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...half-an-hour to any reporter rash enough to telephone him. He also disseminates to his constituents a leaflet called This Week in Washington, by Ralph E. Church. Last week, encouraged by success, Representative Church climaxed his public career. On Thanksgiving Eve, when the Senate had already sensibly adjourned, Sam Rayburn proposed that the House adjourn until two days later. Instantly, Illinois' Church, still insistent that the House keep its nose to the grindstone, was on his feet to ask whether it was true that there would be no action on the Tax Bill till the regular session...
...Thanksgiving Day last week. 20 minutes after the House met at noon. Sam Rayburn seized his chance to ask for unanimous consent to adjourn until Monday-which he could not have done the day before since rules permit adjournment for no more than three days in a row. Confident in his formula for attracting attention, Illinois' Church objected again but this time Sam Rayburn was too quick for him. By re-framing his proposal as a formal motion to recess, which requires a vote and cannot be defeated by a single objector, he got the House away to dinner...
...likely to show an independence toward the White House unprecedented since 1933. The other was that Vice President John Nance Garner in the Senate and Speaker William Brockman Bankhead in the House were going to have their hands full making Congress do much of anything before it moves to adjourn, presumably about...
After the President's note, unusual in that it pointedly omitted to thank the Senate for its services, had been read, the motion to adjourn was offered and carried. Twenty-eight minutes later, at 7:23, the House, which had been wrangling over the cotton subsidy, likewise closed up and the 75th Congress' astonishing first session was over...
...from New York. ..." The rest of that day was given to the anti-lynching bill and Senator Borah, who believes it quite unconstitutional, proceeded to take it apart at leisure, while Leader Barkley stewed. By the close of the afternoon, Alben Barkley had another maneuver ready. He moved to adjourn (instead of recessing) overnight, which would have automatically cleared the calendar for a fresh start on another bill next day. To his dismay, the harmonious Democrats split and the motion was voted down 35-10-27. A moment later, Republican Leader Charles McNary, missing no tricks, moved to recess. Bells...