Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-07 | Page 6 | A Washington Daybook

i iA A Washington Daybook A I By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON Dec 7 7 Texas 7 Texas Row low in n the house office bt building on the he hill long hill long a fixture in congressional congressional congressional circles circles will will be broken up within within with with- in n a few days 1 if the he Democrats come comento Into nto control Texas Row Is that line of offices on the fifth floor where I tives ives of the Lone S Star r state are arc fond of or establishing quarters when they come to Washington I IThe The fifth floor Is like attic in ap- ap Main elevators do not go that high It is Js necessary to take side elevators to reach it The ceilIngs ceil cell Ings are arc low and the corridors a a. bit gloomy gloom There is 15 not the finery there which one observes on the other floors Each congressman occupies small rooms partitioned In half haIr His secretary secretary secretary sec sec- sec sec- sits in the first half he in the theother theother other ther toward the back The entrances entrance Is s through a white paint painted d door the upper part of It whit white glass Walking down one corridor glancing glancing glancing glanc glanc- ing at the stenciled names names on on the doors a visitor gets the impression that hat he is calling the roll rollof of the Texas delegation in congress In office there Is 15 Daniel Garrett Gar Oar rett of or Houston In Hatton Sum Sum- ners of Dallas is located Sam Rayburn Rayburn Ray- Ray burn jum of ot Bonham is in Wright Patman of Texarkana is in And next next door t to Patman in Is Marvin Marvin Maryin Mar Mar- vin yin Jones of Am Amarillo If It the Democrats organize the house in the coming congress and they will more than likely there will willbe willbe be some moving in this section Bigger Bigger Bigger Big Big- ger and better offices are re in store for some of them them offices offices which are ara appropriately ap termed suites Three of the group will become chairmen of major committees and Inherit office space and equipment the Uke like of which only the privileged may enjoy Sam Sara Rayburn for example will move from his little cubby hole on the fifth floor down to the second in bin Inthe inthe the sp space ce allowed the chairman of the committee on interstate and foreign for for- eign commerce His offices are re perhaps perthe per perhaps haps the swankiest of the lot loL Hatton will be installed in the quarters on the third floor loor reserved reserved reserved re re- served for the chairman of ot the Judiciary Judiciary Ju Ju- ju- ju committee The room In in which his committee meets resembles a courtroom in appearance Marvin Jones who becomes chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the agriculture committee will get the agricultural suite on the these se second nd floor occupied for so long by the venerable Haugen of oZ Iowa dean of the house Most of them admit that it will feel teel rather strange moving into such luxury luxury lux lux- ury my after so 50 many years in the attic attic at at tic But they are Jubilant all the same