Show Boylan Would Enliven Congressional Record I L By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON Dec 27 27 Representative John Boylan Boian ot of New York makes no claim that he is a newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper man or editor In fact tho the biographical blo notes he furnished the congressional directory directory tory state that ho is In tho real estate business that business that that his office is located in New York City City City- But since ho lie has luau been in congress ho has hns shouldered a a. task that might well wen baffle the best of or editorial minds r I 1 S 5 I 1 I lie He wants the congressional record rec roe ord ord that that great diary o of the elected representative representative- of oC the American people people modernized In other words ho wants It mado made more attractive would have havo more pep put Into it make it-make make it a great national Journal Ho lIo thinks that n no other printed document has as much fun poked at It as the tho record And he ho attributes attributes attributes attrib attrib- utes this to the fact act that In the records record's present state It is s synonymous with dullness and dinginess the lithe tho r reading of ot which causes one oneto oneto oneto to grow exceedingly tired S S S Speeches alone do not count for fOl much says Boylan BOlan yet ct that is all alltha tha record reco-d pow now contains There should be bo within Its pages anything that helps to portray American life liCe today This nUl may mean cartoons pictures rotogravures comic strips head headlines headlines lines Jines editorials even cven a a. sporting page As a matter of or fact tact some sometime time timo ago aso Boylan attempted to get geta et a a. cartoon Inserted In the record I but Major Johnny Tilson a a. little bit too t. t ick for him prevented this move And the New Yorker has that were the record made snore mor t inviting to the eye Ce it would be bo we well ell L re received elved About eight years ears ago congress permitted printing printing- a n picture of oC a coW and it is said this particular Issue has been requested thousands thousand of ot times since then There Thero should be bo In tim the record says Boylan BoyJan room for tor a a. Babe Ruth as well as Speaker Longworth fo for Lindbergh as well as President Hoover Introduction of oC such matters mat mat- would inculcate a a. greater dc do- do sire on tho part of ot tho American people to read and keep in touch with what congress is doing S S S His colleagues listen with fth amusement amuse mont ment to his appeals peals They laugh laush and applaud him But Dut they do nothing noth ing about It IL In all seriousness he lie tells them then that tho the record should be published as a live up to date alert paper or ou publication hould should be suspended I entirely Its an obsolete sheet in Its present present present pres pres- ent form form so so antediluvian and prehistoric prehistoric pre pre- historic in makeup as to mako make a printers printer's revil laugh We Ve aro are retrograding In publish publish- in Ing ng such a thing You cant can't read It without the tho aid of or a magnifying glass Not one of oC you would think of reading a paper papel today that was published publish cd in tho the same style it was more than fifty years ears ago Let Iet us get awa away from our staid and set conservatism |