The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-31
Bruce Barton Will Never Be Known As
 'The Congressman Nobody Knows"
By WILLIS THORNTON NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service stan correspondent
 Washington, Jan. 31.-There is no danger of Bruce Barton becoming "the congressman nobody knows"
 Barton has begun his campaign to be known as "the great re- pealer" with four targets which are by no means the dead pigeons" he has been accused of shooting in his repeal campaign.
 Insisting that it was repeal a law 8 week" rather than one day which he set up as his objective, Barton has already introduced bills proposing the repeal of:
 l. The emergency provisions of the Banking Act of 1883 giv- ing the president power to close banks i'm case of war or emer- gency. What IS an emergency, anyway" asks Barton. "There isn't any now, and we ought to retract this power"
 2. The War Finance Corpora ton, liquidation of which is still dragging on, though liquidation was begun in 1924.
 3. The Commodity Credit Corpo- ration. "All organizations that are lending dough to the farmers ought to be put together" believes Barton.
 4. The greenback imitation amendment tackled to the orig inal AAA bill. While the presi- dent hasn't used this power to issue $3,0OO, 100000 of greenback money, we ought to remove the temptation" thinks Barton.
 Shirtsleeved in his office, Barton isn't kidding hsmself about the chances of actually getting one law repealed each week.
 T drop the bills in the box, they go to some committee, and nobody pays any attention" he says.
 But that's not quite accurate. The greenback amendment and banking act repealers are getting considerable attention, and may even be brought out on the floor.
 Too Many Laws
 Barton is perfectly serious about the general repealer idea. My campaign" he says, "is aimed at trimming away excess dead wood. I know how hard it is, even in a business organization which is run strictly for profit, to cut down on jobs, and on functions that no longer have any real use. It's even harder in government. But I've tried to focus attention on the problem nationally, because it exists in state and local govern mentS also"
 There are too many laws, any, way, Barton believes. Why every citizen breaks some law every day! It reduces respect for all law"
 Barton has been agreeably sur prised by what he finds to be the high quality and sincerity of his new associates in congress. Those old and easy jokes about how all congressman are half-witS aren't funny to me any more" he says "They not only aren't true, but think the misrepresentation in them is a distinct disservice to the country"
 Security for Congressmen
 Barton is not certain whether his long course as an author, journalist, and advertising man is going to lead to a permanent po- litical career. He will run for the full term this fall, because he. feels an obligation to the Repub- lican party, having run success fully to fill out the term of the late Representative Peyser. But he thinks there ought to be some sort of social security plan set up for congressman.
 So many fine young men come down here, and serve 10 years and more. Then they lose one election, and have to begin a private career at time in life when that is hard to do. That's the great tragedy of Congress"
 Barton thinks one remedy would be to cut the size of the House in half, and pay half as many mem- bers twice as much salary. Then they could save up for their old age.
 To congressional newcomer like Barton, other changes beside re- pealing laws occur. For instance: "The whole business of ploitics has fallen behind the progress of the country in other lines. The long time that elapses between nomina- Hons ,Nd elections isn't pea red tn