Show ca Q Q Q-Ilow How many times did Ben Sen Taft TaU try for the office his father the late I President Howard Taft held I A The A-The The late lat Sen Robert A A. A Taft Tart R R. Ohio unsuccessfully sought th the I Republican nomination for the nations nation's highest office once three times Umes- in 1940 1840 1948 1048 and 1952 1652 I Q q What's What's happened to the Administrations Administration's proposed postal rate raise will wilt I have to pay more for stamps this year A Probably A-Probably not this year The House Post Office and Civil Service Service- i Committee July 28 postponed until 1954 consideration of the Administrations Administration's Administrations Administration's Ad Ad- ministrations ministration's requested legislation to hike postal rates But Dut the the- issue is expected to come up up again next year since the Administration I tion put it on the must list for enactment Q Q What What will be done with the revenues from mineral leases on submerged submerged sub sub- merged lands of ot the outer continental shelf aheU which Congress placed under jurisdiction of the U. U S. S 87 ST A A As As specified In the so-called so Outer Continental Shelf SheU Lands Act passed by Congress July 30 30 all aU rentals royalties and other sums paid to the U. U S. S under any lease in the outer Continental Shelf Shelt for the period from June S 5 I 1950 to date was thereafter shall shag be deposited In the Treasury of the United States and credited to to- miscellaneous receipts A provision to devote the revenues to first Arst national defense for three years then grants in aid to education education edu edu- cation was dropped from the bill Q Q Q-I I hear we need more Judges all aU over the country Has Ba Congress Congress- created any more judgeships this year A Both A-Both Both Houses this year passed bills for additional judgeships but they did not become law because members said the House refused to make any concessions to the Senate The Senate passed a bill providing for 35 new Federal District Judgeships and four Circuit judgeships The House bill called for 23 more District and three more Circuit judges But conferees failed to work out an agreement Q I ti-I I believe In getting my my moneys money's worth when I I 1 vote for a politician Do members of Congress often orten play hooky missing hooky missing roll call votes A From A-From From Jan 3 through June 30 Members answered yea or nay per cent of the times the clerks called their names for de de Members often announce their positions on issues when when- they do not vote The score for the first six months of the current session was higher higher to than than during the two years of the the- Congress Q Which Q Which party had the better voting participation record for the first first- six months of the Congress A The A-The The Republicans by a margin of to per cent Q Q-My Q My guess Is that thai absenteeism Is greatest among Members of Con Congress gress gross from states near Washington since they can easily slip sUp away for a long weekend of home cooking Am I 1 right A Not A-Not Not entirely Voting participation scores for the first six months of the Congress show a thoroughly up mixed-up area pattern Such Colorado South Dakota Idaho and Utah away tar states as are are- among the six which stood highest In combined Senate House-Senate scores but so are Maryland and Virginia practically suburbs of ot the nations nation's capital The five scoring lowest states Included nearby New York and New Hampshire but also New Mexico Nevada and Nebraska which certainly are beyond the commuting zone Q Now Q-Now Now that thai the proposed Increase In postal rates has been set let aside in committee Is the bill dead for the second session of the I Congress A A No Bills introduced during the first session of ot a Congress remain alive through the second session Consideration of ot the postal rate b bill l and of other bills introduced during the first session may contine continue con con- tine when Congress reconvenes In January There will be no need to Introduce re-Introduce such bills or to start them from scratch through the legislative mill Copyright 1033 1933 Conr l Quarterly 1 |