Show Included 4 Representatives Leave but House in Ghostly Session Uy By y Frederick C. C Othman V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON The time Urn has come to say a fond farewell farewell farewell fare fare- well to the Uie U. U S. S house of representatives representatives in in- in chided The gentlemen have left for a along Q- Q long vacation they hope an and I Ive I've got to admit that I miss em Terribly Now Ive I've got to togo togo togo go to work Writing a piece for forthe the tho papers papers' used t to be easy All I had to do was find a stool in the gall gallery cry and sit there It was something like Wee attending a bull fight A big dramatic climax along about the middle of the afternoon was vas guaranteed Then Id I'd merely describe it Job done for the day Not Really Hally Adjourned Now they're gone but even in their leaving the representatives managed to do it the hard way They ha haven't hant nt actually adjourned In spirit and in the forms of Rep Francis E. E Walter Valter D D. Pa and the chaplain they're still on the job They finished up their last piece of business when they approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved the conference report on Mr 11 Truman's war tear controls bill But they couldn't couldn't quit work worle legally because those slow poke e senators on th the other side of th tiie capitol still were m making a 1 t i n g b speeches at each other So the representatives agreed to remain in ghostly session They elected Rep Walter Valler as speaker pro tern to hold down the big chair while speaker Sam Rayburn Hayburn was in Texas rounding rounding- up votes Speedy Session Every three days Rep Walter Valter solemnly will bang his gavel calling the house to order but there wont won't be anybody much I there to hear him except the chaplain The latter then Ulen will say his prayer and Rep Walter Valter will bounce his hammer on the desk again House adjourned for another three days This will continue until Sept 11 when the gentlemen will be ready for business which they expect will be adjournment If not they'll hold hoid some more of those spooky spool sessions I must report that they got out of town without having ing their heads examined as urged by Rep Robert F F. Rich R R. Pa I shall miss him particularly be because because because be- be cause hes he's not coming back next year For 10 long terms terns this excitable ex excitable excitable ex- ex gentleman has been exhorting exhorting exhorting ex ex- horting his fellows to quit spend spend- ing cash they didn't have His battle cry was Where are you going to get the money When the other gentleman heard it at least twice each day they laughed What's hats the Use Rep Rich gave up He lie suggested suggested suggested sug sug- a staff psychiatrist to discover if he could what was going on inside their heads And Ann he announced that he would not seek re-election re because what's the use If the gentlemen couldn't get the idea in 10 years he doubted if they ever would I need not recount the near fist fistfights fistfights fistfights fights or the wild-eyed wild legislative legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive battles which were grist for formy formy formy my mill this year But I would W like e to note for the record my rny two favorite episodes of this session One marked the appearance of Chicago's leading slot-machine slot mogul a dignified and portly citizen to protest the new law against one-arm one bandits His right arm was in a sling sling- but no photographer was within two blocks to make the photo of the year The other was vas the speech of ot Rep Arthur L. L Miller R. R Neb who couldn't see why the president president president pres pres- ident wanted to spend 13 protecting from rom possible atom bombs the governments government's corps of A fin fini 2 phase Means gents with designs designs designs de de- de- de signs on their anatomies from too much contact with up cane holstered chairs Copyright 1950 by United Feature Syndicate Inc |