Show iA A Washington Daybook By HERBERT PLUMMER W WASHINGTON AS Feb 5 These are aro ro busy days day for a bespectacled i young oung chap in the house who is charged with the duty of keeping Speaker Jack Garner and other presiding presiding pre- pre siding iding officers in the middle of that sometimes treacherous parliamentary tary ary road Lewis Deschler just past 30 Is the rIght ight hand man for Garner Gamer and other oth oth- er r temporary presiding officers of the thel house ouse Its It's up to him to see that the correct words are put into their mouths at the proper time I With the political division so close closes as s it is in this congress the parliamentarian parliamentarian parlia parlia- must be constantly on his toes It Is very easy for the house to get et Into a parliamentary tangle There here those in house house nota are the nota- nota bly the progressive bloc who bloc who rely relyn on n their knowledge of the rules to gain ain advantage Correct rulings from the chair must at times be made quickly Its It's Deschler's job to see that the chair is in a position to do so HE WHISPERS ADVICE He is always within a few feet teet of the he speakers speaker's dais dals where his whiz whiz- ered advice may be heard easily by y the chair Often Otten before a member member mem- mem ber er has completed his appeal for tor a I ruling Deschler has begun this whispered whispered whis- whis ered advice And he remains ever alert at his post ost until the storm has subsided Deschler has been house parliamentarian parlia parlia- for more than four years rears Speaker Longworth appointed him to succeed Lehr Fess the son of the United States senator from Ohio He Hei had been been Fess Fess' Fess assistant I Before that he was a timekeeper In Inthe Inthe the house He has been a student of or parliamentary parliamentary parliamentary parlia parlia- law for years becoming in interested interested interested in- in in it by observing how Important Important important Im Im- im- im a n part it played in house pro pro- When young Fess decided to resign Longworth called him in one day and told him if he would learn all he could when the place became vacant he would give him a try at it Deschler made good and now is admitted by expert parliamentarians parliamentary ans in the house to be one of ot the besmen best bes i men for tor the job the house has had ARDUOUS TASK When he is not on the floor Deschler may be found in the speakers speaker's speakers speaker's speakers speaker's speak speak- ers er's room just across the hall His desk is in a corner and is littered with all sorts orts of ot books on rules am and parliamentary law Not far away are the chambers o othe of the supreme court where he mus must go frequently to look up decisions affecting some parliamentary ques ques- tion He has been known to work all al night long on a problem which the speaker might be called on to settle the next da day I Ive worked all night to get a 3 decision ready by the time the house meets the next morning and then have the pleasure of seeing the point never rai raised ed he says This job is like that |