Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-06-25
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Washington.-The sudden passing of
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns was great
shock to his colleagues among whom
The was universally loved and respect
ed. Back of the speaker was full
quarter-century as member of the
house from the Hermitage district of
Tennessee, tenure which saw him go
Through dozen successful political
campaigns and which brought him
Craftsmanship of the house appropria-
tons committee, leadership of the Dem
ocratic majority and head of the Demo-
cratic congressional campaign COM
mittee.
"Uncle Joe" to his constituents, he
was shrewd politician a masterful
parliamentary strategist and fair
minded chairman and presiding officer
whose personal qualities won praise
from political opponents.
He was lawyer by profession, an
avid reader of history, biography and
detective stories and a fisherman when
ever letup in his work allowed him to
indulge in that pastime. He liked to
travel by airplane.
Close to feet inches tall, he was
rangy and soft-voiced. Rugged fea-
lures were accentuated by beetling,
shaggy eyebrows.
Byrns' service on the pivotal appro-
priations committee began early in his
congressional career, which started in
March, 1909 In 1881 he became chair
man, resigning the position when he
was chosen party floor leader in 1888.
1929 Campaign Head
Byrns was made chairman of the ma
tional Democratic congressional cam
paign in 1929 and it was matter of
pride to him that it was under his
leadership that his party regained con-
troll of the house.
He was born on farm near Cedar
Hill, in Robertson county, on Tennes-
sees northern border, July 20, 1869.
After being graduated from high
school, Byrns entered Vanderbilt uni
versity, earning his tuition by working
in the tobacco fields of Robertson coun-
ty during vacations. He took an aca-
demic course for two years, then
switched to the law school and was
graduated with the degree of LIB, in
1890. After one more summer of farm
work he hung up his shingle in Nash
vile.
Politics opened natural pathway
to the acquaintanceship needed by
young lawyer and Byrns, four years
after he began practice was elected to
the state legislature. He served three
successive terms in the house from
1895 to 1900.
Byrns was a presidential elector in
1904 and in 1908 became candidate
for congress. He had to defeat re-
doubtable campaigner, John Wesley
Gaines, to win the nomination, but
turned the trick, carried the November
election and took his seat in the ma.
tonal house March 4, 1909.
Warning for Women
Country women who voted to con-
centrate their efforts for the next three
years on native handicrafts were
warned of certain marketing dangers
- Miss Bertha Nienburg, assistant d.
rector of the women's bureau, told the
Associated Country Women. that the
Labor department believes the CONNER
cialized cottage industry a detriment
to rural life
New England women knitters had
been exploited, she said, receiving as
low as % cents dozen for knitted
bottles, and survey Of the bed quilt
makers of the southern mountains had
shown an annual $3,000,OOO sale of
quilts that brought but dollar week
wage to the workers.
She cited the Southern Highlands as
sociation started about year ago
with loan from the Tennessee Valley
authority, as an example of a working
cooperative, marketing the noun
taineer handicrafts to the tourists at
Norris, and to city jewellers at Rookie
Teller Center, N. Y.
Margaret A. Ambrose, state home
demonstration agent of Tennessee, con-
tended that commercial exploitation
could be circumvented by simply turn
ing down that sort of orders.
She too urged keeping the country
woman's handicraft cultural, saying:
IF you can make something beautiful
for your home, so that other women
who see it will want it for their
homes, you will have no trouble mar
keting it,"
Population Shifts
A New Deal planning bureau is busy
at the moment trying to discover
whether Americas great cities are
moving into the country. In recent
years definite trend in which people
have been moving from thickly popu-
lated city areas to outlying suburbs
has been noticed. The exact extent
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