Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON Round Merry-Go-Round 1 Trade Mark Mule MarkBy MarkBy MuleBy By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN V WASHINGTON To To veteran Washington observers observers ob servers t there ere is a marked difference in the getting getting get get- ting under way of ol this congress from those in inthe inthe inthe the past Other sessions by this time be bustling with activity committees woud be busy and the clang of battle batHe would be resounding on the floors But this session has got started with one yawn after alter another This is due to two re reasons sons First the administration is sitting firmly on the lid of all legislation so as to give the right of way to its program which is being doled out piecemeal Second this con congress ress is the first In In its 1484 year-old year history that it has convened fresh from the polls Previously 13 months and a lame duck session ses ses- sion Sian intervened before belore the newly elected members mem mem- bers took office This lapse of time enabled them to get acclimated and into harness It made for a greater continuity in the tempo of con con- gress It also gave lame ducks marvelous opportunities opportunities for rolling log pork grabbing and other deals Which was why after a decade of effort Senator George Norris' Norris amendment abolishing lame duck sessions finally was written written writ writ- ten into the constitution Surprised Sandy haired Joe Kennedy Irish Boston-Irish chairman of the securities exchange commission is still mopping his brow The house appropriations committee had slashed next years year's grant for his commission from recommended by the budget bureau to After vehement protest by Joe the committee finall finally added brin bringing ing the total to This was the condition of the S SEC E C appropriation appropriation when it went to the senate appropriations committee Joe insisting that unless the remaining O O was granted the work of the S SEe E C would be seriously crippled prepared to do battle with the committee The outlook however was gloomy Head of the he committee is Virginias Virginia's dyspeptic Carter Glass Last year when the bill creating the commission was under consideration Carter was icy cold Nevertheless Joe insisted on going going going go go- ing before the committee On the way to Capitol Hill assistants ac accompanying accompanying accompanying ac- ac companying him were pessimistic Joe they said this guy guv Glass is tough If we escape with our skins well we'll be lucky It c looks bad Kenned Kennedy agreed I fir called the senator at his home last night and he told me not to come Maybe I r shouldn't have come It might irritate him Glass was waiting for Joe But not in the mood he had feared The little Virginian was gracious friendly court courteous eons S The chairman of the the t he informed in informed in formed his colleagues ha a stat statement to tOmake make one I know we will all be very glad to he hear r. r Joe was so startled at the cordial reception that it took him several moments to collect himself himsel Glass' Glass friendliness w was wis s more than a gesture When the S SEe E C appropriation was reported out by his committee the additional had been added to the grant S Great Friendship A great friendship is in the making behind the scenes in senate semIte cloakrooms The Damon and Pythias act is being put on by Mississippi's 1 two upper chamber statesmen ganging Pat Harrison Harrison Har Har- rison and The Man Bilbo In last Jast years year's electioneering the two were on opposite sides Pat supported h his s Hubert Stephens and Bilbo harangued against them both But that is all forgotten now now now-by by Pat Pat faces laces a campaign fight himself next year and the outlook is none too bright Huey Long is openly whetting his for Pat and the Kingfish is a potent figure in Mississippi Pat Patis Patis Patis is worried but no one has ever accused him of running away from a fight He wil vil com compro compromise pro mise if he can but if he has to battle he will And he is a resourceful scrapper Evidence of this is his assiduous wooing of Bilbo The little red wearing necktie-wearing haranguer is the one man in Mississippi who can match rhetorical blows with Huey Also he has a large and devoted following in the sticks So Pat a mighty figure in th the senate enate is seeing to i it that his colleague is IS receiving every consideration S S SIn In the senate William E. E Borah matches Sabath in in length of service Behind him arc Duncan Duncan Duncan Dun Dun- can Fletcher of Florida and Ellison D. D Smith of South Carolina who have bc been n serving continuously contin contino since March 4 4 1909 5 ii 1935 by United Feature Syndicate Inc Ine I |