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Show . . - - - - " SEEN SEENand SEEN--'HEARD SEEN 'HEARD HEARD SEENandHEARD SEEN'HEARDaround SEENandHEARDaround and - " - ' HEARD around the theNational th National I\'ational I 'ational ational \ ] ' CapitalsBy Capital CapitalS s---By s By - S = = - . - - - _ By CARTER FIELD F1ELD - WlIshingtonFor IVashtngton-For IVashtngton For Washington WlIshington -For For - For the third time l1me , In Inthe inthe intlie the NRA NIlA NIIA decl-lon decl lon declqlon declslon - , the Supreme court courtlias courthas courtlias lias has triul trlld tried to diagram dlagram for congress a apattel apattern apattein pattern pattel n by \ which hlcb It can alcompllsh accomplisht alcompllshthe accomplishtthe accomplishthe the desired New Deal De11 reforms Until Untilnuw Untilnow Untilnow nuw now there has hus been'ery been \ ' very \'ery 'ery ery little litHe effort effortto effortto effortto to meet the Ideas of tlie tile the high courtBut court . . But from now on there must bei ueI bel ue be ueI I . I l Until now many m1ny New Dealers Deniers ha\e ha e base basebeen havebeen \ been saving saJlng sasIng , privately pmately that the high highcourt highcourt highcourt court would change ch\nge ch nge ' \ Its tune tuneMiatthey . . \ \Miatthey Miatthey \ % \ hat hattiley hatthey tiley they really re11ly have meant me'1nt me1nt ' Is that there therewould therewould therewould would be a n change In the couit count COUl t within withina a year , an-1 an 1 ani awl - the slender five to four con conservatlve conservative conservatlvc servatlve servative lead would ould be wiped out . . But In the NRA decl decision lon tlie the court courtwas courtwas courtwas was unanimous There has been a fiery fieryapparent \ veryapparent ery eryapparent apparent drift , even among the so- so socalled socalled so-called so called - - called liberals IIbernls of ot the court , , toward towardthe towardthe towardthe the 'pattern pattern ' " for progressive progre"she progreshe progresslse " legisla leglsla legisla- legislation legislation . - tion tJon on which whleh the tbe majority insisted Inclsted : ; In Inthe inthe Inthe the decl decision lon throwing throwmg out the oil 011 code codebut , , but to \ which hlch so little attention was waspaid waspaid waspaid paid Also toward another diagram as asto asto asto to authority revealed re\ealed re ealed resealed \ in the decision on railroad pensions penSlOns . . The court Is very po positive pocltise lth e about the themethod themethod themethod method In which decisions decIclons : ; must be bemade bemade bemade made by such sucb bodies as the InteJtnte interstate InteJtntecommerce Interstatecommerce interstatecommerce " ) commerce commission commlsslon , the NRA NBA , the theAAA theAAA theAAA AAA , the federal trade commission , etc . . In each ca"e cae case ca < " e , , to put it In simple Ian lan Ianguage language language guage , the body making a n declSlon decision declSlonmuct decisionmust decisionmust muct must : ; conduct a fact finding Investi Investi- Investigation investigation Investigation - - gation . . It must recite the facts , recIte recItetile recitethe recitethe tile the powers granted It bv by law 1aw . , and then thenannounce thenannounce thenannounce announce Its findings finding flnclings ' ! This last word wordis \ woldIs 01 d dis is very Important . . . The Supreme court courtthinks courtthinks courtthinks thinks h a lot of It it itThe . . The main purpose behind all aU this Is Isto isto Isto to force congress to be very specIfic specIficIndeed specificIndeed specificindeed Indeed about auout powers granted to set up uplInBts uplimits uplimits lInBts limits , and to specify who shall make makethe makethe makethe the fact finding findmg Investigations Insestigations 1m esUgations and pi pro pronounce pionounce 0 0nounce nounce the time "findings findings " " Follows Court's Courts ' IdeasIf Ideas IdeasIf If all the other governmental go\ernmental go ernmental gosernrnental \ bodies bodieswould bodieswould