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And when they do, they're often outrageously funny
Compiled by Harold Dunn Illustrated by Syd Hoff
IN most states, you have to be 21 to
vote for a Congressman. But there's
no age limitation placed on who can
write him and nobody knows this
better than America's kids.
They regularly take pen, pencil, or
crayon in hand and express their
thoughts in no uncertain terms to their
Congressmen or even to somebody
else's.
Some of the letters are zany, some
have the urgency of a telegram and
all of them are uninhibited. Here is a
selection of such letters to Congress
men, in which the truth is expressed as
only kids can do it.
Chairman
Legislative Branch
Washington, D.C.
Dear Chairman :
Why this business of having- two sena
tors for every state? One is plenty. Sure
you would have to work a little harder,
but we must all do our part to help in
these times. You should say a speech about
it and resign.
A Future Taxpayer
Senator Ernest Gruening
The Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Gruening.
A question arose in my mind while I
was hearing the news last night I do not
get paid for coming to school. May I see
someone about my unemployment check?
Dennis S
Mrs. Catherine May
Congressional Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mrs. May :
I am a Baptist and a Brownie. May I
join the Republicans besides, or would
this give me a conflecting interest?
Marie W
Senator Harry Byrd
Senate Office
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Byrd :
This is to inform you that I am going
to name my baby after you if I get mar
ried and he is a boy and he is my fourth
one. You are fourth on my list.
Jane Y
Via, 4y?Ant"'" Y
Chairman
Rules Committee
Congress
Dear Chairman:
Get me the official rules for football
(touch) so I can practice to be President
Thank you very much.
Lloyd L
Senator Everett Dirkson
Senate Bldg.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Dirkson :
All my friends are running for presi
dent, so I am choosing something else. Of
all these people, who makes more: a gov
ernor or senator or house of representa
tive, so when I run I will know. I plan on
thinking of my family as well as my ca
reer. Sincerely,
Hal K
Congressman Thomas Pelly
Congress Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman Pelly,
Have you made up your opinion on
China yet? Please send it to me and I
would like to see it. I already have my
opinion, so don't give any facts if you
don't mind. x
Thank you,
Gilberts :
Congressman John Jarman
The Capital
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman Jarman,
I would like your autograph. Please
mail it in a plain envelope as long as my
folks are Democrats.
Randall B
Congressman Craig Hosmer .
U.S. Congress
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman Hosmer :
Write me something. Make it a person
to person letter. I don't mind what you
say if you will only do it in your own hand.
Sincer
Oh, write two letters while you think of
it because I think I know where I can sell
one.
Sincerely,
Charles H-
Senator Philip Hart
The U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Hart :
Have a bubble gum. I became a brother
this morning.
Arthur A
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and embarrassingly truthful
Senator Clair Engle
The Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Engle;
I paid Timmy the .271 I owed him so
dont forget to minus it from the national
debt.
David J
Senator Thomas Dodd
US Senate "
Washington, DC.
Dear Senator Dodd,
Oughtn't you to know that Jan keeps
her fingers crossed when she sings the
Star-Spangled Banner?
Diana B
Senator Carl Curtis
Nebraska Section
Congress, Washington
Dear Senator Curtis,
Congratulate me! Really it is because of
you I won tho. We had a game in school
today to see who could guess a senator
from Kansas and I won. I said you and
since you are from Nebraska I was the
closest.
Thanks again,
Maynard T
Senator William Proxmire
Wash. D.C.
Dear Senator Proxmire:
I would like to visit the senate but is it
like visiting a doctor and would I have to
take everything off?
Respectfully,
George B
Illinois representative
House of representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Mrs. Howell has been explaining you to
us but don't worry anyway because we are
all below 21.
Kim W
Congressman Morris Udall
House of representatives
Congress
Dear Congressman Udall :
Are you a democrat or a republican so
I can know who the mean ones aren't?
Abbie T
Senator Kenneth Keating
Washington
Dear Senator Keating,
Send me all the information you have
on proper manners and don't think it is
my idea.
Freddie G
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Congressman John Dent
Washington
Dear Congressman Dent :
I am a future inventor. Tell me some of
the inventions of the future so I can start
on them now.
v JeffR
Senator Edward Long
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Long:
Stop reading your icky letters and get
to work.
Walter B
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