Evening star., 1943-06-27
CopitoI SideIiehts
By VIII P. Kennedy.

The Dove Of Peace is a shy and yet a
wild bird. When 1t has come home to
roost, after the American Eagle has led
the American birdmen to q complete
victory in the global skies. it will have
passed an extensive and intensive scrut-
my. Thirty-five measures have been in
troduced in cCongress-26 in the House
and 8 in the Senate-creating special
committees to investigate postwar prob
lerns, relating to postwar planning,
methods of maintaining peace, postwar
economic policy. postwar reconstruction.
1t is natural to suppose that this en-
tire subject-"After the war, what2"-
should be considered intensively by q
single committee. But-not so in either
the House or Senate. There has been q
surprisingly wide distribution to four
committees in the House and four in the
Senate. Especially surprising Is the fact
that the House Rules Committee-the
policy and program committee-should
have the largest number referred to 1t,
exactly one-haf of the House measures.
The Foreign Affairs Committee comes
second-to study eight of these pro-
posals; while four go to the Ways and
Means Committee, and one to Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce. In the
Senate two each go to Finance, Educa-.
ton and Labor and Foreign Relations,
and one to Military Affairs.
In the House IL of the 26 measures
were introduced by Democrats, IL by Re-
publicans and one by Farmer -Laborite.
In the Senate eight measures were in
troduced, but of these one was intro
duced by four sponsors (Senators Ball,
Hill, Burton and Hatch), so there the
score stands 9 by Democrats and by
Republicans. This calendar of after
the war" measures was compiled and
printed for the use of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs by Chairman Sol Bloom
and Boyd Crawford, clerk.
A* x*
Three members of the United States
Senate have been Governors of their
States and served in both Houses of
Congress. They are: Senator Charles
w. Tobey, Republican, of New Hampshire,
who also was In both branches of the
State Legislature, serving as Speaker of
the House and President of the Senate,
then Governor Q929-30), next served
six years in the national House of Rep
resentatives and elected to the Senate
In 1888 for the term ending 1945; Sen
ator Ralph o. Brewster, Republican, Of
Maine, who also served in both branches
of the State Legislature; was Governor
Q925-1929), in the national House 1884
194O, and Senator for the term ending
January 8, 1947; Senator James G,
Scrugham. Democrat. of Nevada, Gov
ernor 1923-192D. The last named had
previously been State engineer l919-
1929 after having served in the World
War. He was 10 years in the national
House Of Representatives and was elect
ed to the United States Senate Novem-
ber 3. 1912. to fill the unexpired term
of the late Senator Key Pittman, ending
January 8, 1947.
There is at least one House member
with a similar record-Representat
Cameron Morrison, Democrat of North
Carolina). He was Governor Cl921-1925):
appointed United States Senator in 1880
by Gov. o. Max Gardner. to succeed SEN
ator Lee s. Overman.r He was elected to
the present Congress on November 3,
1943.
F* 4
The father of Representative William
II. Stevenson, Republican, of Wisconsin,
Maj. John Stevenson, was an Indian
scout and a close associate of Gen.
Charles King, and an associate and
friend Of Buffalo Bill" Cody. The Con-
gresham peddled papers. cut cordwood
with bucksaw to put himself through
grammar school. Then he taught school
to earn his way through college and law
school.