Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-05 | Page 19 | Washington

Senator Makes Dangerous Comment I f tj Speaks Spew With Smile Bar Represented Well in Senate By HERBERT PLUMMER ASIlI WASHINGTON Senator Ellison Smith the Iho pugnacious bust s senior from tram South Carolina had 1 better smile when hen h hays 11 says ays United States senators are bum la laer er If he ho doesn't there herp may be trouble como come da day I For Ol of or the six ninety lx a men nien n in the senate enate more than Ei 63 65 per p l e cent t tire are ire 13 lawyers And nd of or that 6 65 per cent there are several se tully fully capable of or upholding tho honor of or the legs legal pro profession nn and 1 making it plen plenty hot for or Smith Senator Smith availed himself oJ of ho tho opportunity to take a n. crack at lawyers awyers the other da day while tho the sen ser ate was considering hR nom nominator nallon of ot Robert M. M r. r Jon Jones g to the interstate lt commerce commerce- commission McKellar of or Tennessee had jui juit juit told the senate what a a. good laWYer Jones was when hen Smith arose nrose to t r remark re mark that It amused 1 him greatly t to t hear It implied that because a a. nut l is a A. lawyer la he is qualified to fill as ani Job ob in America BRAVE WORDS It d depends on oil what kind of or a a. L law yer he is McKellar suggested Smith came camo back with the sUte 1 meat ment that If it he is the tho kind ho ha had bad been associated 1 with he should have havo lo 10 question him Perhaps 9 tho senator has not w as 5 with ith very good lawyers lawyer McKellar again 0 ventured I I r have ha not not not- Smith replied not n no t in this body Brave words for tor a a. aman man outside tr profession to say my But then lien he probably ably knew he wan on o mb ground lIe He not only smiled a a. bit when h he said ld it it but if It ho lie ha had 1 been challenged chal chal- longed ho he know kno ho could tell them that ho was in a way qualified t tei speak for tor ho ha haj haI studied law one once himself But regardless of or r whether those thos members of the senate are aro good lax lawyers law law- or bad ones the fact remaIns that there are more mor of or them there than representatives es of or any othi profession lon V t There aro are only four our states i gan ga New Hampshire New V C and md North Dakota which Dakota which are arc n not represented In tho the senate by la i law er Kansas Kansas' two senators ai art ara newspaper men but Vice t Curtis makes up P for fot the loss Alabama Arkansas Florida Illinois Indiana Iowa Io Ken tuck lucky Louisiana Maryland l Mas Massa Mississippi Missouri M Mor Mortana l n rU tana t Nevada North Carolina Or Ore Ore- pon gon on Tex Texas Washington on and West Virginia are lue exclusively exclusive by lawyers ers 4 And there must be a So sufficient number r o of this group roup who ho Consider themselves e cl good enough to warrant someone challenging Smiths Smith's mont ITHE I 1 THE FIRST LADY PAYS I Mrs l Herbert Hoover had to pa par 5 15 for 3 3 A of or Christmas ear At the White tho other da daa daa daXI a badly frightened J but well coached little girl birl was making the sale cole as I cameras recorded the scene How lIow much snuck aro are they the Fir First Lady inquired Three dollars replied tho scan little girl In a a. voice oleo scarcely aud audi audi- ble But Dut I haven't 3 13 3 said Mr Mrs Mrs' rr Hoover Cl I have only 5 Have you ou any change 1 i The little girl ha hadn't so 56 Mr Hoover Hoo paid over u the extra 2 12 I