The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 251, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1956 Page: 3 of 36
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1956
RETAINERS’ COMMON IN OLD DAYS }
Present Senators Far Above
Those of Past in Prestige -
aged well on this product What
else do you want?”
According to Ayres, “The caller
left in a hurry."
By ELIZABETH CARPENTER
Reporter-News Washington
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb 29 - The
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U.S. Senate was in the heat of de-
bate over the renewal nf the char-
ter for the Bank of the United
.States
It was a strange time for the
• senator from Massachusetts to
write the bank that “my retainer
has not been received or refresh
ed as usual." •
of the past, he agrees with Wil-
liam Allen White that in the early
days senators' “wore the yoke of
great financial interest . with
pride” .
Senator Kennedy maintains that
Ilie examples of past courage —
and cowardice — can define the
ingredient, but they cannot supply
courage itself
■ The time was 1830. And the sena ! Sacrifice All for Issue
for was Daniel Webster. The oc- Kennedy believes that in no other
currence was not illegal, or unus- profession out politics is it expect-
ual. ...^ that a man will sacrifice honor.
But time moves on: The I S prestige, and his chosen career on
Senate was in the heat of debate a single issue
over the natural “gas bill an aL.
(03 And few professions bear the
continual weight of temptations
and pressures to take the primrose-
path of never . ending compro-
mises,” Kennedy says.
On one occasion a president of
a large railroad company turned “For this, each man must look
down the suggestion- that he be- into his own soul," he says
come a senator "because I have In the forthcoming Mobbying
made so many of them" I investigation, his soul - searching
will be accompanied with kleig
lights and a large part of the
American public tuned in
It was a strange time for the
Austin representative of Superior
Oil Company to pass an envelope
containing $2,500 to John Neff for
a contribution to the campaign
of Senator Francis Case of South
Dakota. The senator rejected it
and told the Senate and the whole
world about it.
The President vetoed the gas bill
The cry began to probe how wide-
spread such timely contributions
are And next week, the Senate
launches a soul-searching Thvesti-
gation of itself and the lobbies
which prey upon it.
Promises Action
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, the
majority leader, .has promised the
widest type of full probe, one
which will bring forth reforms in
lobbying and election laws
To reporters he quipped. “You're
gonna' have to saddle your horses
and put on your spurs if you're
going to keep up with Johnson on
flag, mother, and corruption!"
How does the Senate of the pres-
ent compare to those of the past
where honesty and ethics are con-
cerned: . . position, he aked the guard at the
The expert on this is the Sen-exhibit, "Brothers,’I presume?"
ales youngest member, John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass) who has just Few indeed are the members of
finished two years research into Congress who face the constituents
the history of the Senate which re-or the pressures as forthrightly as
suited in his news book. “Profile these two examples:
of Courage Rep. John Stevens McGroarty of
A comparison of today with the California wrote a constituent in
1934: "One of the countless draw-
backs of being in Congress is that
I am compelled to receive imperti -
nent letters from a jackass like
“Torn between his obligations to
his constituency, his concern for
the welfare of his family, his grat-
itude to his supporters, his loyal-
ty to his party, his personal ambi-
tion and his awareness that right
and wrong on most issues are al
most inextricably missed, there is
little wonder we do not have more
men of political courage willing to
go out off a limb" for what they be-
lieve," he said.
Some resort to caution- to such a
ridiculous extent as Senator Wil-
liam B. Allison of Iowa of whom it
was said: "If a piano were con-
structed reaching from the Senate
chamber to Des Moines, Allison
could run all the Way on the keys
without ever striking a note." —
Another famous senator of half
a century ago became so accustom-
ed to political caution and guarded
opinions that when he went to see
the Siamese twins at the world ex-
old days "would be in favor ol
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in Congress two months, and
haven't done it. Will you please
take two running jumps and go
to hell?"
I Rep William Ayres (R-Ohio)
states this experience recently
with a gas lobbyist ‘unidentified
from Texas. The lobbyist phoned
for an appointment with Ayres
but little did he know what await
id him. Ayres had hurriedly dis-
patched an assistant to fetch a Tex-
as flag, a phonograph machine,
and a recording of “The Yellow
Rose of Texas." Also an electric
fan
When the Texas lobbyist was
ushered into the Congressman's of
fice. he stepped into the hottest
Texas reception of his life. The
Texas flag, borne by the breeze
of the fan, flapped furiously, and
the "Yellow Rose” blared loudly
Ayres handed his flabbergasted
caller a miniature bale of cotton
and said "You Texans have man
Will Earthquakes
Hurt A-Reactors!
TOKYO, Feb ,29 oni—Japan has
a question for the atomic profes-
sors
Will Japan’s 6,000 to 7 000 earth
quakes per year damage the two
atomic reactors being bought from
the United States
Dr. Toshihiko ‘Hisata, construc-
lion ministry expert on architec
ture, is going to America seeking
the answer
California Teacher
On 30,000 Mile
Privale Air Tour
DALLAS W—A 34-year-old Cali-
fornia schoolteacher who tired of
teaching school and set out on a
30,000 mile tour of the world in
her small plane left Dallas early
this morning on the next leg of her
flight.
Her next stop will be Jackson.
Miss. She had originally planned
to make it to Atlanta, Ga., but de-
cided at the last moment to set her
single-engine Cessna down at Jack-
sun instead
"I just got tired of schoolrooms
and I've flown all over the United
States and to Canada and Mexico,
so there was nothing else to do but
go around the world," Jan Wood
said
Her small plane, not capable of
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long range flights, will be crated
and shipped across the Atlantic to
the Netherlands. On the way back,
it will be shipped across the South
Pacific from Australia to Peru.
Miss Woods' only companion on
the trip, which she estimates will
take a year, is a 3-year-old German
Shepherd named Cindy. As for her
clothes, she is taking only two suit
cases of "casual things.”
The world trip is being financed
byaher savings and by a small
monthly income from her job. Miss
Woods expects to visit, 15 countries
C. A. Farley's
Contract Renewed
MERKEL, Feb 29, — Merkel,
School Board has extended the con-
tract of C. A Farley, elementary
schools principal, for three years
Farley entered the Merkel
school system in 1943 He holds
the B S degree from West Texas
State College and the M.E. degree |
from McMurry College.'
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