Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1931, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D T, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931. NEW SENATE GROUP' HAS 13 DEMOCRATS Woman, Amateur Boxing Champion and 14 Lawyers Among “Freshmen.” B the Associated Press which | ! A Senate freshman class boasts several claims to distinction is| busily stowing away its books in new | offices behind shiny brass name plates. | Besides bringing the first woman in | history to take up the duties of & Sen- | ator, the' group of 17 contains a for- | mer amateur heavyweight boxing cham- pion and no fewer than 14 lawyers One of the three non-barristers among them—Marcus A. Coolidge of | Massachusetts—arrived at his office | yesterday after driving his own car| down from PFitchburg | tic Coolidge, who says | e is an 1 or ninth cousin” of the | Republican Calvin Coolidge, manufac- tures machinery So s not to be at a disadvantage in & house mainly made up of lawyers, he brought _along &s ~political adviser, | Daniel F. O'Connell, who handled his | campaign Senator’s Daughter Artist. | With the new Massachusetts Senator | Rlso came his daughter Helen, an artist of ability, who hopes to paint the por- traits of some of her father's mmf Senators Miss Coolidge, driving her own automobile, came into Washington neck and neck with that driven by her dad { Besides Coolidge, the new Senators | who are not lawyers are Mrs. Hattie Caraway, who succeeds her late hus- band, Thaddeus H. Caraway, as Sena- tor from Arkansas, and W. Warren Barbour, the New Jersey thread manu- facturer, who was once so good A scapper that Jim Corbett pronounced him a fit opponent for Jack Johnson The group comprises 13 Democrats | #gainst 4 Republicans One Democratic member will not be on hand, however, at the opening. Sen- stor-Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana | prefers to keep his eye on the Governor's chair at close range for a while, ‘Two Democrats are finding their seats | disputed—John H. Bankhead of Ala-! bama and Josiah Bailey, North Caro-| lina. The Alabaman’s place is contested by former Senator Thomas Heflin, Democrat, and the other by George M. | Pritchard, Republican, | Bewhiskered, colorful J. Hamilton | Lewis of Tllinols is one of three new ! Senators who have held the office be- fore. Lewis, M. M. Neely of West Vir- ginia and a blind Senator—Thomas P Gore of Oklahoma—all return after lapses of several years. Others among the newcomers are transferring their activities from the House of Representa- ives Close friends of Mrs. Caraway feel that she will complete her career as the first active woman Senator at the , end of her husband’s unexpired term Runs for Senate TOWA WOMAN SEEKS FIRST FULL-TERM SEAT. MRS. DONALD MACRAE, 2D, | Of Council Bluffs, a middle-aged grand- nomination for in lowa on the mother, is seeking United States Senator Democratic ticket. the first woman elected to the Senate for a full term. A. P. Photo HEARING ON BUS LINE SET FOR DECEMBER 14 Utilites Commission to Review Blue Ridge Lines Request for Route Change. The Puble Utilities Commission yes- terday set December 14 as the date for a public hearing on an application of the Blue Ridge Transportation Co. for a change in the route of its interstate busses in the District There is ponding in Police Court a case in which this company is charged with disobeying the commission’s ordr by using a route along Fourteenth street instead of one along Thirteenth street as ordered by the commission Another interstate bus line, the newly organized Alexandria-Washington Bus Co., today asked permi of the com- mission to enter Washington. The route for which 1t asked is over the Highway Bridge and along Fourteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue, east to Tenth street, and leave the District by way of Constitution avenue, Fourteenth street and Highway Bridge This line is & prospective competitor of the Alexandria, Barcroft & Wash- ington Bus Co., and the Mount Vernon Alexandria & Washington Railway operating bus and street car service be- tween Alexandria and Washington. She aspires to be | WOMEN MEMBERS - BALANCE IN HOUSE Three of Each Party, but As- signments May Give Democrats Edge. By the Associated Press. Women should play a well balanced role in the House of Representatives this session, for they are divided three and three on the Republican and Democratic sides of the aisle, But the balance likely will swing the edge to the Democrats, reversing thelr | last session roles. The expected Demo- cratic reorganization will bring Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida and Effigene Wingo of Arkansas up a notch or two on com- tee lists and perhaps take a shade m the political preferment of the Republican trio--Tlorence P.. Kahn of California, Edith Nourse Rogers of 'Msssuhuse(u and Ruth Baker Pnfl’to require all departments of the Gov- | of New York. | " But, as women, all can rejoice that | this very circumstance may yleld Mrs. | Norton the chairmanship of the im- portant District of Columbia Commit- tee. She is the first woman ever in line for such & job. Mrs. Norton Forceful. ‘ Erect, forcetul, Mrs. Norton has be- | hind her a record of accomplishment in Jersey City to guide her handling of the 4,000 special bills per session deal- ing with the Capital which comes be- fore that Committce. Creation of a new post in the Presi- dent’s cabinet, heading a department | of home and child, is the ambitious aim of Mrs, Owen, als) a seasoned politi- cian, Others ~f her businesslike pro- posals deal with an Everglades tropic park,. harbors on a 550-mile Florida coast and fruit-ily damage reimburse- ment. Mrs. Wingo, who came in last No- vember, learned her role as right-hand helper to her husband before his death. In Arkansas last Summer, working among her people rebuilding after drought, she found inspiration enough, | she says, to last all session, Mrs. Kahn Well Informed. Mrs. Kahn, known affectionately as “Mother” to many members, is credited with being among the very astute and well informed of Capitol Hill This session she will introduce a bill Oh! Lady:— Here's the way you can buy your “man” his gifts— and fpay for them in the months to come. GIFTS MEN LIKE!!! 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Mrs. Pratt got two bills through the House during her first term—a 100,000 annual appropriation for books the blind and an amendment to the | Federal Reserve act. |LAVAL MEETS FIRST REVERSE IN CHAMBER | Flandin’s Appeal on School Meas- | ure Defeated, but Confidence Is- | sue Not Involved. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 3.—Premier Pierre Laval's government received its first check in the Chamber of Deputies yes terday when an appeal of Pinance Min- 1 ister Flandin asking the Chamber not | to send a school appropriation item | back to the committee was defeated by a vote of 325 to 263. It was not a question of confidence, however, and there was no question of the government resigning. | Former Premier Edouard Herriot had demanded a large increasé in the school construction appropriation, which Flan- | din opposed. ! 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