The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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By RUSSELL KAY .,.
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While most folks ike ITO mil
around and shake hands and make
a big fuss over our senators and
representatives when they return
home between sessions, get lot
more fun standin' off in a corner
and just lookin' on.
For the past several weeks I've
been hangin' round the fringe
and watchin' this boy Claude Pep
per without him KNOWN it. / just
wanted to do my own checkin'
and see for myself just what
changes, If any, had taken place
in Claude since he went to Wash
.ington.
You know for rookie senator,
the boy has certainly been gettin'
a lot of attention. They've taken
him right I'M the fold and treated
him like ar. old timer. Accordin'
to most reports about all they've
done since he arrived up there is
keep sappin' him on the back and
tellin' him how good he is, and
that kind of medicine, while it is
pleasant to take, is poison to a
guy who gets an overdose.
Well, after studyin' Claude at
distance on several occasions
and finally gettin' him in corner
by himself for an hours chat, I
satisfied myself that so far he
hasn't let the old baloney and
banana oil get under his skin. Of
course, like most anybody else,
he enjoys being massaged with
it, and while he's content to let
the other folks kid him he's not
wastin' any time kiddin' HIM
SELF.
If anything, he has improved as
an orator. He's added a lot of
two-dollar words to his vocabu-
larry, but at the same time when
he's talkin' to the folks in the
country he still knows when to
say "ain't" and chow come"
He seems to take his job serious
ly and realizes he's got a lot to
learn and is downright anxious to
learn it. In the brief time he has
been in Washington he certainly
has filled his post . creditable
manner, and Florida generally has
benefited through his efforts.
His loyalty to Roosevelt and
support of administration meas
-ures have made him some enc
mics, particularly among indus
trial leaders bitterly opposed to
the wage and hours bill, in spite
Of the fact that it was his influ-
ence on the committee that
brought about the removal of many
Of the most Objectionable fea-
lures.
Those who hope to use his
loyalty to Roosevelt and the adj
ministration as ammunition with
which to defeat him for reelec-
ton are allowing their personal
animosty to blind them to the
fact that, as much as they would
have it otherwise, the President
lis still TOPS with the bulk of the
American people and Floridians
are no exception.
You and / may not agree with
him on the Court Plan; we may
oppose the wage and hour bin and
a lot Of other administration meas
ures but you and | are not the
peoples Most Of them don't know
anything about the Supreme Court
and care less: they have never
read the wage and hour bin and
wouldn't know what it was all
about IL they did But they savvy
WPA and Social Security and
while they feel it amt enough.
they're not gonna let go the guy
that gave 'em what they're get
tin.
While q few folks may get ex-
cited about Mr.. Justice Black and
the Ku Klux Khan the proposition
Of politicians belnngin' to the
Kan isn't any more startling news
to the average citizen than DOG
Bites Man" OF course. it may be