No one Senator has ever approached the supremacy of "Fighting Bob' except the late Huey Long, who held the floor in June, 1935, for fifteen and half hours. opposing extension of National Industrial Recovery Act His filibuster. conducted single-handed, was broken by a determined and light-hearted group of "freshman" poke for nearly fifteen hours, sipping and eating sandwiches the while.
like Huey Long nearly forty-two years later, he wearied 3 last The Time Factor The success of a filibus' dicated entirely on a time one sort or another. In the it was usually the automatic a ment of a fareh 4. In the case of Lon:
URA filibuster it was the imminent expiration date of the law. More recently it has been the eagerness of to nm and leave Washington Where a di ite and inexorable question of time busters have had measure of success.
The question i: now raised seriously for the fi time, in connection with the Court Bill, whether a filibuster can be successful if there is no time limit. There nothing to prevent Congre: from sitting continuously if it wishes But generally it does not wis! popular, and to some extent offi conception of the function of Congress has lotte to be that it meets only to 9 home as quickly as pos-under the expert guidance of some] sible—that if it does not do so it is of the older hands. Long finally wore somehow recreant.
If this feeling is out, and his obstructionist tactics re-) strong enough, a filibuster, even withsulted in nothing more than unneces- cut "lame duck" sessions, od serv delay chance of winning.
One of the most famous filibusters However, there is always the mat-was a successful group effort in 1922 ter of public opinion. Few Senators to defeat an anti- g bill. Senator ave as secure politically as was Long Harrison of Mississippi held the in his tight little empire of Louisiana cannot ignore rising indigna-Senate up for days over the question home. If they have reason of having the chaplain's prayer read into the previous day's journal. The minority campaign is entire journal had been read at his unfavourably on the electorate, they will give in as gracefully then he noted the omission of refer insistence, contrary to custom, and (orate. thes rk 3 ence to the prayer.
He demanded] pose and perjured," said the hat the prayer be inserted. There warrington County Court Judge whea as no text available and the chaP- 4 motorist and his wife maintained could not be found. When h finally brought in and the prayer inserted, Senator Harrison questioned they had driven at under 15 m.p-h, on the Chester-Tarporley road.
International Boy Scout Jamboree at Vogelenzeng, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell were received by Queen Wilhelm of Holland in private audience, A resolution passed at the conclud-jon of the International Boy ference once more outlines the aims of the movement as set down by the founder, the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell. The resolution which that the chief aim of the organ' ation is physical training of youth and promotion of sane nationality is prominently featured and favourably commented on by the Netherlands press, The resolution further asks the international committee to do everything in its power to ensure a promotion of the movement in the spirit of, international ce-operation Wwithout regard to creed or race. The resolution criticize the ization of the movement or its Permeation with political tendencies as such might easily lead to a conflict within the ranks of the movement and would moreover jeopardize the success of efforts to maintain peace and goodwill among nations.—Trans-Ocean.
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