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Mr.. Steiwer served as keynoter and
temporary chairman Of the Repub-
lican National Convention in Cleve-
land. Throughout his legislative Ca
reer he has exhibited great sympathy
for the problems of the disabled. He
has ever been q forceful and success
full champion of their rights on the
Senate floor. His efforts we're in no
small part responsible for the passage
of the soldiers bonus bill. and the
Senator led the minority fight on last
sessions banking and currency ap-
preparations.
Senator Steiwer is q member Of the
more important committees OF the
Senate, including the Rules Commit
tee, Banking and Currency and Ap-
preparations.
nEAN Of the House Of Representa-
tives lin point of service) is Rep
resentative Adolph ]. SABBATH, Demo-
crat, OF the fifth Illinois district. He
has been in Congress more than 80
years; was elected to the sixtieth
and all subsequent sessions.
SABBATH. born in Czechoslovakia in
1865, and for IL years judge Of the
Chicago Municipal Court, is a colorful
figure. His build is stumpy, he wears
glasses and q bushy mustache and
is possessed Of q beaming smile.
One OF the most important figures
in the House is this nationally known
humanitarian. Today he Is chairman
Of the Steering Committee, q member
Of the Rules Committee and also serves
as chairman of the Select Committee
to Investigate Real Estate Bondhold-
ers' Reorganizations. During the
World War he was on the House For
eign Affairs Committee when 1t ap-
proved the declaration of war against
Germany.
Next in point Of service in the
House Is Edward Thomas Taylor,
Democrat, of Glenwood Springs, Colo
He is now serving his fifteenth straight
term.
This able legislator is the ranking
member of the powerful Appropria-
tions Committee and also serves as
chairman ce the Interior Department
Subcommittee. Representative Taylor
was very much in the limelight last
session as acting House Democratic
leader in the absence for several
months of Representative Bankhead
who was i'll.
One Of the biggest men in Congress
from every conceivable standpoint. Is
Representative Robert L. Doughton,
Democrat, of Laurel Springs, N. c.,
who Is now starting his twenty seventh
year as q member of the House. He's
about feet / or 2, heavy set, but
without an ounce Of fat.
Doughton Is in the habit of wearing
an enormous, old-fashioned slouch
hat. Result? He looks exactly like
what he is-a dirt farmer. His chief
ohsession, in fact, is his large farm
back home, where he raises cotton,
tobacco and live stock.
Friends call him "Old Bob" In con-
tradistinction to young Bob" Rey-
nolds, dashing Senator from North
Carolina. In the November elections
Doughton was reelected to the Sev-
enty-fifth Congress by sizable ma
jority, carrying every county in his
district.
Today he Is chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee, which main
tains large offices. What has his COM
mittee done? Well, it was instru-
mental last session in pushing through
the measure making possible the
Presidents pet piece of legislation. the
social security act, which, by many
keen observers, is regarded as one OF
the main reasons for Mr.. Roosevelts s
spectacular landslide during the No
vember elections.
A 8 HAS been pointed out, three
members of the Texas delegation,
all Democrats, have served in Con-
gress for IL consecutive terms. To re-
fresh your memory, they are Sam
Rayburn of Bonham, Hatton w. Sum-
ners of Dallas and James p. Buchanan
Of BrenhAm.
Rayburn Is tops in Congress. chiefly
because he Is q born leader. He n
brainy, aggressive, good mixer ano
an ace public speaker.
Political friends and foes alike are
very fond Of the gifted Texan and in
variably refer to him as Sam" rather
than as Representative Rayburn. He's
bald headed. about feet 10 inches
tall, well proportioned and . con-
servative dresser. A bachelor. he lives