Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-14
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House, would be its chairman.
OF these 10 men Of long service
in Congress, nine of them. in
GLIDING Senator Glass, are DEM
ocrats. All nine are from the
South or Southwest except, Rep
resentative SABBATH. 1t is tradi-
tional that the States of the
Solid South keep their Represent
atives in Congress many years.
Because Of the seniority rule,
which gives preference in the
matter Of committee assignments
to those Of long service, when the
Democrats are in control of the
Congress most of the committee
chairmanships 60 to the South.
The Speaker of the House is
from Texas and the Democratic
leader Of the Senate is a Ken
tuckian. The majority leader
ship Of the House, however, Is
held by Representative McCor-
mack of Massachusetts,, the first
time that honor has gone to any
one outside Of the South since
the days OF the late Speaker
Rainey Of Illinois, who was ma
jority leader before becoming
Speaker.
Senator Glass, veteran of many
a fiery battle in both House and
Senate, has q longer record of
Congressional service than any
one now in Congress-, a record
that has been surpassed by few
IN number of years and by none
In achievement. He now is in
his 86th year, his birthday was
January 4.
He entered the House in 1901,
almost A years ago. On Deem
Der 10, 1918, he resigned to be-
come Secretary of the Treasury
IN the cabinet of the late Presi-
dent Wilson. He resigned this
office and on February 2, 1920 be-
came Senator on appointment by
the Governor of Virginia. He has
been elected to that office on i've
occasions since, the most recent
being November 3, 1912.
The Virginia Senator is a rec
ognized authority on banking.
He was the father of the Federal
Reserve Law, having charge OF
that measure when it was before
the House, as chairman OF the
House banking and currency
committee. During the last Con-
gress he was president pro
tempore of the Senate, and it is
expected he will be reelected to
that office in the new Congress.
He Is chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
One member Of the House,
Representative Vinson of Geor-
gia, began his service in the
SD Congress as did Speaker
Rayburn and Representatives
Summers and Treadway. But
he did not enter the House until
November 3, 1914, when he was
elected to fill a vacancy. Mr..
Vinson is chairman of the House
Naval Affairs Committee.
Women in Congress.
No woman has yet served 30
years in Congress, although two
are now serving their tenth con-
secutive terms in the House.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton Of New
Jersey, Democrat, and Mrs. Edith
Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts,.
Republican. Mrs. Norton reached
Congress three months ahead of
Mrs. Rogers. who was elected to
I'LL q vacancy caused by the
death Of her husband, the late
Representative John Jacob RoR-
ers. Mrs. Norton is chairman of
the House Committee on Labor.
Mrs. Rogers Is q member Of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee, the Civil Service Commit
tee and the Committee on World
War Veterans Legislation.
The Senate's sole woman
member, Mrs. Hattie w. Cara
way Of Arkansas, a Democrat.
has served in that body since
November Is. 1881, q matter Of
more than II years.
Eleven Senators and "a Rep
resentatives are starting out on
long or short terms of service
IN Congress, depending on the
personal records they may make
and on the swing Of the political
pendulum. This Is a total of
lob new members of the new
Congress. How much continue
Gus service can they build up?