Show IN THE RECORD in ill what it itis itis the tile record straight i lUST to keep JUST d is t to be hoped are the closing d days ys of the he session of congress it may be worth taking time ime- out to separate the sheep from Iron the goats down Washington way The brain trust has las b beeh eh pilloried by man many manyas as IlS the source of of all radical and ive legislation enacted during the new deal It is a matter of record that the preponderant part of such legislation has been hatched by these sent to the thc White House for approval and then dispatched to the hill with the presidential blessing But look ng down the tile list of bills offered at this session it should not be bc overlooked that some of those working under the he golden dome of the capitol do a pretty good job of brain trusting on their own ac acco account nt Here arc are some Borne examples examples' The Thc week hour bill is the child of Congressman Con Con- gressman Connery of Massachusetts Opposed by bv the tile administration he be resorted to o the petition petition peti peti- tion lion procedure and trotted it out for his colleagues col leagues to look over Against the thc fervid protests 0 of Secretary Secret ry Wallace y allacc and aud U Undersecretary Tugwell the cot cot- ton tOll control bill more radical than any other part of the A AAA A A program program- was solely the thc product of Alabama's senator and congressman Their heir cotton growing constituents constituents demanded it regardless of the damage it might do the rest of the countr country The Thc J Johnson public utilities bill was purely a ft creation from the tile lull hill A. A Senator La Follette Toilette proposed the public works bill The Tite bonus bill was a congressional creation and had lad the administration and its brain trust trustin trustin trustin in a panic The tax bill was more r radical by far than the thc president sought The Wagner bills arc are his lis own His program program program pro pro- gram antedates the beginning of the new deal dealan dealand dealand an and has failed to muster support in more than the last two sessions of congress The unemployment insurance nce bill came out of the capitol and is still to get the nod from the White House The Tile same is true of the old age pension measures The Thc Lempke Frazier farm mortgage bill lilI has received the blessing of no brain truster e cabinet binet member or 01 the d dent n t. t Two old conservatives Senator Fletcher and Congressman Rayburn Raburn battled the stock m market act through both committee hearings a and d on tile the floor though it would be hard to tote te tell who is actually responsible for it Many hands worked on it It was the composite product of the official brain trust and consultants consultants consultants con con- con on the outside The McLeod I bill bin which aimed to pay payoff off all depositors in closed banks was the tue product product product prod prod- of the Detroit congressman's mind Other legislation and many amendments amendment'S which conservatives would unquestionably label revolutionary originated in one house or 01 orthe orthe the other The will have plenty to answer f for r as days of reckoning arrive so it itis itis is 18 only fair fall to keep the record straight and not load load onto them burdens wh which ch others should carry |