHeT OI lnc house. said:
 The democratic members of the house will carry out to the fullest the mandate of the American peo- Die. We will restore it. under that mhndate. to it's original position as body representative of the will of the people,
 "The party will support. as it always has in the past. such leg. lslnti0n as will be most beneficial to all of the people of the country aS opposed to such Legislation dD- signed for the benefit of any specinl interest"
 Representative John e. TilHon. Conn. defeated republican n0mi- nee for the speakerahlp, appeared early.
 Al Ave minutes to I2. Bert Rem