Diario las Américas., 1958-03-16

passed out last week by Congress
man sgd Herlong in honor of his
third granchild, James Harry May
field, Jr. Young James Harry is
the son of Syd's daughter, Mar
garet. The Mayfields live in Or
lando. Mary Alice flew to Florida
at once to see the new baby, but
sgd won't see him until next week
when he will travel to Leesburg
to address a big shin-digat the
Elks Club.
ONE MORE STEP Did you
ever try to Change the system?"
It's a hard, slow job, even when
everybody knows the old system
is out of date. And, when there i S
a lot of argument ON both sides, it
is almost impossible. But, Congress
sman Paul Rogers might succeed
in doing it. He has been working
for several years on a plan to re-
wise certain accounting methods
Of the Government. Now, money is
appropriated for projects that
sometimes are not completed for
years. He wants to Change that.
Rogers is backing the Hoover Com
Missions suggestion to put Federal
appropriations on a year to year
basis. Last week, the House ap-
proved Rogers idea. The Senate
had put their okay on i. last year.
From here it will go to a con-
ference committee where final mi
nor differences will be ironed out.
And with patience, it might get
through this session of Congress
and begin to save us a lot of mo-
ney = so Rogers says. This change
in the old system has been discus
sed for a long time, but none OF
the "old heads" in Congress would
tackle it. They knew it would new
er go through. From where we sit,
it looks as though Rogers is either
a genius or else he is so young
he didn't know he vas trying to
do the impossible. So, he tried =
and look what happens!
FLORIDA BARGE CANAL -
Congressman Charlie Bennett has
long been a booster for the Cross
Florida Barge Canal. This week he
said that he had received a copy of
a resolution passed by the MissiS-
sippi Valley Association recon-
mending the Canal. "The AsSocia-
ton said that they felt the Cross
Florida Canal is an essential and
vitality needed link in the nations
i"ntercoastal waterway system"
Bennett said. He said the MisSis-
sippi group offered the project
their wholehearted approval. Their
staff and officers have agreed to
help promote it.
ADULTS ONLY - It's the best
show on TV. The Mcclellan Sem
ate Rackets Committee hearings.
They are back on the air. It's the
all-round program; tense drama,
political interest, comedy, and ira
gedy (often the stars of this show
end up loosing their jobs o even
going to jail). Warning: don't let
the little children see it., They al
ready ask enough questions around
the house - please don't get them
started asking questions with a
nasty Senatorial smirk in their
voices.
IT'S NOT FLORIDA, DONNIE
- Donnie Matthews, IL year old
son of Congressman Billy Mat
thews, has had enough of Washing
tons winter weather. When the re-
cord 17-inch snow had melted here
the Matthews family found that a
foot of water had seeped into the
basement of their Alexandra, Vir-
ginia home. 1t fell to Donnie to
help the Congressman bail out the
celler. By the time the chore was
over, backs were sore, and every
body was home-sick for Sunny Flo
rida. In a never again" PROPOSE
ton, Donnie agreed to put up his
entire allowance to pay for a per-
manent water-proofing job. don
MES allowance: so cents a week..
FLORIDA rs WINNER - For
the third starlight year, the Flori-
da Nurserymen and Growers AS
ISOLATION have stolen the limelight
with their tropical garden exhibit
at the National Capital Flower and
Garden Show here. They won first
prize without a struggle.