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Show Washington Comment Leaving congress thoroughly instructed, in-structed, the president departed for his fishing trip.. Legislators . looked after him yearningly, that promise of early adjournment still glimmering far off like a mirage on the sultry Washington horizon. But congress generally attends to its own interests first in the long run, so it wouldn't surprise sur-prise anyone if the session wounu . up with speed and despatch in spite of pessimistic predictions. : Warm weather greases the legislative legis-lative wheels no end and the ingenuity in-genuity wiah which the gentlemen gentle-men on the hill can postpone important im-portant matters is really admirable. admir-able. The T. V. A. inquiry, for instance, which promised to keep a lot of legislators stuck in Wash, ington heat, has been dutifully sidetracked until fall. Public hearing hear-ing will begin when the chili breezes begin. It will be at least two weeks after congress adjourns before the committee even starts active preliminary work and the assembling of evidence will take all summer. Senator Donahey', who has been appointed chairman in turn selected W. O. Heffernan of Ohio to head the staff of the joint committee. Senator Donahey appointed after the dinner meeting meet-ing of the members of the congressional con-gressional invesigating meeting last week, is a perfect selection for the post. He is known as the "champion listener of the senate" He wears tweeds, chews gum, and has been in the senate nearly five years without making a speech His service with the T. V. A. inquiry in-quiry will climax 40 years of public pub-lic life; when his senate term ends next year, he intends to retire declaring that he "wTould not evei. (Continued on last page) o Washington Comment (Continued from page 4) accept the presidency". A formei governor of Ohio, Senator Dona-hey Dona-hey was a printer by profession and still holds a union card. He was Ohio state auditor for fivt years in charge of inspecting tin.' accounts of 50,000 public officials His first public office was town clerk of New Philadelphia, Ohio His chief diversion is, according to himself, "whittling and thinking" o |