The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-05

issues of the Congressional at a cost of $55 a page to tn
 Running from 100 to 250 pages, each issue of the Record is filled with every conceivable variety of literary output, from homespun poetry to fancy flights of cam paign oratory. Following are few post-session samples:
 By Representative J. Buell. Snyder of Pennsylvania, a touch- ing homily entitled "The Honey bee Versus Democracy" in which the busy little bee is described as the personification of true democ- racy.
 By Senator William King of Utah, an eleven-page speech bearing this remarkable title, Speech of Hon. William H. King of Utah, in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, June 18th" A careful check of the stenographic records of the Sen- ate on that day reveals no address by King.
 By Representative Alfred N. Phillips, Jr, of Connecticut, a tWo-page punch-by-punch report on his Legislative activities" with such exciting items, as Jan. ', 1938, cited sinking of Panay by Japan as a serious incident; Jan. II, 1888, inserted in Record and excellent article on flood control by Cong. Citron of Conn.,; May 6, 1898, 40-second address reiter- ating my opposition to the expor- tation of helium to Ger many"
 By Senator Rush Holt of West Virginia, fifteen pages of denun- ciation of the Democratic Ma tional Committee for selling 1886 campaign books to corporations and business men.
 By Representative John Rankin of Mississippi diatribe against lard and an effusive boost for cottonseed oil, with a poem which concludes:
 And as I fingered OCT the love-
 
 ly sight,
 The summer breeze that cooled
 that southern scene
 Whispered. Behold the source
 of cottolene'."
 NOTE-"Cottolene" is the trade name of cottonseed oil prepara- tion.
 Getting Fat
 Wispy Senator Arthur Capper was greeted by a feminine friend with the exclamation, Why, Senator, do believe you are get ting fat. It's very becoming though; never saw you look better"
 ''Yes," replied the veteran It, tie Kansan, "I believe | am getting fat. I've gained a pound and 8 half and most of it has gone to my face."
 NOTE-Seyenty-three years old and extremely active, Capper weighs 128 pounds.
 U. s. Salesmen
 
 The Brazilians had always heard the Yankees were great statesmen, but when their four masted barkentine pulled up at the Washington Navy Yard last week, they found 1t out for them selves.
 It was shipload of Brazilian sailors on training cruise. Their approach was heralded with all the pomp and protocol in which the navies of the world take pride. The Brazilian ship fired a 21-gun national salute, then a 13-gun salute for the Comman- dant of the Navy Yard. The salut- ing battery of the Navy Yard answered gun for gun.
 Swarthy Brazilian sailors, dressed in whites, stood at atten- tion at the rail, while their marine band played the national anthems of the two countries. and blue and-yellow planes of the U. s. Navy zooned overhead.
 It was an occasion for surging emotion and noble thoughts about the unbreakable friendship be- tween the United States and Brazil.
 Then the gang plank was swung across, and two white ducked U. s. Navy officers pre- pared to make the boarding call with swords clanking at their sides. Immediately behind them came men in civilian clothes carrying sample cases. They were radio statesmen. scurrying aboard to sell American radios to the sailors.
 The sailors were a willing mar ket; they can take radios ashore in Rio without paying customs duty. Also, they had just been paid off in U. s. dollars. POurin' It On
 Representative Claude Fuller of Arkansas is up against modernism