bodieswould would study the decisions decl lons of ot the I CG C Cc CC c . C . , they \ would ould discover dlsco\'er dlsco 'er er \ ' that the rail rall railroad rail- rail railroad . - road regulating regulatmg body has been strIctly strIctlycompllng strictlycomplying strictlycomplying compllng complying , } with the court's courts ' Ideas for forthese forthese forthese these many m1.ny m1ny army . ye'1rss years ye'1rs ye1rs ' -\s s 4s - \ s a result the thenumber thenumber thenumber number of times the I . C C . has got got- gotten gotten . - ten its fingers burned by a re\'erslng re 'erslng erslng reversing re'erslngcom reversingtout reversingcouit \ ' com tout t decision declclon : ; has been so small sOlan as to tobe tobe tobe be almost Inconsequential . There has been ueen a lot 10t of loose t'11h t11h talk t'11hsince talksince ' talksince since the decision declslon of the tbe court court , , as to towhether towhether towhether whether the effort would be to Invall Invalldate invalldate invalldate date this or that th'1t th1t ' , and to make rewrlt rewrit rewrltJng rewritlag rewntIng Jng lag this or that essential essenUal Roughly Roughly.the Roughlythe . , tbe the com couit court t pattern would require the re- re redraftmg redrafting re redrafting - - drafting draftmg of most of the New Deal legis legis- legislaUon legislation legislation - - lation laUon , but that part of it is generallyrecoml1ed generallyrecognr7ed generally ] recognized recoml1ed recognr7ed ; What Is not so generaJly generally generaJlyappreciated generallyappreciated generallyappreciated appreciated Is that the NeDeal New Ne\\ Ne \ Deal agen agendes agendes agencles des must reform their methods of pro procedure procedure procedure cedure . . The They must mUIt ' : conduct fact finding findmg In In'cstigatlOns Investigations investlgations \'cstigatlOns 'cstigatlOns cstigatlOns vestigations \ ' . . Granted this Is done doneand , and the story of the im investigation insestigation ectlgatlon : ; Is Istold istold Istold told In the final decision , there Is no nodlsposltlon nodisposition nodisposition dlsposltlon disposition on the part of the high highcourt highcourt highcourt court to go behind the record as to the theaccuracy theaccuracy theaccuracy accuracy of ot these findings finding " So It Is Isnot isnot Isnot not a n question of heckling heckllng the NR NR\or NR or 1 \ , or the TV TVA A , or the AAA . as 1.S 1S to whether whetherit It has tlie tile the facts f'lcts flcts ' coirectlv correctly COl recti ) . But It must state them . , it must st'lte stlte state statethe st'ltethe statethe ' the power under which it acts , and andmust andmust andmust must then present 1k Ib its . findlngqTo findingsTo findings findlngq findingsTo To some observers obser\'ers obser 'ers ers \ ' this fixed purpose purposeon pm puipobeon po e eon on the part p'lrt plrt ' of the Supieme Supreme SUpl eme court m'lY mlY may m'lYseem mayseem mayseem ' seem rather r'1ther r1ther ' captious But nut to the court courtIt courtIt courtIt It Is enormously Important 1 ' The he court courtbas courthas courthas bas has made rather clearhy clear \ why \\hy hy it wants wantsthe wantsthe wantsthe the decisions made m1de In this way . In thefirst the thefirst thefirst first place phce . , It gives gl\'es gl 'es es \ ' anyone objecting to tothem tothem tothem them a chance for lodging lodgmg an elTectual effectual elTectualprote effectualprotest effectualprotest prote protest t , either by attacking attacl\lng attacl lng attaching \ the powersunder PO\\ PO POers powers powersunder \ ers ersI ersunller I unller under which the action Is taken talten , or by byattacking byattacking : attachln attacking ! ; the record of fact finding as asresealed asrevealed ! re\caled re caled resealed ' \ , or the conclu conclusions < : lons reached reachedfrom reachedfrom reachedfrom from that th1t fact findingIn finding findingIn findingIn In short , the Supreme court for for- formula formula . - mula muJa gives the constitutional right of ofappeal ofappeal