Show Air Airmail mail Rates Limit Supported WASHINGTON May 8 W Re Re Retention of the present limits on the rates the government pays to have havethe havethe havethe the air mail carried was advocated today my Chairman McKellar D D. Tenn of the senate postoffice com com- He took his stand despite suggestions suggestions from the industry that the base rate limit of 33 13 3 cents per airplane airplane airplane air air- plane mile mUc and the maximum of 40 cents be removed He said his opposition opposition opposition was based on his ass assertion that tha neither the interstate commerce commission nor Postmaster General Genera Farley has examined the books of the airmail contractors as authorized by law McKellar declared that the postoffice postoffice post post- office department had recommended elimination of the limits but had recently recently recently re re- re- re withdrawn this suggestion He said he understood the interstate commerce commission favored the removal McKellar said he was impressed with the pleas of ot airmail lines that their financial condition is un un- un healthy WASHINGTON May 8 JP-De- JP De Despite spite some grumbling among legislators legislators legislators legisla legisla- tors about the supreme courts court's power pow er to wipe la laws s off oU the books by five to four decisions congress seemed today t to be be disposed se to do nothing about it itIn In fact a question was raised in one quarter as to whether congress could do anything about it if II it tried The supreme courts court's action In Id upsetting upsetting upsetting up up- setting the rail pension act five to four recalled a old century-old dispute Attempts to increase t trie e majority required required required re re- to invalidate federal or state legislation began as long ago as 1823 Senator Borah R. R Idaho known as a man familiar with the highways and bypaths of constitutional law says he believes it is debatable whether congress has the power to increase the margin As for five to four decisions In general general general gen gen- eral this is the way he looks at them r I I think these 54 decisions are all allright allright I right in ordinary litigation between two parties partie but not on questions of national policy In rn fact dont don't I consider a 54 5 decision decision de de- on an important question of policy should be binding on me as a legislator The decision might be changed overnight as it was in 1895 The court then held the income tax valid but on a reargument one jus jus- ice tice switched his vote and the court held it Invalid mak making ig a constitutional amendment necessary |