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J Stuff By PAUL M MALLON LLON WASHINGTON WASHL Feb 15 15 The The piece of legislative speedIng speed- speed i Ing exhibited in congress lately was wasS 1 f S performed on the Regulatory rut tor pending Robin- Robin t Bill Sets son-Patman son busl- busl Pace ness regulation 4 3 bill It was vas a complete answer to everyone who m t been complaining about con- con red tape V Fc senators had even heard of the bill blU except by hearsay until half awoke a 1 i few days daj's ago and found Jound it proposing something vaguely guely reminiscent of N R A and for passage No one knew exactly how It got up front like that Probably no one will ever find out for sure but enough can tile be discovered to indicate the j that has lately been made in lawmaking f ft Congress is developing a tech tech- for or streamlining bills in conformIty conformity con con- to the rest of the streamlIned stream stream- lIned world S A bill bUl gene generally like e this one was proposed last May by Democratic Leader Robinson and r Tient e ti e Patman PaLman jointly It was wa framed to hit chain stores by letting the federal feder l trade commission clamp clampdown down Iown on their trade practices which 1 cheapen prices Exactly where the original draft Fume amo from is Ls a matter of specula- specula I t IJ tion But If you ou I Include lay byone one finger on onI VAll AU I Engaged Engage a 3 certain group of ofIn I rtIn Jin In Business wl wholesalers w h o oJ oJ J M J represent about 15 Oer er cent of that industry and the Aether otheron on the federal trade commis- commis ion ion rion you will not be far wrong I That bill snoozed without hearIngs hearIngs hear- hear Ings in the senate judiciary commit commit- itce he for eight months It emerged February 3 with the whole holc original I bill lill ill stricken out and a completely new lIew fw bill inserted Then senators sat up and took noce notIce no- no tice tIce ce that it would regulate not only S. S chain stores but apparently any person erson engaged in commerce in the he United States which would include in- in clude all business busine men and all aU who thInk they are business men i The n new nV V dra draft had been cen composed In tate private by Senator J. J Marvel arvel Logan Logan gan reported it was a n. sound measure and should not be delayed I to hear what others might think of ot 4 fit It lt Investigations of the same sub sub- but not of this bill had been conducted by the house F FTC T C and it others Doubtful senators reached for on Pa PaRo Pao Two 1 Column Four Your 1 Inside I Stuff Continued from Page OneT their congressional directories and noticed that Sena- Sena Senators tor Logans Logan's b log bog Take Time raphy indicated To Inquire his business experience ex ex- had been gained as sc chairman of the board of trustees of ot Brownville which apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap Is a town in Kentucky Also Abo he had been grand sire of ot the sovereign grand lodge of or the Independent Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows as aswell aswell aswell well as sc a noted Kentucky judge If It it had been a point of law the senate would have followed him blindly But as all new dealers contend even six members of at the supreme court were recently wrong on A A A so ao you have to be careful careful care care- ful tul these days day Objecting Republican can senators prevented the passage of ot the bill to form an Independent personal opinion about how much business i it iS would regulate The Tho doubters doublers became even more dubious when they heard a cloakroom cloakroom cloakroom cloak cloak- room story about how the bill was voted out of ot the senate judiciary committee At that particular committee corn com meeting only two or three senators were present You know how low busy legislators always are The sires of the bill needed at least last nine vot votes to Committee take action so Votes By they got on tho the Telephone telephone They collected enough telephonic proxies to accumulate 12 favorable votes on a bill which may maybe maybe maybe be the best ever written but which I w would uld regulate any person engaged in commerce commerce Unquestionably if it this new modernization modernization modernization mod mod- method prevails congress con con- gress need not assemble at all aU but can vote by telephone Unfortunate Unfortunately nate it probably will not prevail There arc are always people standing In the path of ot progress You may have noticed that congress con con- grass gress has hu made less progress toward seed loans That phase of ot farm relief started in the drouth of 1930 There Is no drouth this year but congress is currently providing for seed loans anyway Agriculture Secretary Wallace is quietly against it Also a lot of ot congressmen promised last year that t they ey would never do it ag again in It t does not fit in with the crop curtailment curtailment cur cur- theory they are all ing lug However this is ls a campaign year t Smiles are generally outlawed In Inthe Inthe inthe the supreme court but a few days ago an official one slipped d In unno unno- The justices were having a ahard ahard ahard hard time developing the argument of ot an attorney They asked question question question ques ques- tion after question que tion without understAnding under under- st standing any more than they knew before whereupon dour Justice Mc Mc- Reynolds observed This case seems to be a secret Congressman Bierman of ot Iowa has gathered figures indicating that the taxpayers next year will have to pay more than for or orthe forthe forthe the cost of ot past and future wars which Is Ls more than was wu spent for forthe forthe forthe the entire relief program this year Three press gallery observers went to eye and ear specialists after noting Dema Democratic laudations of Lincoln on the floor of ot the senate Wednesday President Roosevelt Roosevell has privately told bold congressional callers that he personally asked several C C C boys from the city how they liked life Ute in the country C C C camps and that they approved it He promised that the spending curtailment program would not Interfere with their enjoyment en en- j |