Evening star., 1933-01-23
LAME DUCK BAN
RATIFIED BY 3TH
Missouri House Seizes Honor
Of Giving Final o. K.
to Amendment.
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as to overcome the time-zone advan'
tage held by Massachusetts,. The ma.
neuver succeeded.
Honor Of being first to ratify goes Il
Virginia, which acted last March 4, be.
fore even a copy of the resolution pro.
posing the amendment had been laie
before It.
One result Of the amendment, Senator
Norris said today, is an end to 9Th.
disgraceful spectacle Of the Senate O.
the United States winding up in 9
ridiculous helplessness to function"
He believes f1libusters will be dont
away with, for they thrive on lack c,
time. In the past two weeks the ire.
mendous f1libustering operation Of Sena
tor Long of Louisiana and Senator
Thomas Of Oklahoma has squeezed thu
Senate into helplessness just because
this short session Of Congress must ad.
Journ six weeks from today. Under tht
new amendment there will be no short
sessions and no set adjournment dates
"Should Eject Peoples Wishes"
Under democratic form of Govern.
ment," said Norris, "the wishes Of the
people should be crystallized into Law
as soon as possible after their wishe.
become known. Under the old system
not only are these Representatives just
elected by the people prohibited from
entering upon their duties, but they
must aleo stand iGiy by while the ole
Congress, many of whose members have
been repudiated at the polls, proceeds
to legislate for the people"
1t will no longer be possible, he said
Tor repudiated Congress to put on the
statute books laws that were actually
condemned in the preceding elections
This. he recalled. has been done
During my service in Congress-" he
recalled, Il have seen many instances
where some members of thee Senate
who have been defeated for reelection
were absolutely subservient to the will
Of the executive. And I have seen
these same men rewarded for their
conduct by appointment to offices bet
ter than the ones the people had taken
away from them in the preceding elec-
ton"
There will be no more of that either
he was confident.
Can "Show by Works."
Another point he made was that un-
der the old system a member of the
House did not get started until it was
necessary for him to engage in con-
test for denomination and reelection
while now it will be possible for a men,
Der ito show by his works" whether he
is worthy of reelection or not.
Besides Massachusetts and Nevada
States in which ratification appeared
imminent, were Utah, Wisconsin and
Georgia.
The So States which ratified the
amendment are Virginia, New York
Mississippi. Arkansas. Kentucky. South
Carolina. New Jersey, Michigan. Maine.
Rhode Island, Illinois. louisiana. West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana. Texas,
Alabama, North Carolina, California.
Oklahoma, North Dakota, Montana,
Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Minnesota,
Nebraska. Wyoming, Iowa, Delaware.
Washington. Tennesse, South Dakota,
Text of Amendment.
The text of the twentieth amendment
follows:
Section l. The terms of the PreSi-
dent and Vice President shall end at
noon en- the Goth day of January and
the terms of Senators and Represent
atives at noon on the Sd day Of January
of the years in which such terms would
have ended If this article had not been
ratified, and the terms Of their sue
cessors shall then begin.
Corfioo The COnUrocc cha11. on, =
Bile at least once in every year and such
meeting shall begin at noon on the Sd
day of January, unless they shall by
law appoint different day.
Section 3. If, at the time fixed for
the beginning of the term of the Presi-
dent, the President-elect shall have
died. the Vice President-elect shall be-
come President. If a President shall
not have been chosen before the time
fixed for the beginning of his term, or
If the President-elect shall have failed
to qualify. then the Vice President
elect shall act as President until a
President shall have qualified; and the
Congress may by law provide for the
case wherein neither a President-elect
nor a Vice President elect shall have
qualified, declaring who shall then act
as President, or the manner in which
one who is to act shall be selected,
and such person shall act accordingly
until a President or Vice President
shall have qualified.
Section 4. The Congress may by
law provide for the case of the death
of any of the persons for whom the
House Of Representatives may choose
q President whenever the right of
choice shall have devolved upon them,
and for the case of the death Of any
Of the persons from whom the Senate
may choose a Vice President when
ever the right Of choice shall have de-
volved upon them
Section S. Sections / and 2 shall
take effect upon the fifteenth day
OF October, following the ratification Of
this article.
Section 6. This article shall be in
operative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Con-
stitution by the Legislatures of three
fourths of the several States within
seven years from the date of its sub
mission