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Show CONGRESS' I DIRECTORY I Members o f Sixty- ) third Session Write Their Own Biographies Biograph-ies Lawyers Form j Bulk of the Legislators in Both Houses I Washington. April 21 What mem-hers mem-hers of the Sixty-third congress think I of themselves became public today J when the new congressional directory direc-tory was issued. The new directory H contains biographies of representa- lives and senators prepared by tbem- ft Lawyers as usual, form the bulk "B of the legislators Sixty-nine aro in the senate and 270 in the house In I the senate there are eight editrs, six farmers, fhe business men, five I bankers, two doctors and one sol-dler sol-dler The house contains 78 business men, 33 editors. 10 teachers. IS farm- I ers, mne mechanics and workmen, all I bankers, six doctors, one author one soldier one preacher and one lecturer. lec-turer. The directory lists in the senate 51 Democrats 44 Republicans and one ProgTC. ive. In the house there are 290 Democrats, 127 Republicans, seven sev-en Progressive Republicans, nine :, Progressives and one independent, IH with a vacant seat caused by the h death of Representative Legare of 1 South Carolina H |