Blait has filled the speakers chair for the last 21 years. but only in a figurative sense. for most of the time he is on his feet guiding the house through its legislative business and reminding house members why they were elected. A portrait of Mr. Blatt hangs in the hall of the house in the State capitol. Blatt. a son of Jewish immigrants from Russia says. "The fact that my portrait hangs in this chamber is the highest evidence of the fine qualities of South Carolinians and damns the tongues of evil men who call us intolerant. "South Carolinians dont care which side of the tracks a man comes from or what his religion is. They accept a man for what he really is." states Blatt fervently. Mr.
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