Show Wasting Time-Wasting Blowhards Othman Finds Senators in inA inA inA A Soul-Searching Soul Mood By Frederick C. C Othman WASHINGTON You You dont don't catch me charging that U. U S. S S Senators e n a t tor o r s are time wasting time wasting blowhards I I. I leave accusations accusations accusations like that thatto thatto thatto to the gentlemen gentle gentle- men th them them- e m. m i selves elves The statesmen states states- n s men were in a soul-searching soul I mood when I j dropped in on the Executive I E Expenditures x Mr i Othman I i Committee Nobody but Senators Senators Senators Sena Sena- tors could have made such slurring remarks about Senators Senators Senators Sena Sena- tors and escaped a punch in the nose We e need a rule of relevancy in Senate debate began Sen Wayne Morse lorse R. R Ore He lie meant in plain English that there ought to be a law forcing Senators to stick to the subject Say they're debating a billion dollar appropriation One of oC em likely as not will get up in inthe inthe inthe the middle of it he said and yammer for two hours about Timbuktu This is discouraging not only to other Senators but butto butto butto to the people who sent em cm here Terrible Impression We make a terrible impression impression impression sion on the public Sen Morse lorse continued They climb up to the gallery and they find half halfa a dozen men on the floor talking talking talk talk- ing about anything and everything everything everything every every- thing but the subject at hand So along came Rep Em Emanuel Celler D. D N. N Y saying it ought to be against the law for fora a statesman to get away a libel proof with calling call pg citizens dirty names merely by having his remarks inserted in the Congressional record Only proper place for a lawgiver lawgiver law law- aw- aw giver to pass out insults to the citizens he said in language a little politer than this is on the floors of the House and Senate There other lawgivers can snarl back at nt him Why hy No Xo Recess Recess' And another thing said Rep Celler in even numbered years Congress dutifully votes oles itself recesses But in odd years lik like this one it doesn't That's because elections are held in the even en years and the boys go home to talk to the voters he said The statesmen get just as tired in odd years he added and they ought to have sense enough to vote ote themselves a little rest Do you think it is good for forthe forthe forthe the mentality of a l member to keep going through the entire entire en en- tire year without a respite he demanded Sen John L L. McClellan D. D Ark the chairman said he did not think so but Sen Henry C C. Dworshak R. R Ida went He hadn't noticed noticed noticed no no- the legislature killing it it- self Long Lons Lon Week eek End The trouble he said is that Senators and Congressmen like their long lush week ends Particularly those who I live e close to the capital They take takeoff takeoff takeoff off for home on Friday a lot lotof lotof of oC em cm and they dont don't get back until Tuesday and how can you run a railroad like that Sen rt II H. Humphrey D D l 1 Minn nn said he believed belie his cohorts were a little dopey for working in Washington in the summer at all I have been all allover allover allover over and there is no more incredible incredible incredible in in- credible climate in the U. U S. S than here he saidI said I guess you mean you want us to go to Minnesota said Rep Celler Exactly replied Sen Humphrey Hunphrey Hum Hun Such a move would add lustre to the Congress' Congress reputation reputation tion for intelligence You know what I think Congressmen are wonderful every everyone one Without em cm Id I'd never have ha pieces for the paper like this r f fJ J. J |