The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-01
CONGRESS BAD
 BOY BAD AGAIN


 (Continued from Page 1O strode to the automobile where his bride had waited. The car leaped away from the curb, scraping bump CTS with another, and headed to- ward Washington. But at the zion- cheek apartment callers were un- ablO to find them.
 Versions Differ
 zioncheck's and police's versions bf what happened differed. The con- gressman said he was cruising along vita the traffic when Motorcycle Patrolman George s. Fillmore spot ted him. , T guess he must have recognized me-" Zioncheck said. He followed me. I couldn't keep my eye on the speedometer, my wife and the cop 600, 50 just kept on going with the traflc. said to myself: Here's an- other cop who wants publicity. When thought I was outside the limits of the city gave her the gun. I was going 60 all right, l guess"
 Checked at 62
 Fillmore said he "clocked" Zion check at 62 miles an hour. He quot cd Zioncheck as saying: When are you damned police going to let me alone?"
 As anti-climax to the court esca- pade, the house roared in amuse- Yment when the clerk read 8 request from Zioncheck for an Unlimited leave of absence because of official business Tt was granted, unani- mously.
 Started in College
 Seattle, May 1-(U.P0-Represer- tative Marion Anthony Zioncheck got that way in college, his friends recalled today. Eight years ago, the records show, zioncheck, now 36 earned a reputation as "campuS carper" at the State University. He raised a great shout against "extra' expenditures for the $600000 Wash 1ngton pavilion. A group of students seized him at a campus meeting where he was giving vent to rad ical" oratory, clipped his head strip ped him and ducked him in the lake Nevertheless, the Polish immigrant boy made good and emerged from the lake to win election to the stu dent presidency. From then on he was in politics.
 Kick Out of Life
 His friends and relatives attribute his mixup8 with the capital police to 8 militant get-a-kick-out-o life philosophy. He just watned to Bet what would happen, they explained that time when he displaced a switchboard operator and rang al the bells in a Washington apartment house.
 The same impulse prompted him to drive 70 miles an hour down Connecticut avenue in his sports roadster--he wanted to see what the police would do. His sister, Mrs. w J. Nadeau of Seattle, had another explanation. "I guess Marion hat turned cynic," she said He's prob- ably found that congress isn't all it's cracked up to be-"
 Has Gone Haywire
 If Marion doesn't like congress it's Q fortunate thing, gtate demo- cratic leaders here suggested. One of them, in 8 don't-quote-m state ment, said: Marion just seems to have gone haywire politically. It's too bad, too, because he had a bright future. The only way he could win out now would be to have about 20 other democrats enter against him in the September prim- ary." Zioncheck himself has admit ted he likes publicity. His big mos ment came this week when the house cheered him and his bride, a former PWA typiBt whom he mar ried after 6 10-day romance which started when he began battling the Washington police and a judge over e 446 fine for speeding.
 His Campaign Talk
 "I,m a radical and an individual igt," he told the folks who sent him to congress. He's also disciple oi clarence Darrow, the noted crimin- al attorney. He became lawyer be- cause of his admiration for the Chi cago barrister. Marion was brought here from Poland when he was l-s years old. At 2 he was selling papers Before he went to college and dur ing summer vacations after he work cd in the logging camps. At 36 het the most discussed man in Wash ington, and most of the discussion b being carried on by polIticIans-- republican and democrat-who hope to take his scalp.