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Best represented profession in Congress is the Law: 68 of the 96 Senators, 251 of the 435 Representatives are members of the bar. For eleven years Senator Borah has been worried by the fact that as lawyers, drawing fees from clients, Congressmen are liable to be prejudiced in enacting new legislation. As the result of long pondering he drafted a bill whereby: 1) no Congressman could accept any fee for representing any client, not only before any department of the Government (already illegal), but also in any court case in which the Government is interested; 2) any Congressman acting...
...come, sign that Congress should soon wind up its lengthy session. Senator Connally of Texas, moved by these harbingers of summer, thought of being gracious: why should not a small delegation of Democratic Congressmen go down to the Union Station to meet the President returning from vacation? Senator Borah, also gracious, asked: Why should not Republicans be included? The cloak rooms buzzed. Someone had a bright idea: Why not invite the whole of Congress? Why not march down with a band? No one could say nay to so unprecedented a patriotic gesture, but a number of Congressmen-mostly Republicans- began...
...veto of the "Veterans Bill." Practically no notice is taken of the fact that this was 40% Veterans and 60 % Political Jobholders Bill. Incidentally, the gentlemen who voted to override the veto raised their own wages $1,000 per. The other $500 will come later. I understand that Senator Borah offered an amendment to cut out all salaries over $6,000 but did not get to first base.Now it is possible and probable that some veterans are in want, but it would be a brave man who would claim that any political jobholder is actually suffering for necessities...
AUSTIN GOLDSBOROUGH PATTERSON BARBOUR HALE REED BORAH HASTINGS ROBINSON CAPPER HATFTELD (Ind.) CAREY JOHNSON SCHALL COUZENS KEAN STEIWER CUTTING KEYES TOWNSEND DAVIS LA FOLLETTE VANDENBERG DICKINSON McNARY WALCOTT FESS NORBECK WHITE FRAZIER NORRIS GIBSON...
...Senate bill but it thoroughly upset the Administration program by voting $91,700,000 extra for veterans' pensions and $130.000.000 extra for Federal pay. Representatives grew so rambunctious that they were ready to take on the Senate as well as the President. Among other things they killed Senator Borah's amendment that the pay restoration should be limited to employes drawing less than $6,000 a year-an amendment which would have kept members of Congress from recovering their own pay cut. So the bill was batted back & forth between the House and Senate, Only approach to deference...