The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-30

wit go again, beginning this column
to give you my impressions of
what is going on in the new Con-
gress. Doubtless most of you rea-
lie that the make up of the new
Congress isn't precisely what many
Of us would desire, since we Demo-
Gratis lost control of both the House
and the Senate in the last cleo
ton.
But, after all, there are probably
enough of us to hold the lines fair
| ~ we'll and to exercise some infu-
ence in connection with approach
ing legislation.
Office Setup
But before l go further, let me
again tell you something about my
office setup.
| Jesse Helms is my Administra-
tive Assistant. He keeps up with
Legislation and assists me in many
ways in the legislative work that
| am called upon to perform. Many
times he will be able to answer
questions and make suggestions
with respect to matters in which
you are interested without delay,
# he is contacted here in the Of
flee either by mail or telephone.
Sometimes | am tied up for hours,
and occasionally days, on some
hearing that keeps me out of the
office for considerable stretches at
a time.
John X. Slear, who for so many
years was with Congressman Bull
Wrinkle, Jones, Doughton and Nor
rison, is Secretary in the office and
is always ready to make contacts
with various government offices in
an effort to ascertain information.
Don't hesitate to call on him as
and when his services may be need
ed.
We have an excellent staff of
young ladies in the office who are
likewise anxious to be Of the most
service that they can to the people
Of North Carolina.
Recently, Mrs. Helen Ross of
Newton, who has been connected
with my office from the beginning,
has returned to her home and tax
en- a position with the Hickory
Daily Record, resuming her long
time journalistic career. She has
been a most valuable adjunct to
this office and everyone regrets
very much to see Helen leave
Washington. But the urge Of her
newspaper instinct was just too
great for her to resist the new po-
sition that was offered her. Ger
tainly, The Hickory Daily Record
has the congratulations of every
one of us here in the office on Sc
curing the services of Mrs. Ross.
Furthermore, she has been a
staunch and true Democrat who
had a keen insight into many Of
the problems constantly arising in
Washington. We shall miss her
very much.
We have recently taken into the
office Miss Doris Covington of
Asheboro. She had been in Wash
ington for quite awhile, first with
Burlington Mills in a secretarial
capacity, and later with Armistead
Sapp, counsel for our Alien Prop
erty Committee. We feel that we
have secured an aifable young lady
who knows enough about Washing
ton to be of great assistance to
those who come to the office. Miss
/ Covington had the endorsement of
many Democrats of her own home
section of Randolph County.
! Senate Rules
/ We had quite a battle at the be-
ginning of the session about the
rules. Some of the radical element
contended that the Senate didn't
have any rules because, they said,
the old rules died with the expira-
ton of the last session of Con-
gress.
That was contended in face of
the fact that there is always a
calTy-over of two-thirds of the
Senate, and, also, in face of the
fact that the Senate had been rec
ognized as a continuing body, diff
terent from the House whose mem
Eers are elected every two years.
Senator Russell of Georgia led
the first against changing the
rules. Leading the opposing forces
was Senator Anderson of New
Mexico, who was aided by Sena-
tors Humphrey, Lehman and 9TH
ers. Senator Taft, the Majority
Leader, and many other leading
Republicans agreed with Senator
Russell that the Senate was a con-
tinuing body and the attack of the
more radical element was beat back