Judge — January 1938 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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THE SENATOR-AT-LARGE As sure as the starlings will be a prob- lem to the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, in the spring, will the Congress convening this month set- tle some old scores. It was no use getting down to it before the holidays, but oh my, oh my, the ammunition that was stored up for use ere the Ides of March have come! You may not care much about seeing the Japanese cherry trees in blossom, but if the railroads don’t begin running excursions on the day the Toga men begin to take Joe Guffey apart and hide him in the bushes on the Hill, then they will have overlooked a great source of rev- enue, for the eminent Pennsyl- vanian has asked, begged, and pleaded to be throttled. The dust had hardly settled from the heels of the departed Senators last summer, when Joe grabbed his trusty microphone, and_ stirred himself a mess of trouble. There are those who dare not, and would not if they could, overlook the necessity for chastising the patronage saint of Pennsylvania. Tuen, Father Coughlin is back on the air to jab and thrust, unless he has lost his knack. There are some smouldering em. bers lying on the carpets in the cloak rooms too, with Justice Black's initials on them, and it is hardly probable that all that story has been told, or all the furore stopped. The tall Missis- sippian, Pat Harrison, whose vit- riol had been tight-corked until just a day or two after Senator Barkley was elected Majority Leader, certainly can’t hold in much longer, and the floor will surely have the rare treat of his ability. Not since the Hoover Administration has he really been up to form. That other Mississip- pian, Bilbo, 1s overdue, and may cut loose. Senator Wagner, of New York, is bound to catch some punches thrown at the National Labor Relations Board. The faith. ful Joe Robinson won't be there this session to hurl back the at- tacks upon the Administration. Senator Vandenberg, upon whom January, 1958 the light of Republican favor shines strongest at the moment, can well be expected to demonstrate a great ability at intelligent attack, and the two Vir- ginians, the almost legendary Carter Glass, and his faithful friend of filial devotion, Senator Byrd, can be expected to express themselves with great clarity upon many questions. There is still bot- tled up in the great Idahoan, Borah, a fine oration, which will be worth going miles to hear, should he deliver at this session. McNary will make a talk too. The young and able Senator Nye, whose work has been really brilliant, has just finished a most intelligently arranged speaking tour, which carried him through Eastern colleges and into the Middle West. He covered an area in which reside almost 70 per cent of the total population of the United States, and left, everywhere, an amazingly fine impression, and received a splendid Press. Au in all, there is a promise that the Senate in this Congress will offer many brilliant and dynamic maneuvers, in proof of an ability long dormant.—H. N. “Iv OCCURS TO ME, IF YOUR OLE LADY CAN TRUST YOU WITH THE PAPER, SHE CAN TRUST YOU WITH THE MONEY!” 13 comicbooks.com