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Show Merry-Co-Round By DRfcW FKARSON ano ROBERT 8. ALLEN WASHINGTON The deep issues and great battlea of this session of congress have made it historic, but it has been an exceptional session in two other respects as well. The first is the grief and difficulty adminis-istration adminis-istration floor leaders experienced in riding herd on their topheavy commands. The other is the rise of new and promising personalities in both chambers. Even under the best circumstances, being a maioritv helmsman is no sinecure. Senator Joe Robinson died under the strain. His successor. Senator Alben Barkley, and Speaker Bankhead and House Leader Sam Ray-burn Ray-burn have not added any years to their lives in carrying the load. For the two house generalissimos general-issimos the last days of the session have been particularly bitter. Thomas Moves I'p Not in many years has congress seen so many promising newcomers. Mostly young men, these freshmen congressmen and senators did not make headline news. It will take another year or two before their names begin to appear prominently in Washington dispatches. Utah is back on the map again in high senate circles. Its scholarly Senator Elbert D. Thomas, although a first termer, was given the chairmanship chairman-ship of the labor committee following Chairman Hugo Black's appointment to the supreme court. The house freshmen were chiefly responsible for the tharo rebuff given the appropriations committee when it sought to cripple the national labor relations board by slashing the board's deficiency de-ficiency appropriation. Led by San Antonio's second-termer. Maury Maverick, the rookies succeeded suc-ceeded in overriding the committee and restoring restor-ing the commission's full allowance. Senate Future Book Here is the future book on senate rookies who have displayed promise of attaining leadership: Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana, 46-year-old successor to Huev Long. Ellender it a htrd worker and an able fencer on his feet. Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island. 70 years old but does not look a day over 60. Never absent ab-sent from senate session or a meeting of the committees he belong to. Herbert E. Hitchcock of South Dakota. 70, shrewd, experienced, a student of economics and politics, with a salty humor and razor edge wit. James H. Hughes of Delaware. 70, hits straight from the shoulder and lett the chips fly where they miv. josh Lee of Oklahoma. 4. an excellent orator. Lee, with more experience, should make his mark as one of the senate's outstanding spellbinders. spell-binders. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, 35, is an astute politician and misses few tricks to make himself popular. Claude Pepper of Florida. 37, hard-working, made a maiden speech defending the administration's administra-tion's relief bill that took the senate by storm. Harry Schwartz of Wyoming. 62, kindly, quiet -spoken and one of the best lawyers in the tenate. William H. Smathers of New Jersey, 46, cool, heady fighter and clever politician. Hoase Futures The house honor roll of outstanding freshmen includes: Robert G. Allen of Pennsylvania. 35. an expert on unemployment Herbert Bigelow of Ohio, 67. one of the gentlest and brainiest men in congress. Michael J. Bradley of Pennsylvania. 40, witty and fast on his feet ' an ardent prolaborite. John M. Coffee of Washington, 40, one of the hardest-hitting of the freshmen group. Edouard Victor Izac of California. 46. retired navy officer, a vigorous progressive and strong advocate of a central government-owned bank. Frank W. Fries of Illinois. 44. one-time coal miner, sheriff and police chief and a strong partisan par-tisan of labor. Lyndon Johnson of Texas. 27, one of the most courageous and effective fighter among the tewcomers. ' Charles H. Leavv of Washington, 53. godfather god-father of the great Grand Coulee power project Although a first-termer, he was elected to the appropriations committee and there made an outstanding record. John Luecke of Michigan, 48. an ex-oiler in a paper mill and the first Democratic congressman congress-man in his district in 40 vears. Henrv G. Teigan of Minnesota. 56. newspaper man and an astute analvst of national affairs. Jerry Voorhis of California, 36. good speaker and forceful writer who became one of the leaders lead-ers of the freshman bloc. Jerry O'Connell of Montana. 23. two-fisted, has his eve on Senator Burt Wheeler's scalp. Franrk Havenner of California, 55, quiet-spoken quiet-spoken and brainy, carries great weight with hit younger colleagues. Dewev Johnson of Minnesota. 38, also quiet-mannered quiet-mannered but a determined fighter. Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio, 51. overseas war veteran who is always on hand when the going becomes rough. James C. Oliver of Maine. 42. also an overseas over-seas veteran who knows his own mind and hews hit own course. (Copyright, 1937, for The Telegram) 4 ' |
