Show congressional PAY the bill passed ly by congress which increases the salaries of representatives and sen senators atols has been rather Z generally enc rally condemned but those quick to criticize do not take both sides of a question into consideration na n snap judgment on the con gressional gress onal pay increase has caused the criticism that it will result in more vijo vicious uJ s le leg on the theory that congressmen will go to greater lengths to win and thus sell I 1 I 1 themselves to special interests interest S in return for support at tile the polls another group believes that hat t inferior men will be attracted by the salary and that the average ability of congressmen will be lowered to a marked degree still another criticism is that there are arc a few a year yea r men in con congress ID ress and that men elected to public office should sh not he be paid any more mor c than they could earn in private private life in fairness to members of congress it should not be forgotten that the vast majority of congressmen are men of small means and no savings 0 there has been such d a close margin between salary and living expenses that numerous men have had bad to retire and others have been compelled to struggle 00 to make both ends meet the minimum um expense of a single room and board in a hotel for a congressman and his wife is a month if they have children the cost is proportionately higher and room ind and board is only one item of expense the truth of the matter is no doubt that many members of congress ress ire are financially embarrassed and with few exceptions e very every constituent of a congressman 1 c r essman who goes to washington ing ton imposes upon him they believe that they should be entertained because they were his supporters which means a heavy drain on the congress mans finances surely no one wants to in make ake it impossible for a p poor 0 or man to serve in congress 0 the enormous cost of the primary system adds to the financial burden of office which a man without means can not stand unless he can save enough from his salary to pay election expenses perl ses |