Some Things Never Change

Reader Contribution by Sam Moore
Published on March 2, 2016
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I’m not a political person, but since that’s all we hear nowadays on the media, here’s my little contribution, and naturally it’s historical.

Did’ja ever wonder what our Congressmen do for a living? Besides running for office, that is.

Back in 1937 the 75th Congress was convened during a time when the Great Depression, which had eased somewhat in 1936, had recently suffered a relapse. An editorial in the March 1937 issue of Country Gentleman magazine had this to say about the body.

NOT ENOUGH LOG CABINS

A diligent perusal of the biographical section of the new Congressional Directory–wherein members are permitted to state their qualifications, accomplishments and virtues–is apt to leave the voter with distinctly mixed emotions.

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