Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-11 | Page 4 | Merry-Go-Rund

Round Merry-Go-Round Trade Mark MarkBY MarkBy 8 By DREW PEARSON and nd ROBERT ALLEN 7 WASHINGTON When WASHINGTON When Solicitor General Stanley Stanley Stan Stan- ley icy Reed rose before the supreme court Monday to defend the constitutionality of the agricultural ad adjustment adjustment adjustment ad- ad act he did so with the knowledge that the administration is ready for any eventuality The bitter lesson learned when the court the N R A has not been forgotten New dealers believe the court will uphold the he farm law lav but they are taking no chances Within practicable limits emergency plans plans have been prepared in the event of an adverse decision Stopgap Plans These plans fall into three categories as follows follows fol fol- lol- lol lows 1 If the court outlaws the processing taxes on the ground they arc are for social and not revenue purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses a new bill will promptly be introduced to re- re impose these taxes as part of the general revenue laws instead of being directly related to the crop control program as at present Benefit payments from general treasury revenues would then be legalized by another bill 2 Or if the court outlaws the processing taxes on the ground that congress was unconstitutional in delegating power to fix revenue rates to the secretary of agriculture another line of action will be taken A bill will be rushed to Capitol hill under which the taxes would be validated by act of congress 3 If the court pronounces crop control purely intrastate and not within the province of the federal federal fed fed- eral cral government to regulate then triple ers A-ers frankly admit they would be stumped Such a de decision decision decision de- de they say would mean complete wreckage q of the law with a constitutional amendment the sol solution tion New deah dealers rs regard the possibility of such a ruling as remote despite th the fact that foes of the act are bearing down vigorously on the intrastate argument Probable Outcome t Wh What t government attorneys attorney privately anticipate is is a closely divided decision upholding the fundamentals fundamentals fundamentals funda funda- of the act the act the right of the government to tp control farm production but production but tossing out the processing taxes These taxes they consider the weakest point in their case Such a decision would be a smashing mashing victory I for the new deal for if the power to regulate crops is sustained ways and means easily can be bc found to finance such operations If there is no other solution ominously hint that income taxes can be increased to provide the required fun funs funds s js Round Go PollIn Poll PollIn PollIn In these days of political polls some interesting deductions m may y be drawn from a poll poIl conducted by the Washington Round Merry which shows a percentage of for Roosevelt's reelection as against 30 per cent for his defeat The most important deduction probably is that many people are for Roosevelt who may not be for all his policies the latter being indicated by the Literary Digest poll The question asked in the Washington Merry- Merry Round Go-Round poll poIl is Should President Roosevelt be reelected On the other hand the question asked by the Literary Digest poll is Do you now ap approve ap- ap prove the acts and policies of the new deal to date So far the Digest poll is running per cent centa a against Roosevelt policies In analyzing its poll the Round Merry-Go-Round came across the significant fact that out of those who favor Roosevelt per percent percent percent cent disapprove of one or more of the presidents president's policies but believe he should be reelected anyway The Round Merry-Go-Round poll has been in pro progress ress one week It will continue for three additional weeks Letters stating reasons for or against Roosevelt Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt velt's s reelection may be sent to the Washington Merry Go Washington D. D C. C Copyright 1035 by bl United Feature Syndicate Inc