THE CONGRESS: Paid in Full

In their preholiday scramble to dispose of weightier matters, Congressmen did not forget the old custom of giving a year's salary to the heirs of a deceased member —even though this time he was Mississippi's ill-famed Senator Theodore G. Bilbo. In the bill providing $540 million for interim aid to Europe and China, they appropriated $12,500 to be divided equally between Bilbo's son, Lieut. Colonel Theodore G. Bilbo, A.U.S., and his daughter, Mrs. Jessie Forrest Bilbo Smith, of Poplarville, Miss.

...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!