Evening star., 1955-01-09
AcNomoro Begins Senate Job
With Humility but Not Fear
Michigan Lowmuker
Awed Only by People
Who Sent Him Here

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/ Awed Only BY People
!: Who Sent Him Here
!; BY Mary McGrcry
How does Q new Senator feel
about being . member Of the
worlds greatest deliberative
body?
Ask freshman Patrick v. Nc
Namara, Democrat. Of Michigan.
and you get q straight answer.
The United States Senate re-
minds him Of the common coun-
Dbl Of Detroit. This is Q nine-mafl
Hoard Of which he was 9 one
term member.
The Senate is bigger Of course
1deeper water--but 1t faces the
same problems that the common
council had before 1t, says Mr..
McNamara eduably.
/: Big, Relaxed Man.
IA big. relaxed man. gray
Haired, with q grin that deepens
as it goes on, Senator Nc
Mamara was q surprise victor
DYER veteran @. o. p. Senator
Homer Ferguson. Sitting In his
brand new office. which Is filed
With flowers but still bare Of
books and pictures, he was talk
ing TO a reporter poised to record
sentiments Of awe at the power
dnd the glory Of being q United
States Senator.
!: They never caans.
The reporter indicated the
flowers around.
did you get those In Detroit.
tDo7"
"oh, sure, even more"
ibid you get such . rushf"
cAnother reporter and . photog-
rapher were waiting In the ante
rDom1
ooh, yes, the same thing. OF
course we had only three papers
In Detroit. But the reporters
came around.
Was there anything surprising
about the Senate?
mo, no surprises yet" said the
Senator. Everything is pretty
much as ] expected II"
Well, then, what about the
business Of being q member Of
the most exclusive gentlemen's
club in the world the courtesy
and an?
"Oh, we had that on the COM
mon council" said Senator Nc
Namara. I'VE always treated
each other with marked respect"
Had Senator Mcnamara been
drawn into the Washington party
circuit YETI
No and he didn't intend to be.
Won't Change Way Of Living.
I'VE don't intend to change
our way Of living at ALL" he
said. II never could see stand
ing around with o lot Of people
have nothing in common with.
holding . glass Of liquor in my
hand"
Then the telephone rang. It
was an invitation to o cocktail
party for another Senator. SEN
ator McNamara accepted.
Senator Mcnamara has q lot
Of ideas about what the Federal
Government should do about
aiding education. How does ne
hope to win other Senators
around to his point of view
when the time comes?
II expect To use the sales APP
proach he said. Al self-edu-
Gated pipe litter who became .
high4paid sales executive while
retaining presidency Of his pipe
fltterss local. he says he's had
O lot 81 experience in mot ruff
fling people, He expects It to
stand him in good stead in the
Senate.
'I'M tell you what the Senate's
like" said this native Of Wey-
mouth, Mass. Its like a New
England town meeting. Every
one has an equal right to stand
up and be heard. Now ] think
you have to get lot Cf people
interested In something you're
interested in. Say want to get
a road paved. ! talk to the man
up the block or the guy next
dooH and try to sch them the
ideas and then we go in on it
together. II they're not interest,"
ed then there isn't much hope.
Is there?"
The reporter tried once again.
Was there anything impress
sive about the party caucus the
Democrats held last week?
Nothing Impressive.
"No, nothing" said the unim-
pressionable gentleman from
Michigan. I'VE knew who was
going to be elected. It was q
routine. cut-and-d dried affair"
Senator Mcnamara Is still
thinking about the people back
home who sent him here.
That's really humbling." he
ventured. "You can say I ap-
proach this iob--I lost $500 q
year to take 1t. you know with
humidity. Humility. without fear.
you could say
And you could say that again
about the new Senator from
Michigan.
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