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We need to go down to our committee room, be-

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cause we are on the list of those who are to have movies

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of us in action.

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THE PRESIDENT: Will you please make certain

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that in the movie appear all the reference works that you

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have been using? There are books on commas, books on semi-

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colons, books on synonyms, and many others.

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Delegate Taylor.

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DELEGATE TAYLOR: Mr. President, this may

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have come to me a little late , but I have on my desk a

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little note that says, "Some people don't have much to

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say, but you have to listen so long to find it out."

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I felt a little badly until I turned it over

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and it said, "You are quite an orator." Then I began

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to feel a little better.

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Then it went on to say: "Oratory is the art

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of making loud noises from the mouth sound like important

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messages from the brain."

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All of us have heard about a lady here —

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if we haven't spoken of her, we have thought about her.

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I had occasion the other night to talk to her. She told