Show v Borah Refuses Salary Increase I Returns Extra Pay to Treasury I j Wants People to V for Raise 1 W WASHINGTON March 12 AP I Senator Borah ot of Idaho who frequently frequently fre- fre has declIned to go along along I with a majority ot of his colleagues on foreign and dom domestic policIes has also refused to follow their lead leadon on a question that affects hIs pock pock- He has been turning back Into the treasury 2500 of his annual animal salary salary sal sal- ary sInce congress two years ago increased the pay ot of senators and representatives from to 10 And he says he intends to do doso doso so until the completion ot of his present present pres- pres ent term in 1931 When this became known today the Idaho senator was reluctant to dIscuss hIs action explaIning that he was afraId he might be misun- misun He said he had guarded his refusal to accept the salary Increase increase In- In crease as One of high princIple far removed from politics or personal need I 1 went before the people of my state and asked them to elect me meto meto to a position paying a year he added They elected me and I Ido Ido do not feel that I could accept an increase In good faIth wIthout Ing them an opportunity to express themselves The Idaho Republican declared he did not belIeve the present salary ot of senators was exorbitant but contended that it should have been arranged so that it became effective et- et at the end ot of senatorial terns When the salary increase was voted at a a. night session ot of the senate senate sen- sen ate Mr Borah was not present The next day he moved for reconsideration lion tion ot of the resolution but was out out- voted The only member ot of the senate to refuse the increase he recently I sat silent when Senator Henin Heflin Democrat Alabama twitted him I over pretending to be opposed to the raise In senators senators' pay and then eagerly accepting it Immediately after the increase was voted Representative Tucker Democrat Virginia served notice that he would not accept it during that term of congress holding as has Sen Senator tor Borah that until reelected reelected re- re elected he owed it t his constituents constituents to continue to serve at a year |