Evening star., 1937-11-14

of supervising Improvements made sil
August, went home last night satisfied
that everything necessary had been
done. despite a series of strikes that
delayed the work for weeks
All day yesterday an army of clean
ers put the finishing touches on the
various rooms throughout the build
ing Vacuum cleaners hummed over
the carpeted floor in the Senate cham
were given high polish. and pro-
tective netting was removed from the
huge crystal chandeliers in the Office
of Speaker Bankhead.
Study New Members Photographs.
At the same time the men who
guard the entrances to the House and
Senate chambers made serious study
of the photographs of six new men,
bers, just SO there won't be any cases
of mistaken identity. The Senate will
have only one of these new members
John E. Miller, Democrat, of Arkansas.
who will fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Senator Joseph 1. Robin
son, majority ledOer.
House doormen. however, had to
familiariZe themselves with the faces
of five new members-Representatives-
elect Bruce Barton, Ralph A. Gamble
and Lewis K Rockefeller. all Republi-
cans from New York; Dave E. Satter-
field. Democrat. of Virginia. and
Laurence W. Connery, Democrat, of
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Barton, celebrated advertising
impresario, was elected to the House as
Representative of New York's so-called
"silk-stocking" district, replacing the
late Representative Peyser, Democrat.
Mr.. Rockefeller comes to Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Representative Goodwin. Democrat.
Mr.. Gamble takes the seat deserted by
Representative Millard, who resigned
to become surrogate in New York's
wealthy Westchester County. Mr.. Sat-
terf1eld replaces the late Representa-
tive Montague, Democrat, of Virginia,
and Mr. Connery takes the place of
his brother, the late Representative
Wuildu r. OOuneIy, u.
House Short of Complement.
All of the new members-elect will
take the oath of Office as soon as Con-
greSs conveneS, but the House men,
bership will still be four short of its
full 435 complement. Arkansas has
two Of these seats to fill-one left va
cant by the death of Representative
Hill and the other by the advancement
of Mr.. Miller to the Senate. The other
untitled seats are those of former Rep
resentatives Kloeb, Democrat, of Ohio
and Higgins, Democrat, of Massachu-
setts, who resigned to take positions in
the Judiciary.
Where Is the gymnasium" was the
immediate query of Representative
Barton yesterday when he entered the
Office assigned to him on Capitol Hill
Thus Mr.. Barton. who campaigned
on a slogan of repeal law a day.
seemed to indicate the method by
which he will keep fit for his strenu-
Gus program.
Il understand a new member has
nothing but time" he said, 80 !
ought to keep in condition. But ]
want it understood have taken the
veil. What I am down here for has
nothing to do with making speeches
or getting my name in the papers
The people hired me to work, not
to talk, and this is the only public
statement I am going to make until
have done some work in the House.
Questioned further about the pres
ent status of his "repeal-a-law-a-day'
program, Mr.. Barton grinned and
said:
Democrats Stealing Stuff"
1.-THE Democrats are going to at
tend to this for me. They are steal
ing my stuff / read in the papers
that they are going to repeal bad
laws, beginning with the undistributed
profits tax, which is certainly one
Of the worst; that they are going to
quit nagging industry and begin to
encourage 1t, and that they are pro-
posing a housing program in CO.
operation with labor and private capt.
tai and business management. These
are the proposals which I made in
my campaign. For the sake Of the
country, it is to be hoped that the
Democrats, in adopting them, have
not delayed too long. When they get
through repeating all the bad laws
they can think of, will have others
to suggest"
Just as the Capitol hummed with
activity in preparation for the return
Of Congress, 20 did the Senate and