Evening star., 1951-10-21

sides of the aisle who have scanda.
lously abused the privilege of free
speech. not only to the distraction
and distress but actually to the
humiliation of many of the seri-
ous-minded, thinking members Of
this body. and. / think. to the
humiliation of the United States
and they have caused great injury
to the reputation of the Senate
There are some Senators who have
used as many as 191 pages of tht
Record in making speeches. THAI
is the highest number, and thai
FSenator inserted 127 pages of ex.
cerpts from other documents. Tha
was on the other side of the aisle
But. believe me, on the Demo.
cratic side the vocal organs hav.
had no rest, either. Some of tht
greatest economists who have Gu
five per cent from appropriation!
have, by their speeches, cost u.
more than would have been savet
had they got all their amendment
through.
S85 To Print One Page.
Mr.. President. it costs $85 :
page to print the Congressional
Record. Approximately 20 Sen.
Iators have consumed less than ter
pages in the Record since tht
third of last January. More thar
half Of the remainder have con.
sumed fewer than twenty pages
Approximately 20 members oi
this body have consumed about
two-thirds of all the pages in the
Congressional Record and have
laid this burden on the backs OF
the taxpayers without a scintills
OF justification. 1t has cost the
taxpayers S6.732 to print these
pages. and the total cost of print
ing this monumental work of ver-
bosity. up until last night, was
$646.272. Do Senators believe any.
body would buy it? If we divided
it by 100000. it would amount tt
something over Sc. We could moi
get the best auctioneer in Wash.
ington to sell the whole mess fol
$6, much less $646.272.
Men Full of Words.
Again I say, with suffering Job
should men full of words be justi
fled? The answer is. no, the,
should not. If the Senate has
worked Instead Of talked. and hae
stuck to the text from the 3rd O.
last January for the next 81,
months. we coud have redeemed
every Democratic and every Re.
publican platform pledge con.
tanned in the documents adopted
in the respective parties in 1948
AS 1t is. we are going away. bott
Democrats and Republicans, with
the platform pledges in repudia.
ton. Why? This Power Of Babe
is the answer. We have talked
ourselves to death.
We have wasted our energy te
blowing hot air here from morn
ing to night. day in and day out
and the Record will show that Il
we had worked one-tenth as hare
as we thought we had. we coulo
have had home rule for the Dis
trict of Columbia. for instance
we could have had a real price
control law instead of a fraud fol-
the people Of the United States
during these perilous times. We
could have done everything thai
has been done here that was worth
doing in two months.
Another Harvest Ended.
Here it is, instead, with oul
once more having violated the Law
which prescribed we should gel
away from here on the 31st oi
july, and we waited until the
summer passed and another har-
vest has ended and the autumn
days have nearly flown away, ane
now November's cold and sterile
blast is just around the corner
and still we are lettering here
trying to finish up the business
not half that we promised in oul
platform to do.
Mr.. President. I do not empha
size the guilt Of either party ir
this matter of loquacity and yer.
bosity.
Mr.. President, I desire to cal
a little further attention to tn.
comparison Of the number O.
words used in the Holy Bible, ii
Gods law, all that He ever CAV,
for the direction of the Who'll.
world to the end of time. and tn,
number used in this Tower o.
Babel.
/ Offers A Free Hat.
The total number of words IL
the Holy Bible is 1852. I wish
some Senator would guess withir
a million how many words ther,
are embalmed in these volumes
which will never be read by an,
one, that is. no one who does no
want to be sent to an insan,
asylum. In the Senate bible
which tells us about the wisdom
of Senators, there are not whai
the Almighty used 1852 words
I will buy the best hat in Wash,
ington for any Senator who will
guess within two million tn,
number of words Senators hav.
used here in debate since thu
third day of last January.
dare any one, any Senator, tt
rise and make his guess, that is
any one who has not heard the
number given earlier in the day
My Christian friends, we have
used 11,780.000 words. In what
In Senatorial verbosity.
/ Mr.. President, in the Holy Bibl,
there are $3.50, ,480 letters. I will
give two hats to any Senator WHIT
will guess within five million o.
the number Of letters there ar.
embalmed in these Is volumes o1