Show The Congressional Record T HOUGH adjourn adjournment o of congress conge appears appears' to be be far off off May May 15 some ome optimists say but tho end erid of May ay or ot middle of June think more realistic observers observers-it it seems more than likely to togo to-go go down in history famed more for what it it did not d do dd th than n for what it has ha d done dolie on or or- or yet win will do Except for or a a. a stopgap f farm rin bill and the bonus it has done little more than put a path patch here and th re c where the thc mending could n not t be escaped Instead of passing a neutrality bill of the character demanded by extremists it passed th the amendment offered by U Utah's ah's Sen Sena Senator tor Elbert D D. D Thomas to the meas measure re presented by the foreign affairs committee and nd called the Pittman bill In his extended speech on the floor of th senate Senator Thomas Thom s was able abl t to show that an airtight neutrality act by diehard by-diehard diehard isolationists would be more likely to tol l get t us into war than to keep us out Aside from Irom these three measures excepting the national defense bills what of great moment liz has been done Certainly no legislation has sought to effect a major change in national pol pol- The is that hat it is icy explanation a presidential Hal year No time to stir up needless contention conten conten- tion No inflation no re reborn m Blue Eagles no further invasions in the field of industry banking bank ing or business and nothing calling for new cx ex There is no hint that much will go through the mills after the tax bill and the thc relief appropriation tion become finished business Close observers observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers in Washington list these bills as havInga having hav hay trig ing Inga a chance chanc for enactment The price discrimination measure the S Sabbath bill aimed at receivership p rackets rural electrification electrification tion act commodities exchange regulation act Those with very little chance ance Wheeler Ray burn bum deceptive practices act food and drug bill copyright bill Walsh bill on government contracts con contracts tracts Ke Keller ler bill for little littIe N R It A for textiles ship snip subsidy act long and short haul clause repeal With no chance Thirty-hour Thirty w week ek bill housing act natural gas regulation Definitely dead or over to next session session ses ses- ses sion sian Federal licensing Mississippi Valley auth au au- au- au th rity The railroad lab labor r bill ill Wheeler and Grosser will rest in peace if labor can neg negotiate tt ate for what it wants If not pressure will be strong ng for passage If this this' happens late in the session its chance is slim If It th these forecasts are r reasonably accurate the public mind will swing from congress to the political po po- po- po speeches with little else to worry about It 10 looks ks like a prolonged short session but otherwise otherwise oth oth- e typical of those held in the big election years Jean ear |