Hoover made a proposal for a more modest measure. Alben Barkley called Robinson's cave-in "the most humiliating spectacle that could be brought about in an intelligent legislative body." When Franklin Roosevelt became president, Robinson followed the new president as loyally as he had followed Coolidge and Hoover. Robinson passed bills in the Hundred Days so quickly that Will Rogers joked "Congress doesn't pass legislation any more, they just wave at the bills as they go by. In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the Senate. In 1937 the Senate opposed Roosevelt's "court packing" plan and successfully called for reduced deficits. Since 1945 Perhaps the most infamous Senate drama of the early 1950s was Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations of alleged communists. After years of unchallenged power, McCarthy fell as a result of producing little hard evidence for his claims while the claims themselves became more elaborate, even questioning the leadership of the United States Army. McCarthy was censured by the Senate in 1954. Prior to World War II, Senate majority leader had few formal powers. But in 1937, the rule giving majority leader right of first recognition was created. With the addition of this rule, the Senate majority leader enjoyed far greater control over the agenda of which bills to be considered on the floor. During Lyndon Baines Johnson's tenure as Senate leader, the leader gained new powers over committee assignments. In 1971 Paulette Desell was appointed by Senator Jacob K. Javits as the Senate's first female page. In 2009 Kathie Alvarez became the Senate's first female legislative clerk. See also History of the United States House of Representatives List of United States Congresses Party divisions of United States Congresses Resignation from the United States Senate Bibliography Notes References linked to notes ; (full set & just Vol. 4); (Vol. 4). ; ; ; . 108th Congress, 2nd Session → Senate Document 108–222 ; ; ; . <li> <li> <li> <li> . References not linked to notes Reference Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, The Almanac of American Politics 1976: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts (1975); new edition every 2 years, informal practices, and member information) Congressional Quarterly Congress and the Nation: 2001–2004: A Review of Government and Politics: 107th and 108th Congresses (2005); summary of Congressional activity, as well as major executive and judicial