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Show Novice in Legislating Picks Out Desk; Foresees Trouble Getting Feet on It SPRINGFIELD. III.. Jan. 4 W) 1 Legislators and statahouse officials, of-ficials, still chuckling ovsr the hillbilly band debut of Representative Representa-tive William H. (the poor but honest plumber) Owen of Du-quoin, Du-quoin, III., read today his account of "shaking hands with some of the big shots " Answering the request of a Springfield newspaper for a state ment of his legislative alms, the men who paraded through the statahouse yeatsrday with aa sight-place "rube" band, wrote; "I've Just got Into Springfield. Been up glttin used to the s levators, leva-tors, shakln' hands with soma of ths big shots, or In other words, glttin my bearings." Ths 0 1 -year-old plumber Said ho derided to "try a hitch at legislating" legislat-ing" berauae the plumbing business busi-ness had been bad for him for the Isst 10 years. He planned to draw 4ile f.Ya biennial pay check In advance after taking hia house seat formally today. Owen, who styled himsslf a poor but honsst plumber, and former farmer, miner and railroader, paraded pa-raded up to tha empty chamber yesterday, picked out a desk, leaned back and aald: "I'm going to have a little trouble trou-ble getting my feet on the deak." Owen Is ths Democratic representative repre-sentative of the Forty-fourth district. dis-trict. In southern Illinois. aaaraaaasjr f re-" --y Mwieiapmij iyap.'.'i iihim"i yiyv"i as -J - 1 I "' i k ; : j & ,CK Btr.N SHAK1.V HANDS WITH Blfi SHOTS ' William H. (Poor But Honest Plumber) Owen |