Evening star., 1935-01-09

It's a far cry from the celebrated
retort of Speaker Tom Reed that the
U. S. A. had become "a billion-dollar
country to the $8.500, ,000. 900 budget
of President Roosevelt. with its pro-
spectiye 1886 deficit Of S4,50O, 100000
and public debt peak of s34 900 ,OO0,-
600. Tail as these figures are, they
cause amazingly little excitement or
perturbation on Capitol Hill. F. D. r
having committed himself TO work
relief program to cost $4,000 ,O0O 600.
there is an inclination TO think that
the boss of the New Deal is doing
about as good a financing job as re-
covery circumstances at this time per-
NIT, even though budget balancing
dreams have again gone glimmering.
What arouses the bitterest opposition
among Republicans and some Demo-
Gratis is the Presidents request for a
lump-sum relief grant subject to
his exclusive control Broadly and
generally. Congress will not upset
the budget, except possibly with re-
Spect to the bonus. If that is en-
acted, it is plainly indicated that pro-
vision will have to be made for the
wherewithal in the form of new taxes.
Once upon a time billion dollar figures
would have staggered Congress, but
since the dawn of the New Deal
they've come to be looked upon as all
in the days work. Attempts to tam
per with the Roosevelt budget are
likely to be efforts to raise. rather
hn ri
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Members OF Congress generally put
put into their Congressional Directory
autobiographies the things of which
they are proudest. Senator Morris
Sheppard, author of the eighteenth
amendment, emphasizes that he is the
dean of Congress by virtue OF having
a longer continuous service than that
of any other living member. 1t be-
gan when he entered the House OF
Representatives in 1902 to fill the un-
expired term of his late father. An
other Texan, Representative Nat Pat
ton. Democrat, recently elected to his
first term, records that he was born in
a log cabin. Senator Norbeck of South
Dakota describes himself as a ''Theo-
dore Roosevelt Republican" Repre-
sentative Arthur w. Mitchell, Demo-
crat, of Illinois, now the only colored
member of Congress, narrates that he
walked 66 miles from his native coun-
ty in Alabama to begin his education
at Tuskegee Institute. Representative
Josh Lee, Democrat, newly elected
from Oklahoma, discloseS that he was
christened Joshua and later given the
middle name of Bryan after the great
comuoner. He lived up to it by win
ming the national collegiate oratorical
championship in 1916 while majoring
in forensics at the University of Okla
homa.
Soviet American trade and debt ne
gotiations are expected to march rap
idly at the end of January upon the
return to Washington of Ambassador
Troyanovsky with fresh instructions
from the Moscow government. The
Ambassador was due at Honolulu this
week from his journey across the Pa
cific. Nine. Troyanovsky and their
son went to Hawaii to meet him. State
Department negotiations with the
Soviet are in charge of Assistant Sec
retary of State r. Walton Moore.
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New York is the "top" so far as
medical representation in Congress is
concerned The Empire State delega-
ton now contains three physicians
/ and dentist. The M. DIS are Sem
ator Copeland, Democrat; Representa-
tive Sirovich and newly-elected Rep
resentative Joseph L. Pfeifer. all
'GothanissA. The denial member q