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Show Washington Comment Capitol Hill, which has ba-ked in village-like somnolence these n any we-ks and echoed only to 'he rat-a-tat of the carpenter's hammer on the inaugural stands, sprang to active and vociferous l:!e whr,n another congnj;s, the 77th, came to order. Some 90 familiar fa-miliar faces were missing from the ; stent, hut despite pre-election pre-d'rtions, pre-d'rtions, there was far from an "upset" in party lines and the i balance of power remains pretty ! much the same. Among those for whom old-timers "mourn" are YicePre.sident Gamer, Senator Ashurst of Arizona, Senator W. H. King of Utah, Senator Minion of Indiana, Senator Hale of Maine (who retires voluntarily), Senator Frazicr of North Dakota, Senator Tcw.n.end of Delaware, ' Senator Burke of Nebraska, and (least mourned of all) Senator Rush Holt of West Virginia. Two out-tanding incidents of the newly convening session were Senator Hiram Johnson's direct snub to his colleague. Senator Sheridan Downey, who sought to escort Johnson to the well of the chamber to be sworn in for a fifth term; and the return to the house of representatives of America's Ameri-ca's first congresswoman, Jeanette Rankin, Republican, of Montana. Time has dealt kindly with Miss Rankin, who served in congress during 1917 and 1918 and is widely remembered for her burst of tears when sbe cast her vote against tha entrance of the United States into the last World war. Her hair is white but her dark eyes sparkle and she, like all her feminine col-I col-I leagues, wears the inevitable flow- er corsage pinned to her shoulder. ; For company in the house, she , has, unlike 22 years ago, six other clever women: Mrs. Edith j Nourse Rogers, Republican, of i Massachusetts; Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Democrat, of New Jer-jsey; Jer-jsey; Mrs. Margaret Smith, Republican, Repub-lican, of Maine; Mrs. Frances ! Bolwn, Republican, of Illinois; Mrs. Caroline 0'"Day, Democrat, 1 of New York; and, at the senate I end of the capitol, Senator Mrs. i Hattie Caraway, Democrat, of Ar-, Ar-, kansas. I Inauguration plans are proceed-ing proceed-ing in accordance with schedule I in fact, even a bit in advance and latest news is that 280 'war , planes will participate in the ceremonies. The mighty air ar-i ar-i mada of army and navy planes i will compete for attention with an imposing array of 11 governors ' of states and their entourages. The j stands are almost completed and j seats are ranging in price from j $2.50 to $10. Rooms in private : homes are available to inaugural i visitors at SI to S2.50 per person 1 per day, and all attempts at landlord land-lord "profiteering" have been defi-I defi-I nitely nipped in the bud by inaug-! inaug-! ural authorities. UTie gentlemen in charge of arrangements, who ! wish to see the f irst-thirdyterm-in-history inaugural go off without with-out a hitch, have only two worries: wor-ries: one is the disposition of the weather man; the other is what to do about the radio stations reporting re-porting the two-hour parade, if the ASCAP ban is still on and band selections may not be picked up and relayed to the unseen audience. Soundproof booths along (Continued on last pagi-) Washington Comment (Continued from first pape) Pennsylvania avenue seem to be the only solution at the present writing, and the impasse is causing caus-ing our four leading radio stations plenty of headaches. i |