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Ironically enough, he doesn't seem
particularly enthusiastic about public
speaking, but certainly is q cracker
jack when he wants to be. At the
Democratic State Convention in Texas
last year he gave whiZ of talk.
Small wonder he served during the
last campaign as chairman Of the
Speakers Committee of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
Without doubt. Sam is one of the
strongest men in Democratic councils
today. 1t will be recalled that he was
q serious opponent Of the late Joseph
T. Byrnes in the House speakership
fight, and early in Franklin DIS ad-
ministration, as chairman OF the i'm
portant House Interstate Commerce
Committee, he championed q bill
which will virtually Gt is hoped abol-
ish holding companies within five
years. This bill was passed last ses
sion.
In striking contrast to Rayburn Is
Representative Sumners-that is, ex-
cept for the matter Of the hairless
head. Tiny, bespectacled, ultradigni-
fed, he looks, talks and acts more like
. professor than q politician. And he
wears the frock coat and striped pants
Of an earlier era, which no doubt ex-
plains his nickname, "Dapper Hat
| ton" Summers home city of Dallas
Is essentially manufacturing metrop-
oils, with agricultural surroundings
:. cotton being the money crop, with
grain next in importance.
While colleagues are hoofing it across
golf links, he usually can be found in
his office with book on economics or
constitutional law. This is easily un-
derstood when it is learned that his
major aim during his long service in
the House has been, to quote his own
words, TO simplify and popularize my
findings about constitutional law and
interpret them for the edification and
benefit of the man in the street"
Today Representative Summers
serves on the powerful Appropria-
tions Committee. He Is known far
and wide as one of the Nations fore
most experts on money matters.
WHILE most of the old guard Re-
w publicans are missing this ses-
sion, Representative Carl E. Mapes of
Grand Rapids, Mich, remains in the
House as the outstanding spokesman
| for his party. The ranking member OF
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, he also serves on the Rules
Committee.
Democratic landslides bother him
not q trifie. During his "a years in
Congress, he has weathered them all,
being elected to the Sixty-third and all
succeeding Congresses, with very little
dificulty in most instances.
Mapes is respected among his po-
litical friends and foes alike. Bald
headed, bespectacled, he has had a
distinguished career. However, one
would never suspect it from the two
line autobiography he inserted in the
Congressional Directory.
Another able @. o. p. Congressman
Is Representative Allen T. Treadway
of Stockbridge, Mass. Probably there
is no more versatile or more popular
member Of the House today. For here
Is veritable human dynamo, q per-
fectly proportioned 6-footer, pos
sessed Of 200 pounds Of apparently
inexhaustible energy and enthusiasm.
A thorough-going blueblood, he's
nevertheless a very informal sort OF
person with q rare knack OF making
every one, in whatever walk Of life,
feel perfectly at ease.
Treadway's congressional district is
very important. 1t takes in some 70
towns and 4 cities in Western Massa-
chusetts. The Representative is such
q hero back home that the towns stood
by him almost to man during the
November elections, with the result
that he achieved his largest victory
of his a years in Congress. Over
Treadway's Democratic opponent, the
famous novelist, Owen johnson, the
@. o. p. member had . majority Of
5000 votes. All this, bear in mind,
in the face OF the amazing Democratic
landslide.
Treadway Is ranking member Of the
Ways and Means Committee and also
serves on the Library Committee and
Internal Revenue Taxation. Last ses.
sion he was exceedingly active in tax
and tariff legislation and fiercely
fought the reciprocal trade agree
| ment.
| A TRADITIONAL scholar Of the old
school and . polished gentleman
| in every sense Of the term Is Repre-