Show Revamp Congress Congress hasn't overhauled its legislative machinery since 1893 And things have changed quite a bit since then The boys on Cap Cap- Capitol Capitol itol Hill are arc trying to do business in this dizzy dynamic age with their old horse and buggy me j One of the biggest faults among among the many in the congressional congressional procedure is that congress congress- congressmen men have too many things to do doat do- do doat doat at the same time For instance a senator may be a member of o three or four important committees It is not unusual for two of these I committees to meet simultaneous simultaneous- simultaneously ly During Dur ng that hour an important debate may be taking place in the senate Asa As Oa result he must either divide his time among the three meetings and not be fully inform informed ed on what is going on in any of them or else he must stick to one and ignore the others Neither ar ar- arrangement arrangement ar- ar arrangement is desirable 1 Another and more glaring weak weak- weakness ness Hess in congress is the tho seniority system which awards membership p on the most important committees and assigns the chairmanship of committees solely on the basis of length of at service Under this method the elderly congressmen from the southern states who are arc returned to office time after alter time hold bold the kep positions 1 lions Some of these men are arc com competent and progressive but some of them arc are not I A system s stem of rotation would give ghe younger and sometimes abler memo mem bers bels an opportunity to serve in important im posts and it would do much to rejuvenate many of the crack cracking cracking ing committees Congress alone can make chang changes es Cs in ill fl its legislative machinery But Butot in view ot 01 the antiquity of that machinery we think the question should be put to the lawmakers How about a thorough streamlining I ing job now job now |