The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22
Seventy Fifth
 Congress Just Another Herd Of
 Rubber Stamp Through The Hoop Jumpers After All

Washington, June p The Sev- enty-fifth Congress marched into It's recent flve-month session like a lion and crept out like tame pussy. Hailed generally by conservatives in winter and early spring as a band of heroes valiantly bulwarking American institutions against White House ambitions toward dictator ship, the boys went home amid cat- calls and misses from the same con- servatives-who now insist that they turned out to be just herd of rubber-stamping. through-the-h hoop jumpers after all.
 Looking backward, these seem to be the sessions high spots: BIGGEST
 SURPRISE
 This certainly was President Roosevelt's recovery of power on Capitol Hill late in the session after Congress previously had killed his Supreme Court plan, buried his wage-hour bill, routed him on the tax front and wrecked his reorgan- ization program. New Deal primary victories in Alabama, Florida and Oregon, plus realization; thnt Roosevelt wasn't slipping as much in popu- lar strength as his enemies had hoped and knowledge that the administration sought reprisals against anti-New Deal members up for re-nomination, appear to have contributed to the charge.
 Final administration victories on wages and hours, recovery relief act under unrestricted White House control and monopoly in- vestigation which will be directed by Roosevelt rather than Congress those were the chief demonstrations that previously anti-New Deal Congress had changed its spots. OUTSTANDING
 PERSONALITIES
 e-President John Garner, who opposes spending and wants to wield power in nominating the Democratic candidate of l940, be- came the head of nucleus of con- servative senators who hope to end control of the party by New Dealers.
 Senator Pat Harrison as chair man of the Senate Finance Com mittee killed virtually the last vestige of New Deal tax schemes directed at s0cial-ecOnomic con- trOl.
 Chairman JOhI J. O'Connor of the House Rules Committee led the anti-reorganization bill fight and received full credit for its death.
 Senator Burton K. Wheeler star red as the most effective opponent of the New Deal in the upper House. Congressman Maury Maverick star red in the House by blasting to death the May bill which would have set up military economic dictatorship upon declaration of war.
 BIGGEST
 FLOPS
 The administrations third bas- ket' tax proposal, aimed at closely held and "one-family' corporations as a partial substitute for the doomed surplus profits tax and smothered out of hand by the House.
 The loudly ballyhooed effort of conservative Democrats to earmark the recovery-relief billions.
 Senator Ed Burke's one-man cam paign against the National Labor Relations Board, which fizZled out when Burke came face to face with Chairman Warren Madden and other NLRB officials at a commit tee hearing.
 LONGEST
 SPEECH
 The i-lynching bill filibuster harangue of Senator Allen J. El- lender of Louisiana. This lasted 40 hours and spread over II days, Ave of which were in succession. One day Ellender spoke eight hours. BIGGEST
 LAUGH
 This was enjoyed by the House when Maverick of Texas was charg- ed by Hermann of Texas with vio- lating rules by naming a Senate number in colloquy over the Iowa primary. Ostentatiously avoiding mention of Gillette's name, Maver- ick then referred to "a certain corp oration lawyer" in uncomplimentary terms. Hermann objected to criti- cisem of his friend Gillette.
 While he has not named the man, he has described him so &C., curateIy that anyone would rec Ognize him" he began. The House rOared.
 Honorable mention goes to the unidentified man in the House gallery who probably the first time 1t had been done In history answered congressman back.
 Art is free! You can't regi- ment art and literature" beloved Siravich of New York.
 "Why cant you" beloved the man in the gallery, who was promp- tly tossed out amid laughter and applause.