| Show I Senator Keeps M Money in Family Despite De pit Changes I R Mother Law Removes moves moves' Law Mother Fr From m Payroll Nephews Nephew's Wife'S Wife S Suc Successor sor ATTITUDE IS GENERAL Lawm Attempt to Bluff Out Row By RAYMOND CLAPPER CC Copyright 1932 by United Press WASHINGTON July 15 The TheDe De Democratic leader of the senate Joeph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph eph seph T. T Robinson of Arkansas has removed his aged mother law from the he senate payroll the United Press learned earned today But taxpayers should restrain their cheers He has given her place to another relative by marriage The new assistant assistant as as- clerk to the conference of the minority of ot the senate is Mrs Joseph Joeph Joseph Jo- Jo seph eph Brewer Her husband is a nephew of ot the senator and is on his office e staff Thus of the RobInson Robinson Rob Rob- ins inson on clan on the senate payroll is preserved intact Of the five clerks allowed Robinson because he is the Democratic tic leader of the senate three arc relatives One of them H. H Grady Miller a a. law brother brother law Is president ot of f a bank at Little Rock Ark He is Senator Robinsons Robinson's contact man Senator Robinsons Robinson's office probably could operate on two clerks without serious erious damage to the senate or the taxpayers taxpayers But the senate voted him fLy lye flye and he is entitled to name anybody anybody any- any body ody he wants FAVORS FAVORS OWN CLAN Robinson always has favored em em- of his his' own clan He h has ha s been reen videl widely criticized for this But Buthe Buthe Butle he le is a fighter who stands by his nis convictions He is not giving in now to o the clamor of ot some constituents who object to supporting relatives of senators and congressmen in these times imes of rising taxes and unprecedented unprecedented dented employment The senator made this change in his patronage list after recently disclosed disclosed dis- dis closed detailed facts regarding the family amily payroll racket in congress No I explanation was o offered ered for the placing in jag ing of ot the m mother law on the pay pay- rolL olL None was offered for taking her oft ff The job paid 2580 a year It now will be scaled caled down 8 3 1 per percent cent ent under the general economy plan Congressmen fixed their clerk pay payo so o that they could apportion it atvill at ati will vill will but the pay of each senatorial clerk lerk is fixed by statute REFLECTS ATTITUDE Senator Robinson only reflects the attitude of his colleagues in both houses louses in exercising his right to Select se se- lect his appointees from within his family amily circle The senate has refused refused reused re re- fused used to open its payroll records but best est Information obtainable is that few cw of the 36 senators found to be carrying relatives have cut them off oU In n the house scarcely an any relatives ves have been dropped by the or more members recently found to be carrying carry carry- ing ng them There was a flurry for a time Speaker Garner dropped his son Tully Tuly Tul Tul- ly Iy y who drew approximately a month while superintending his faher's fathers father's fa- fa athers a. a ther's hers ranch and business interests in Texas But most members merely made their wives daughters and other oth oth- er r relatives put in time at the office Complaining constituents were advised advised ad ad- that the relative actually worked or or that the salary was turned over to extra help which It was necessary necessary necessary essary to hire They were not told Continued on Page Pue Three Sib 1 SENATOR KEEPS CASH IN FAMILY Continued from Pare Pace On One that this extra help mostly was occupied occupied occupied oc oc- oc- oc addressing franked envelopes at 2 a thousand In which campaign speeches were to be mailed out outpost outpost- post postage age free to constituents COUNSEL BLUFFING The Th defeat of Senator Brookhart Brookh rt of Iowa on the nepotism Issue has caused numerous other candidates for the senate and congress to make use of the issue But some of the timers old-timers who have been working the family payroll racket for years have counseled the more nervous members to sit tight and bluff it through House leaders turned thumbs down on the recent bill to forbid employment employment employ ment of relatives Word Vord was passed th that tsuch such a measure would Speaker Garner and rob him of or a valued val val- valued in his wife wife- But the clamor for for- a action tion back home was so strong that house leaders could not ignore it So they compromised by making the payroll public It was thought hought the matter would be quickly forgotten after tt that |
