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...important committee chairmen were: Byrns of Tennessee, Appropriations: Collier of Mississippi, Ways and Means; Pou of North Carolina, Rules; Jones of Texas, Agriculture; Steagall of Alabama, Banking & Currency: Sumners of Texas, Judiciary: Rayburn of Texas, Interstate & Foreign Commerce; Dickstein of New York, Immigration; Linthicum of Maryland, Foreign Affairs; Quin of Mississippi, Military Affairs; Vinson of Georgia, Naval Affairs; Black of New-York, Claims; Mead of New York, Post Offices...
...four-minute extemporaneous orations. Second place was won by Ever Louise Conner, 16, of Chicago, only girl in the final contest, who it was said might have won first place had she not exceeded the time limit and been stopped by a whistle blast. Winner was Robert Gibson Rayburn, 16, of Newton, Kan. Tall, redhaired, Orator Rayburn spoke in a low. quiet voice. Excerpt from his oration: "The ink on the parchment where the Constitution has been engrossed for years is faded, but if it has been written in letters of living light, this country will march on through...
...purpose is to unify activities for promotion of trade, and it will be under the Department of Commerce, of which Herbert Hoover is Secretary. In debate, Representative Black of Texas snorted at the salaries of $10,000 and generous perquisites offered to the advance agents of commerce. Representative Rayburn of Texas countered by citing the rice industry of California as one of thousands of examples of the benefits secured by our foreign trade agents. Representative Hoch of Kansas was author of the bill...
...other hand, our opponents have lost none of their fighting force and have a number of additions of great strength. Garrett, and Garner, and Pou, and Crisp, and Rayburn will be joined by Rainey, and Hull, and Cannon [Clarence Cannon of Missouri], whose profound knowledge of parliamentary law is familiar to us all. We, as a party, will have our work cut out for us if we are to emerge from the parliamentary battles of the next session with credit to ourselves and to our party, and it cannot be done without co-operation and teamwork...
...Garfield expense committee have reported to the House. Their report is not yet published, but it is said that Hamilton and Agnew get $15,000 each; Bliss, $10,000; and Rayburn, Boynton and Edson, $5,000 each...