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Show Representative's Primer Lists 'Do's and Don'ts' WASHINGTON. A primer for young congressmen appeared in the Congressional Record. It was compiled com-piled by Rep. Luther Patrick, Democrat Demo-crat of Louisiana, who said its list of 32 "do's and don'ts" were based on the experience gained from his own mistakes. Although he said most "freshmen" legislators knew "no congressman is supposed to charge into an elevator ahead of a senator," the Alabamian also warned the newcomers against trying to compete with their senators for credit in getting federal projects for their districts. "Learn the rules and parliamentary parliamen-tary procedure," he counseled, adding add-ing "a dumb congressman can appear ap-pear very smart if he has a firm grasp of the rules of order around here. Learn to explain with plausibility plausi-bility . . . Congress is one-fourth action and three-fourths explanation." explana-tion." Mr. Patrick also cautioned against promising women constituents to get them introductions to dinner invitations invi-tations from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roose-velt. "She may even be out of town," he explained. |