Evening star., 1935-09-29
Capital Sidelights
By viii p. Kennedy.

The retirement of Deputy Public
Printer John Greene of Lowell, Mass,
after Al years in the Government Print
ing Office breaks up closely cooper
ating partnership in getting work done
at the big printing establishment for
members of Congress. John Greene
and william Andy" Smith, who has
represented the C. P. o. at the Capitol
for so years, in charge of the Congress
sional Record, have been doing team
work for many years that facilitated the
work of Congress and the individual
members. Now Andy" Smith, the
Grand Old Man" is left to carry on
and to develop similar smooth work
ing system with the assistance of the
new deputy public printer.
This getting out of the Congressional
Record is one of the big jobs handled
by the Government Printing Office and
is big job at the Capitol end. but
handled so long and so efficiently by
Andy" Smith that few have realized
the amount of work involved. The last
number OF the Record, issued on Sep
tember 10, is one of the largest in a
session where the issues have been un-
usually and consistently heavy. due to
long debate and lengthy speeches. This
last issue-of go pages-is devoted en-
tirely to extension of remarks" speeches
that is. speeches on all sorts of sub
jects, which were not made in the legis-
lative chambers, but are designed mostly
for campaign purpoSes-it is the special
propaganda issue. In it, for example
Senate Leader Robinson tells of The
Anh &c 0f : l,@
tration" to the extent of 20 pages: Sem
ator Barkley, keynoter at the last Demo-
cratic convention. has reprinted an
article on Looking Ahead With Roose-
velt'; Minority Leader Smell gets in his
campaign licks with They Should Take
Who Have the Power and They Should
Keep Who Can" There are speeches
and articles on widely varied subjects
such as Qualification of Acts of Con-
gress," by Representative David j. Lewis
of Maryland; on Valiant Eskimos," by
Delegate Dimond from Alaska; the
Military Order of the Purple Heart by
Representative Glare G. Fenerty of
Pennsylvania-and take your pick.
Few persons realize it, but the Con-
gressional Record is not a strictly free
publication-there is subscription list
of about 500 copies daily and single
copies are sold according to the number
of pages-this last issue sells for 20 cents
The biggest issue during the last Is
years was on June Is, which sells for 38
cents. The bound Record for the session
just closed will make IS volumes-the
daily made II volumes.
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There are between $4,000 and $4,000
copies of the Record printed daily while
Congress is in session. During the Ses-
sion Just closed the House members sent
out 229S8 copies daily and the Senators
had 1858 on their mailing lists. The
Governor of each State is entitled to a
copy Of the Record, the Government de-
partments make requisition for the num-
Der of copies they need. Each justice
OF the Supreme Court has a copy deliv-
cred to him. Each member of Congress
is entitled to copy at his residence, one
at his office and one at his seat in the
House. The Vice President and each
Senator is entitled to 88 copies; the
secretary of the Senate and the sergeant
at arms are each entitled to 20, and the
secretary gets an additional 10 for Office
use; each Representative and Delegate
gets go copies, the clerk and doorkeeper
get 20 each, and the clerk gets an addi-
tional 10 for Office use. Each member of
Congress gets bound volume with index
every two weeks.
Discussing Qualification of Acts of
Congress-" Representative David J.
Lewis Of Maryland, the diminutive
House member with big brain, gives
some interesting quotations:
I'VE are under a Constitution, but the
Constitution is what the judges say it
is."-Gov. Hughes of New York, now
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Il do not think the United States
would come to an end if we lost our
power to declare an act of Congress
void. d."-The late Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
why should we not have a patient
confidence in the ultimate justice of the
people2 Is there any better, is there
any equal hope in the world?"-Abraham
Lincoln.
In these days when the &C" men are
being acclaimed by press and radio in
their successful drive against the under
world, the racketeers snd gangSters and
public enemies generally, it is interesting
to note that their big boss, the man
who directs their campaigns, and who
is one Of the public officials in whom the
reading and listening public is most
interested, whose name Is little short OF
. talisnan against the powers Of evil, or
at least those who raise their hand
against society-J. Edgar Hoover-d-