The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 184, Ed. 2 Monday, December 24, 1951 Page: 36 of 48
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Globe-Girdling Congressmen
To Make Report on Travels
By TEX EASLEY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. —
With 1951 drawing to a close con-
gressional groups which have been
girdling the globe are winding up
their studies and getting reports
ready to submit soon after the new
. session begins Jan. (.
, Approximately one-fourth of all
members of the House and Senate
have gone abroad this past summer
and fall on government-financed
missions. The 23-member Texas
congressional delegation just about
held its own with the general ever,
age
The congressional tours have a
number of announced purposes—to
check on U. S. spending abroad or
on U. S. possessions, to gather in-
formation on various subjects con-
cerned with possible legislation and
sometimes to better international
relations in the quest for world
peace.
An example of the latter type of
mission, as vague as their goals
.nay seem, is the trip to Turkey
by Reps W. R. (Bob) Poage of
Waco and Wingate Lucas of Grape-
vine and Fort Worth.
BARKLEY APPOINTEES
They were appointed by Vice
President Alben Barkley as mem-
bers of the American delegation to
the Interparliamentary Union meet-
ing in Istanbul.
—The oldest international organi-
zation in existence, the Union is
composed of representatives from
Tishes
A Christmas Visit....
More than the fine gifts that delight our hearts on the
coming of the Yule, we all look forward to the visits ot
neighbors and relations, and of friends who come from
near and far. In the exchange of glad tidings, we would
like to add our own wishes that you enjoy a Merry Christ-
mas and a full, rich life in the New Year to come.
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all the elective legislative bodies
in the world. It was functioning
even a decade or more before the
League of Nations.
Although they have no power to
' pass and impose laws, the dele-
gates discuss common problems
and sometimes return to their own
countries with recommendations of
legislation or programs designed to
improve their own economy or liv-
ing standards.
Having attended several annual
sessions. Poage has become recog-
nized as a foremost authority in
discussions centering on ways to
increase the world's output of food
and feeds Here at home the Texan
is vice-chairman of the House Ag-
riculture Committee.
CHECKS SPENDING
Rep. Wright Patman of Texar-
kana went to Europe as the mem-
ber of s group checking up on how
American dollars are being spent
in the recovery program.
As a top-ranking member of the
House Banking and Currency Com-
mittee. be was on the look-out par-
ticularly to see how the Export-
Import bank loans were being
spent. He returned with praise for
that program, predicting that the
money issued through that agency
would be repaid with Interest
Calling for "redoubled” efforts.
next session to balance the budget,
be said serious consideration should
be given to the possibility of chan-
neling more foreign aid through the
Export-Import Bank rather than
through direct foreign-aid grants to
allied nations.
Two Texas representatives went
to South America. Rep. Lindley
Beckworth of Gladewater was with
the House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee. The group
made special studies of petroleum
and newsprint production. Rep.
Omar Burleson of Anson, as a mem-
ber of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, checked up on the
Point IV program and the Pan-
American Highway.
Traveling at his own expense
during the adjournment was Rep.
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., of McAllen. Ac-
companied by his wife, he visited
various European countries, includ-
ing Norway. He checked up unof-
ficially, but with considerable de-
gree of success, on recovery pro-
gress in war-torn areas.
THOMAS CHECKS
Rep. Albert Thomas, a member
of the House Appropriations Com-
mittee, also visited various Euro-
pean countries. He was on the look-
out for ways to cut down on foreign
spending without impairing the de-
fense effort. The Texan, Incidental-
ly, has quite a reputation in Wash-
ington for trimming budget allow-
ances for various federal bureaus
on the home front.
Neither Senator Tom Connally
nor Senator Lyndon Johnson went
abroad this year.
For those who wonder if con-
gressmen all travel, the Texas
delegation's record provides an in-
teresting study.
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bon-
ham. in the House since March 4,
1913, is probably the champion
non-traveler of all times of any
delegation. His office aides say he
has never been out of the United
States in his life.
Patman has been in the House
22 years, yet his recent trip to Eu-
rope was his first with a congres-
sional group traveling abroad.
The record for the most miles
traveled abroad probably is held by
Poage. Understandably, he is one
of the best informed men in the
House on international matters.
A tee-totaler, he goes to all the
receptions tendered congressmen
abroad and not only hears but re-
members a mass of detailed infor-
matlon. Often when others are
sleeping late the next morning he
is up early taxiing about the coun-
tryside seeking information about
everything in general, agriculture
in particular.
None of the Texas congressmen
has gone to Korea. Earlier this
year Bentsen asked military au-
thortile .........-ing front either •• a congressman
or as an Air Force reserve officer
back on active duty.
The World War Two B-24 bomber
pilot was turned down with the re- |
ply that no such permission could
be given.
After adjournment an exception
to the rule was granted when House
Minority Leader Joe Martin (R-
Mass) was allowed behind the UN
lines, about the same time Vice
President Barkley visited the
troops.
Cool Cafe Owners
Protect Property
CLEVELAND. Dec 24. @M —
Stowers Cafe is no place for crooks.
In 1933, proprietor Joe Stowers
59, chased three robbers with his
revolver In 1943 he shot and killed
a holdup man.
Last September his wife. Loretta,
43, fired four shots at two bandits,
and recently she sent 1g shots from
two automatics after two other
hoodlums.
"Not a cent ever has been stolen
from the cafe," says Mrs. Stow,
ers. "We're very cool-headed."
Yuletide looks’
Cool in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile. Dec 24 nA
white Christmas is going to have
tough competition from the local
type of Yuletide this year in San-
tiago.
Plans are under way for a fes-
tive celebration in a local park
Stalls sponsored by the Embassies
of different countries will bring the
traditional Old World touch to an
occasion which will take place in
mid-summer heat.
Cotton snow and paper mache
reindeer are the best that can be
The traffic through several of the
main streets in the downtown area
is diverted, and colored lights are
strung across the streets from the
buildings. Crowds stroll along in
the evenir gs, enjoying a breath of
air and perhaps feeling cooler for
having seen the shop displays with
cotton wool powdered with boraeid,
and the warm-clad Santa Claus.
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS ___12-C
Abilene, Texas, Monday Evening, Dec. 24, 1951___
Coke Offers Bounty
For Predatory Game
BRONTE, Dec. 24. (W)-Pred.
atory animals, take notice!
Coke County commissioners court
at their December session voted to
pay a bounty of $12.50 on wildcats
and coyotes brought in by trappen
and certified. A few ranchmen
have agreed to supplement the
bounty paid by the county.
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