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Show TWO YOUNG SENATORS , The following editorial was taken from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 11, 1940: The august and sometimes sonorous deans of the ,.n:itf must have experienced a distinct jolt recently vhen Messrs. Berkeley L. Bunker of Nevada and Joseph Jo-seph II. Ball of Minnesota were appointed to the upper House by Governors of their respective states. Here was a tranfusion of young blood sudden and unex- ! petted. Both replace veteran members of the Senate. Bunker Bun-ker was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Key Pittman, distinguished Foreign Relations Rela-tions chairman, and Ball stepped into the place made vacant by the death of Senator Lundeen. True, they did not 'come up the hard way. They didn't fight through the hustings to an election. But they are direct di-rect from the wage-earning ends-meeting ranks of y Main street's constituency. They ought to know what people are thinking and what people want from first hand contact. Each is only 34 years old. Senator Bunker was a filling station operator when he received the Governor's Gov-ernor's nod. He was called from a Las Vegas movie show to the gubernatorial mansion to learn of his appointment. lie is also a bishop of the Mormon Church and was Speaker in the Nevada assembly. Senator Sen-ator Ball has been a news paper reporter in St. Paul since 1927. His assignment was politics, through which he met and became a friend of Gov. Stassen. The brief records of both indicate they will hardly be puppets in Washington. Bunker is a man of self-made convictions, con-victions, and Ball for all his faith in Stassen policies bluntly disagreed with the Governor in print on more than one occasion. The two are now the youngest members of the upper House. It will take them some time to learn the ropes, but they look like encouraging timber. They have a vigor and determination that may help to smash through the red tape that occasionally webs Senate deliberations in wasteful, logginess. May the Gods preserve them from the path trod by Senator Holt, the enfant futile of other sessions. Youth and democracy are served by these two appointments. ap-pointments. Where but in the United States would such a selection be possible? Where but in America would the public expect such appointments to bear fruit ? |