Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25

ed, personal calls from Blue Hens
visiting in Washington, floor de-
bate, telephone and personal con-
tact with the dozens of Govern
ment departments and Bureaus
which this writer likes to call the
"marbled maze of Federal bureau
cracy."
All of these chores" take time.
especially of a Congressman who
has sincerely dedicated himself to
whole-hearted, nOnpartisan service
to his constituency. Just how much
time it takes may be accurately
gauged by WarburtOn's Office hours
from 300 a. m. to 200 a. m. the
following morning!
The Immediately fOregoing
sounds like a gross exaggeration.
but this writer, recently requested
an appointment with Delaware's
sole Congressman. Imagine his
surprise when Mr.. Warburton sug-
gested one o'clock the following
morning.
Apologizing for the unreasonable
hour, the Congressman explained.
That is the first open time 7
have this week. l know it sounds
fantastic, but we are here until
about two every morning, except
when l am in Delaware. so come
right along and we-my staff and
will try to give you the infor-
nation you seek"
Believe it or not (Borrowing
from Ripley, the CONGRESSMAN was
there. So were the three members
OF his staff. After a hospitable Gun
OF coffee, we got to the business
IN hand, and satisfactorily. Com
pleteness of the information OBJ
tanned more than compensated for
the inconvenience of the hour Anv
Blue Hen in Washington during
the coming week who fails to find
WarburtOn in his office at mid
night, or an hour or so later. can
call upon this writer for a couple
Oh tickets to the best show i'm town.
1t was this nocturnal visit
which prompted the writer TO dig
around and learn something more
about this Congressman who sticks
TO his job II hours a day. What he /
learned prompted this salute. That
II Is an honest tribute, free of mar
tlsanship, is borne out by the fact
thaI the writer is George Crack !
er and a lifelong Democrat.
one could fill several columns
about this dynamic young 210- |
FOUNDER who measures six feet /
two inches and strides along at
about six miles an hour. vet never /
seems hurried. He has missed few
House roll calls, and has consis-
Iently supported Ike's program. diff
fering with him on only one or two \
minor issues.
WarDurton's energy and lOyaltvllI
nave attracted White House atten-
tlon to the extent that the Presi-
1ent has, on occasion, referred tn n
MN as "one of the Republican ram
rods on Capital Hill. Ramrod, for
Inc INITIATED, is military lingo for
man who stands erect for the
he knows to be right
ana will play the game straight
Tor those principles.
Despite his Congressional tasks
and although childless himself,
"arburton takes a great interest
n teen ayers. He is the idol of the
Congressional pages, those lads
ranging from IA to 18 years of age
Who act as floor messengers in the
House of Representatives. So high
y do these youngsters regard the
Blue Hen" that recently he was
ne unanimous choice of the Capi-
ol Page School to address them on
service, leadership, character and
'cholarship" Incidentally. the hon
II is not to be taken lightly-onlv
'nce before, since the school was
organized some 20 odd years ago.
lave the boys asked a Congressman
o speak to them on any subject
outh has the uncanny knack of
distinguishing between the real and
he phOny.