Show 0 0 national topics interpreted by william bruckart 4 washington it will be kemem bared that prior to america americas s en into the watchful world war the waiting then president woodrow wilson pursued an announced policy of watchful waiting mr wilson jus tilled that policy on the high plane of a ION loe e for peace and the country supported him in that de decision cislon we aie file heeln seeing a simulation of that course at present although the country Is at peace and not at war the policy of watchful waiting adopted by president I 1 oo sevelt has reference not to international rela alons but to domestic affairs to be specific it relates solely to the political situation in the new congress the president Is confronted as ev ery one knows with a huge bloc of extremely radical members in the house and senate and he has his hands full in compelling the con gresa gress to rubber stamp tion legislation recent developments white house pronouncements and in d other straws tending to show which way the wind blows indicate definitely that mr roosevelt Is going to avoid open clashes as far as possible he Is not going to test the mettle of the rad leal feal group too tar far without being sure of his ground therefore we may expect to see considerable delay in enactment of new banking legislation and in deal ing with highly controversial ques eions centering in section 7 a of the national re reco coNery iery act likewise there will be hesitancy on the part of or the administration to push for ward a program of revision tor for the agricultural adjustment adminis tra tion and the policy of waiting may be expected to be disclosed in some other phases of legislation such as the unemployment insurance scheme I 1 do not mean to convey the im pres slon that there will be an en tire absence of bills some of them already are in the congressional hopper dealing with these various questions but definitely it cin be said at this time that the white house Is watching congressional developments to determine just how far to the radical side it must go in order to avoid a wide open split be tv treen een the ultra radicals and the new deal contingent just where the conservatives conservative s will figure in this picture Is too earl early Y to determine to better indicate problems con renting fronting the president with respect to his relationship toughest of with congress it questions Is necessary only to call attention to that most controversial of all questions section 7 a of the re covery act this provision has had numerous interpretations placed upon it and its effect generally has been to assist the international un ions in strengthening their organ Izat lons throughout american in austry section 7 a specifies in effect affect that the union in any fac tory having the most votes speaks for all of the employees in their dealings with the plant manage ment this provision Is what the american federation of labor de scribes as collective bargaining the consensus among unbiased observers here seems to be that the federation of labor overplayed irs its hand last winter in enforcing such a far reaching interpretation of see tion 7 a as to give the larger un ion the voice of all employees at that time with donald II 11 chberg Hi guiding the policy corn bitted itself definitely in favor of such a construction current de are generally accepted as showing that either the ad ministration or union labor tailed failed to look far enough into the future to foresee the reaction that la is now taking place As a matter of fact tremendous pressure Is being exerted on andl vidual members of the house and senate for a revision of this section and something will come of it be fore congress adjourns of course when union labor acts in concert it usually turns the gizzards of poll ticiano very white from fear but in the present instance the politicians are torn between the devil and the deep blue sea industrialists after all are the boys who usually contribute to cam laign funds the politicians do not dare ignore that segment of cal strength either at the same time the president has a problem of some consequence on his hands in another the AAA chester problem davis the admin intrator Is gener ally regarded among washington observers as a man with both feet on the ground such Is not their view however with respect to some of the other individuals in the de part apartment ment take H it R tolley for example mr tolley has the title of d rector of planning for the agricultural adjustment administration his ills relationship lation ship with mr davis Is almost identical with tl ti at between under becie beci e 9 ry rexford guy tugwell tug well and secretary wallace ot of the depart f ment of agriculture mr davis da vis j Is known to lean upon mr tolley but tolley and professor tugwell j s i do not always see eye to eye so the th ereIs a personnel problem that f may or may not become acute i t but as regards the congressional situation mr tolley carries much j more water on his shoulders than I 1 does doe s professor tugwell readers will recall efforts made in the last session of congress to strengthen the agricultural adjustment act f professor tugwell supported those amendments and having his head atef o 0 out of water he became the target actually the best information avail aval I 1 ij ble Is that while the voice was that 04 0 tugwell the band was the hand of tolley the common gossip now Is that mr tolley Is presenting rather preparing proposals for strength J ening the act and that he has n not ot i taken mr tugwell into his plans this being true the suggestion Is Js frequently heard beard that mr tolley may commit the administration in to certain directions toward regimen tatton of the farmers to an extent t which mr roosevelt does not de sire to go mr tolley Is said to favor incle slon sion of the fruit am anal berry and h crops under federal control this Is believed to come from ills his california background but regard less of its root it must be admitted its sponsor Is making headway with the plans W aa none can tell however until the details of the tolley program are out in the open exactly what eon con gressional gress lonal reaction will be suffice it to say at this time that there are i tuberous Aum tum erous democrats important N democrats at that who do not go along with tolley or with tugwell at and the prediction Is frequently 0 made that tolley s name may re belve treatment as rough in con gressional gress lonal debate as did the name of professor tugwell last winter 0 with respect to banking legisla tion radicals and conservatives likewise are at banking each others other s legislation throats only this fight has become bitter already Gover governors Go vernoi nort eceles of the federal reserve board has been made the target of a vicious attack by senator glass of virginia rec ree everywhere as the out standing financial authority among democrats at the capitol senator glass openly charged governor eccles with exceeding his authority in a recent ruling requiring state banks that are not members of or the file federal reserve board to reduce their interest rate paid on time ana and saving deposits these books were reached through the federal deposit insurance corporation of which they are members and with whose regulations they must comply the virginia senator holds that tle tl e federal reserve board ander the i guidance of governor eccles cedes was responsible for this action and he 1 was not careful in tearing bark in a letter stating his views senator glass class has forced a tern horary halt in the order while the eccles cedes glass row may be regarded as purely a controvert con trover sy between two individuals in positions of high authority it ismach Is much more than that it presages tron ble on any banking legislation that goes farther afield than has occurred heretofore it Is not difficult to see why senator glass fears such policy as the interest rate reduction he ile thinks that the federal deposit insurance corporation already has been figur actively swallowed by the treasury and he be believes that the administration also desires the treasury to swallow the federal reserve board the nest next logical step if the latter Is accomplished Is for the treasury to seek establishment of a central bank where the currency would be under control of politicians in stead of responsive to business needs as it ft Is now with the twelve regional federal reserve banks in operation too much attention should not be paid in iff the opinion of astute I 1 observers here to t radical the mass of radt bills cal ca bills now flow ing through the routine channels of introduction and reference to committees some of them it Is true will become the basis of legislation later on but every house member or senator with an idea drafts it into the form of a bill and presents it in or der that at some time or other Us bis name may be attached to the leg isolation Islat lon but it must be bared that with the radical strength existing in both houses of congress congre some of these bills may get further through the legislative mill than they ordinarily would reach thia this fact apparently justifies mr air R ose belts waiting policy but at the same time I 1 heal it Is subjecting the administration to a fresh out burst of criticism among that seg se ment of the population would like to know what the ed ad ministration policy is 0 western newspaper TIA arn 0 o |