Show New Nev Member in n Senate Forges Ahead Quickly By HERBERT PL PLUMMER WASHINGTON Dec 23 Quietly 23 Quietly and without show in the short space of ot a year a newcomer to the senate has forged ahead to such a place of prominence among the Democratic leadership on the hill bill that nearly everybody Is watching him and spec spec- He Is James Francis Byrnes of South Carolina the short slender and very earnest man who sits in the seat formerly occupied by the colorful and picturesque Coley Blease While Byrnes is a newcomer to the he senate he is not new in congress tor or he had served 14 years as a member memo meat I ber berot of ot the house r Byrnes' Byrnes feet were solidly on legislative ground before he began his Us senate duties in December 1931 A place was found for him immediately immedi on the appropriations committee commit commit- tee because he had served on that committee as a member of ot the house Last session n during the hectic bat bat- tie tle le In congress over salary cuts for federal loyes' loyes Byrnes was out In front carrying the brunt of the fight for or the Democrats I He Impressed the s senate nate arly the members of ot his own party They came to see him as an expert in n effecting compromises on legisla legisla- ion tion and recognized d his ability to bring warring factions into line When the short session began political cal observers began to notice that Byrnes around when important important important im im- conferences on policy and procedure procedure procedure pro pro- were being discussed by the Democrats They noticed that when Joe Robinson the Democratic leader lave gave a conference to ne newspaper men he ic vias was there sitting alongside Robin Robin- son They heard rumors that when the he Democrats held their caucus early earlyn In n the session Byrnes sat at atthe the head of the table with Robinson The They saw Governor R Roosevelt's adviser ad Professor Molcy Moley seek him out when the president elects train stop stopped slopped here en route to Albany from Warm Springs and confer with him himor for or a long time And they remembered remembered ered that Byrnes himself had been n to Roosevelt's o Georgia retreat to con confer con con- fer with the governor Whether the senator is being groomed roomed for a larger place in the Democratic scheme of ot things on the lill in the future remains to be seen uen Some Som are inclined to believe that Robinson may rely on Byrnes heavily from now on that while he will wilt remain remain re re- main titular head of the party in the senate much of the actual work work will will willbe be shifted to the South Carolinian The Republicans have an arrangement arrange ment meat like that now Jim Watson Vatson is the floor leader but Charles McNary of Oregon is the man manth to whom whom many many turn for the lowdown on what is going on Watson leaves the greater part art of the detail of procedure to the Oregonian |