The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22


three months, beating the bushes
mending the fences, getting tneir
grounded ears full OF grass 'roots
and dirt. BY any law OF averages
the congressman should have re-
turned to the capitol full OF pep,
vinegar and beans, bursting with
information on the state Of the ma
ton and rarin' to right the coun-
try's wrongs. Yet perusal OF the
columns of the Congressional Rec
ord or an actual watch on the pro-
ceedings themselves was bitter
disappointment II not complete
letdown. The stuff just wasn't tnere'
RECORD RESOLUTIONS
Digging through the Record IN an
effort to find what might be on the
minds of the people back home, you
come on these sorry disclosures:
Presentation Of resolutions passed
by the Wisconsin State Legislature
calling for, among other things, q
constitutional amendment limiting
tax rates to IS per cent maximum.
Resolutions from Kansas live
stock convention objecting to any
efforts to get people to eat less
meat. tt
Resolutions from southern rice
growers that they need more labor
Resolutions from northwest farm.
ers that they need more boxcars.
Requests from New England sem
ators for an investigation OF the
coal situation.
A home front speech by Senator
Alexander Wiley of Chippewa Falls,
Wis, principally objecting to the
fact that the federal government
has more employees in the various
states than do the state and local
governments combined.
The principal business Of the Sen
ate was, Of course, preliminary de-
bate on the draft Of fathers, q good
"politica" issue II there ever was
one.
The performance on the House
side was even sorrier, highlighted by
contributions such as these:
A one minute speech by the Hon
orable Eugene ]. Keough entitled,
"TreeS Do Grow In Brooklyn"
A one mintue speech by the Hon
orable Bertrand w. Gearhart Of
Fresno, Calf, which was recital
of a 12-line poem in which st.
Peter admitted a man to heaven
after he'd been through hell making
out his income tax form.
AID INFINITUM
Various one-minute speeches OBJ
jecting to the draft Of fathers and
reprinting Of newspaper articles on
that subject which the members
should have seen anyhow, II they
read the papers at all.
A one-minute speech by william
p. Lambertson Of Fairview, Kan,
objecting to OPA price rollbacks to
reduce the cost Of living.
An account by the Honorable
Homer D. Angel Of Portland, Ore,
on his trip. over the Alcan highway.
A l0-minute speech by the Hon
orable John E. Rankin, Of Tupelo,
Miss, bawling out newspaper col
umnist for criticizing Secretary Of
State Cordell Hull.
When you get back into the APP
pendix Of the Record, the going Is
even worse. What do you get?
Reprints Of the G. o. P. declara-
tons Of Mackinac, which were in
all the papers week ago. Reprint
of a speech broadcast only July 8
by the Honorable Walter @. Ploes-
ser of st. Louis, Mo-, about meat.
Reprints Of speeches by Roosevelt,
Hull, Taft, Burton and many others
all through the 90-day recess, all Of
which were aired over the radio and
reported in the papers. And then
there's a masterpiece by the Honor
able Dr. (of veterinary surgery
George W. Gillie of Fort Wayne,
Ind, on Keeping Livestock
Healthy" He'd probably send you a
copy If you dropped him card.
But is this the state of the ma
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