Senatorial Discourtesy

Last week three U. S. Senators, all Democrats, charged their Administration with spending money to ridicule them. The offender was the WPA's Federal Theatre production about slum clearance, ". . . one third of a nation'' (TIME, Jan. 31). The offense was casting Senators Andrews of Florida, Byrd of Virginia and Tydings of Maryland as mild critics of the Wagner-Steagall Housing Bill. The Senators complained that their impersonators on the stage called forth boos & hisses. As their remarks came straight out of the Congressional Record, they admitted they had not been misquoted, but insisted they were not quoted fairly. In the play Byrd and Tydings seek to amend the bill, restricting costs to a top $4,000-per-family unit. In Congress the bill was amended, became law with a top $5,000-per-family unit.

Spokesmen for the Federal Theatre in New York denied that any ridicule was intended, that any boos had resulted, refused to give the "Senators" any new lines.

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