Show Round Merry-Go-Round t Criticizing Senate Should Look at cit w n Own UI By r Drew Pearson on WASHINGTON While WASHINGTON While senator hi 3 been criticizing absenteeism in gov go I i r rit it so 50 happens that the most shacking tt t ord of absenteeism is to be he found in 1 senate itself In fact the course y c Cf of tory torr might have been changed by tt Ct senators who have stayed f away from v For example 23 senators missed Valon Val 1 on the point four program which will Ot- Ot vast new territories for economic pion l' l ling ing 26 failed to vote ote on the basing bill which riddled the antitrust las loopholes 32 never showed up for the r control vote 15 missed the theote vote ote to s slate sti st late middle-income middle housing 22 didn't on an earlier test of farm price aup Yet in each case the absent senators easily have changed the outcome Since the voters back home ca' ca cant can't ways keep track of their senators column has made a survey suncy of senate enate that shows one-fourth one of senators have missed over 75 votes the congress opened in January i 1 In other words some of the taxpayers i paying for time full-time senators but hut ge geta only time part-time service On any other t they would be fired Of course the cold statistics do not ways tell the full story Some sena ena have been kept out by illness or o 0 business I Ii Outstanding Outstanding- Absentees However Absentees However t are arc the senators with the worst f j for playing hookey 1 Alex Smith New Jersey Missed votes This was 1 was pursuing amateur diplomacy in E Eia Euin i and Asia Several weeks' weeks illness dragged down his record 2 Dennis Chavez ez New Mexico I DE D. D crat Missed crat-Missed Missed votes poor health b bhim him away part of oC the time but didn't him from touring Argentina and Europe campaigning for his brother to be gOof gov gove of New Mexico 3 Arthur Michigan Rt lican Missed lican-Missed Missed votes had a fine at att arice record until overtaken by illness operated on onice twice ice also stayed by the b side of his late wife 4 Sheridan Downey DO California Dp crat crat Missed Missed 15 1 votes showed little best hiest to hi est in voting except on own pet 5 James Eastland Mississippi I D De crat crat Missed Missed votes spent more moreon ii on his Mississippi cotton plantation than the senate 6 Elmer Thomas Oklahoma Dem Denise Missed votes spent weeks In Eu Eun complaining about Swedish hospitality stead of minding Oklahoma affairs 7 Pat McCarran Nevada Missed votes ducked out in the mi of oC displaced persons debate to visit Dicta DicU Franco in Spain for several weeks 8 S. Claude Pepper Florida Democrat Missed votes otes I 9 Frank Graham North Carolina D i Missed Missed votes was kept out by siege of sickness then by desperate r election battle j l 10 Millard Tydings Maryland De Dec crat crat- crat Missed crat-Missed Missed votes 1 k i the On Senators Senators For For the others other of the story here are the 10 senators 1 i kept their noses closest to the grinds 1 Herbert Lehman New York Den crat crat Missed Missed only two votes since cor corto to the senate in November 1919 2 Henry Dworshak Idaho Missed only three votes since to senate in October 1919 3 Forrest Donnell Missouri Missed only five votes since C gress opened 1 4 Carl Hayden Arizona Anzona Dem Democrat Missed eight votes 5 John Williams Delaware Rep Ref can can can- Missed can Missed 10 votes f 6 Ha Harley ley Kilgore Vest West Virginia Virgini De MIssed Missed 15 votes i 7 Robert Hendrickson New Jerse Jersey I. I f publican publican Missed Missed 15 votes I 8 S. Kenneth McKellar Tennessee Df De Dera crat Missed crat-Missed Missed 15 votes 9 Bill Knowland California ReP can Missed can Missed 16 votes J 10 Spessard Holland Florida De Des crat Missed crat-Missed Missed 16 votes keeps lookout legislation for southerners j j Copyright 1950 Bell Syndicate |