Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-11 | Page 4 | A Washington Daybook

6 iA JAW Washington Daybook I By HERBERT PLUMMER PLU WASHINGTON Feb 11 ll 11 Despite efforts at times to appear as a group of hard boiled eggs aa as Senator Cop Copeland land of or New York once described them hern members of the senate at heart seem a rather sentimental sort Most of at them lov love the beautiful gesture gesture rarely rarely miss the opportunity either cither tomake one or be present to enjoy it There was the time for example when Jim Watson of Indiana the Republican Republican Re- Re publican leader was forced to Florida by y shattered nerves when the tariff battle was at its height in the last con congress cress All business was halted to praise him ilm and wish him a speedy return to health and the senate When Joseph Robinson of Arkansas Arkan sas and David Reed of Pennsylvania Pennsylva Pennsylva- ala nia returned from the London naval arms conference last year the senate was so proud of them thorn that a special ceremony was held HAPPY BIRTHDAY So it was when Vice President CurtIs Curls Curls' Curtis Curtis' Cur Cur- ls' ls seventy-second seventy birthday rolled around the other day The senate was up to its neck in trying to get through Hoovers Hoover's relief measures but the members had to f find ind time to express the old many happy returns of the day to Charlie Char lie He Doc Doe Copeland started it off oft checking Brookhart of at Iowa who was about to begin a long speech Assuming Assuming As As- suming his best professional air ah- he looked over Curtis carefully from a distance and said I dont don't know how many birthdays he has had but as a p physician looking at him from this viewpoint I should say he has had about 45 Youre wrong Wesley Jones of I Washington broke In in the vice president president Ident dent doesn't appear to me to be a aday aday aday day over 35 I At least three senators got up toI to wish him a happy birthday and many I more of them CURTIS BLUSHES I Curtis sat through it all aU blushing and smiling When they were through he arose and said aid simply The vice president greatly apprecIates appreciates elates your kind words Curtis is nearing the end of his first term terra as presiding officer of ot the senate senate sen sen- ate if anything more popular with senators than then ever before He has been the strictest president they have had in years but a well liked one There has been criticism that he has grown high hat since becoming vice president This doesn't seem to hold with the men in the senate with whom ho he has served so long