Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Brown Of Ohio Raps
Use Of Lame Ducks in
Government Agencies
Representative Attacks
Price Administrator as
Foremost Gunder'


Price Administrator Brown yester-
day was called the chief gander
among lame ducks by a Republican
member of the House who demanded
that Congress outlaw appointment
Of its defeated members to Federal
Jobs until two years after their terms
expire.
Representative Clarence J. Brown
OF Ohio, no relative of the price adj
mnlstrator, said such appointments
are undemocratic and American.
Informed by a reporter, after
consultation with a dictionary.
that male duck is a drake and
the male goose is a gander the
Representative said: Geese and
ducks belong to the same family.
and gander sounds better: be-
sides I claim poetic license to say
gander'D
"FlotSam and Jetsam."
Representative Brown told the
House some persons, kindly in their
thinking, describe defeated Senators
and Representatives as battle-scar-
red warriors entitled to a haven of
rest and security, but others, more
cynical in their outlook. insist lame
ducks are simply the f1otsam and
JetSam washed up on the shores of
political seas after the heavy and
fearful storms of election days have
spent their fury"
Saying that bill of which he is
the author would prohibit appoint
mentS of defeated members to any
Federal position other than Supreme
Court or the cabinet within two
years after termination of their leg
lSlative service. Mr., Brown declared
the lame duck practice had grown
and flourished throughout the his
tory Of the country, regardless Of
which political party was III power
Il insist" Mr.. Brown said, that
when the people speak through the
majesty and the authority of the
ballot and say they no longer want
man to serve them in public Office.
then that gentleman should grace
fully retire from the field"
Mr.. Brown named numerous for
mer members of Congress holding
Federal assignments, and said:
Lame Duck No. 1.-The chief gam
der of the present flock resulting
from the horrible day of November
3. 1942-is Prentiss Brown of Mich
igan, former Senator from that
great State. Prentiss Brown-no
relation to me-is the head man
down at the Office of Price Admin
istration, having been appointed by
the President early in January to
take the place Of that gone but not
forgotten stormy petrol and leading
prepayment of bureaucratic control
end RECOMMENDATION, boisterous, blum
dering Leon Henderson"
Many Others Cited.
Among others mentioned by Mr.
Brown were former Senator Doxey
of Mississippi. now sergeant at arms
of the Senate: former Representa-
tive Eliot Of Massachusetts,, chief of
the British Division in the Office of
War Information; former Repre-
sentative Patrick of Alabama, ap-
pointed to a War Production Board
position; former Senator Lee of Ok
lahoma, now member of the Civil
Aeronautics Board; former Senator
Schwartz of Wyoming, on the Ma
tional Mediation Board; former
Representative McKeough of ILL.,
nois, new Chicago regional OPA di-
rector; former Representative Nc
Laughlin of Nebraska, member of
the AmericanMeXican Claims Com
mission: former Representative
Barnes of Illinois, administrative as
sistant to the President; former Rep
resentative Davis of Ohio, civilian
aide and assistant to the Undersec-
Rotary of the Navy, and former Rep
resentative Houston of Kansas,
member of the National Labor Rela-
tons Board.