Show I Rc F Freshman eshman Senators Make Mark 0 Ive never seen anything like it it my friend was muttering never in inS j IO S my 12 years on Capitol Hill ri My friend explained I mean the freshmen senators in this class Ij The class of 47 Ive I've never seen such activity among any group of baby senators before the before the way these boys have haye pitched in to build i- i major legislation the way they bandie handie handle han ban I die dle themselves on the floor presentIng presentIng present- present Ing their points so effectively and I. I I so onIt on oni on- on I. I i- i 0 It used to be the custom that f. f freshman senators were seen and r. r k not heard They were supposed to o sit around for a year or maybe even evenS S two years absorbing procedure and protocol speaking when they were S spoken to But not the Class of 47 My friend explained this unusual activity among the newcomers as due to two reasons I f One Th There re are so many newcomers new new- 5 5 5 comers 16 16 on the Republican side I alone This means Republicans had bad S to put newcomers on tees Subcommittees are small small- three men usually usually and and traditionally traditionally traditionally tradition tradition- ally the chairman of the subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee handles the legislation in hi question on the floor Thus this years year's freshmen have had opportunities opportunities opportunities denied their predecessors I Two He points out that this years year's crop of newcomers are unusually I capable men Under Roosevelt's large majorities he said accidents ace acci IS I S dents were apt to be swept into the senate senate men men who were put up by the party with no real confidence that they would be elected elected but but they rode in on aD the tail of ot Roosevelt's I popularity According to my informant there are very few accidents in this senate One or two at the most and even those he says arent aren't too bad He feels optimistic about the trend thinks its it's a good thing for forthe forthe forthe the country Most of the new boys are young young several several of them In hi their early or middle forties They've come straight from the people and maybe they are closer to the peo peo- pie New house of representatives members he says can be trained to party teamwork under the type ype of strong leadership provided by Speaker Speak Speak- I I er Joe Martin but the senate fresh freshmen I men of 47 will never be led or influenced in in- out of f their independence of action Watch them my fr friend end predicts This class is going to tobe tobe tobe be a notable one in the history of the senate I |