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range ot bb to 70 degrees r arenheit. For the duration of Robertson’s term or terms in the Senate, the pool was cold and little used, except for senators from cold water states like New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington and in a limited way from Minnesota.
Willis was defeated, or retired, sometime in the sixties. The hopes of the potential swimmers rose only to be frustrated when Willis was succeeded by Senator Henry Jackson of Washington State. Henry too, conditioned by the cold waters of Puget Sound, we assumed, was also a cold water man.
For nearly twenty years of the Jackson chairmanship, the waters of the pool have been kept near the Robinson standard and the users of the pool limited to a few hardy cold water lovers, while other senators swam not all or satisfied their watery needs by standing in the small warm pool or using the whirlpool bath.
After long absence, I visited the Senate Gym last week. I heard splashing and laughter from the pool area — something I had not heard before. As I rounded the corner of the pool room, I saw happy senators cavorting in the large pool, some swimming vigorously. I asked the attendant what had happened.
Following the death of Senator Jackson, there had been, he whispered, a revolt — the mice belling the cat or at least the tradition the purpose of the revolt, changing the temperature of the large pool. It is now at 84 degrees, the attendant told me, and the old, small pool kept at 66 for the cold water minority. A clear case of majority rule, taking over from the old rule of seniority.
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