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S*Sf •* Srt°,le,' V*’ *he" * ““• ta°* * "*«“*» W «*“«™0 “ «* MX •«“file Shenim“ot«h8.’b€*ten ,t0r® *nd * *®W 0ther buUdin*8 V® aboot 811 there is to Swimley, which lies hard by the West Virginia border in .. You’ve probably never heard of Swimley, and you won’t find it on the road map in your car. But the rood, salt-of-the-earth neonle problems^ What * *0in* 0n in Wa8hin*ton* *n fact> «>me of their big-city cousins would do well to have their understanding of the Nation's !th^nP’i?i05a?udiltrift’v#nd ‘^Representative, Burr P. Harrison, has just completed his annual trip to every town, wiv®1# ^o^8 home. He sends out advance notices of his visit, and meets the folks in the courthouse or at the post office. About half of the 289,000 residents of the district live off the main roads and Swimley is typical. oilw ™ “*“• •»*»'• *»■*« *»•. 1•ign to it^you knew she^meant iT**** *Uotment pUn ,nd can't °*>er*t« her a profit under it. And when she said she isn’t going to i V *t Braceton, almost another Swimley, was tending his hogs when Mr. Harrison drove in. e* don’t°raise.” rnuntf *** Government> he said determinedly. “I’m doing all right and nobody needs to pay me to anything I don’t do The appearance of his farm seemed to bear him out.

*mSz^rss^^rssiSvffitSz ■» “»• *•* ^ Is there going to be a war? Will inflation get worse?

tion, Gainesbotti ‘and^iany*otiiers*nd * W“ the ■*** *t all the stops-Gaylord, Wadesville, Clearbrook, Berryville, Cross JuncB?re and there an elderly man or woman would hang on the fringes of the groups and, as Mr. Harrison was leaving, tug at his sleeve “Tm old now and can’t work,” one said in a half-whisper. “Can I get some Social security?" *' * KjfiL* “t01" OT * f.*thfr,wo“ld ”k th*t a son be kept out of military service-“We’re old now and need him to run the place.” mil ^?i8.5£pr2“?1Btely a226 8tfps ‘2 hif an£ual tour of his district He arranges his schedule so as not to miss Congressional Swtedistricts!^6* ********"■? business. A number of other Congressmen, notably Joe Martin of Massachusetts, make similar visits through _ . •ffide *r?m 8>»ck of confidence in the administration, a genuine dislike for Mr. Acheson and worry over the dangers of war, high prices and communism, Mr. Harrison found his district in good spirits. * ’ * prices It1? things going to you?" he asked one elderly farmer who summed up conditions in one picturesque expression. “Well,” he drawled, "we’re eatin’ pretty high up on the hog.”—WJ.M. v

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