ofappeal appeal a reality , \ which hlch under undc.r undcr . the themethode themethods themethods methode methods ; pur pursued ued Uthe bv U\ U bs \ the lIIRA tiRA RA and cer cere cer- ceretaln certafa certain - tain taln tafa other New Aesv e\V e V \ Deal agenciesas agencies \ was \\as as and andh andis andis h is not presentUp present precent presentUp ; Up to Soldier LobbyWhat Lobby LobbyWhat What happens uuw nuw now on un the soldier soldierbonus soldierbonus soldierbonus bonus depends , absolutely , on the sol soldler soldier soldier dler dier lobby Col John ' Thomas 'rhom'1s rhom1s ' Ta Taylor Tailorhis lor , his advisers ad'lsers adlsers adsisers ' and his superiors In the theJeglon theLegion theLegion J-eglon J eglon Legion - organization will w11l determine determine.within determinewithin . , within fairly sharply sh1rply defined deGned limits limitswhat , what what111 \ will \\111 111 be doneIt doneIf done doneIf If It they want to , they can put over oversomething oversomethhmg oversomething something somethhmg very clo close e to the so called calledHarrison calledHarrison calledHarrlson Harrison compromise comproml.e compromle comprnmhe . At tlie the time time this thiscompromIse thi thicompromise thiscompromise s compromIse \ was as lirst I1rst first proposer propo.erl propoerl propo < , . erl ] , , Sena Senator en.l enl en.ltor cnator . tor Harrlson Il'lrrlson Illrrlson Harrison ' stated that iresident iresidentRooseselt Pre PresidentRoosevelt ldent ldentRoose Roose Rooseselt , elt " would "ould ould sign itWhether It ItWhether itWhether signit Whether the Pre President lent ( ] would sign n It It If passed now , following his Seto \ veto'sbeing vetosbeing eto's etos eto'sbelDg ' ' s belDg being sustained Is something else elseag11n elseagain elseagain e ag11n again New I\ew I ew \ ew elements eJements enter Into it ror roruampll For.sample Forsample 1'0 10 1'0example ' r uampll example ( . ' , , if It the ' tiarrison 'HarrIson HarrIson plan had hnd been beenaccepted beenaccepted beenaccepted n accepted wlien when proposed Propos'd Proposd ( ' , , tlie the time Presldcnt President Presldcntmight Presidentmight Presidentmight might have been able nble to convince comlnce the theconsen tai taiconsersatises theconservatives e consersatises consen atl\ atl atles \ es he wants W'1nts W1nts ' to stay with withhim wit withim withhim h him that otherwise he might have h'1ve h1ve ' hall had hallnot hadnot hadnot hd d not only t the e bonus but Inflation Infi1Uon forced forcedon forcedon r ron on him hlm himHe hlmHe He can cnn no longer make m'11\e m'11 m11 e mke ' \ that tht , defensto defense defens defenseto e to opponents opponent of the bonus . . . So It Is Isentirely i ientirely isentirely s entirely possible posslb1e that th'1t th1t ' the I'residenmight President I'residen Iresiden Presidentmlgh Presidentmight ' t mlgh might t veto Seto \ eto the time [ Uarrlson llarrlson larrison bill . , If passed passedno passe passenow passednow d no\\ no now \ . . noButthe But But-the But the - the Harrlson 1I1rrison Harrison bill could bepa&scd bepascd be bepa b bpa e pa & sc.d scd . over o\er o er oser \ the veto " with Ith case C'1Se C1Se ' 1 . Ther TherIs ThereIs here hereIs e Is no argument about the house Tha Thabody That Thatbody Thatbody t body g'l\ g'l gl gave g'le gase ' \ e far above t the e two thirds ma majorlty majority majority jorlty jority for the Patman bill bUl So the thewhole th thwhole thewliole e whole case rests In the tbc senate sen'1te sen1te ' . . Now the truth Is that tb1t tbat the tbe app1rent apparen app1rentmargin apparenmargin apparentmargin t margin of eightotes eight votes \otes otes cotes \ , which tlie the time PiesI I'iesl Iiesl PiesIdent I'iesldent PiesIdent ' dent had h'1d h1d ' In sustaining his hIe hIeeto ; \ veto \eto eto Seto in th thsenate the thesen'1te thesenate e sen'1te sen1te senate ' , , was WJS svgs padded pnlldcd somewhat somewh'1t somewh1t ' It W1.S W1S W1.Snot wa wariot wasnot . s not riot n a lirm I1rm firm margin mnr'gtn mnrgtn ' For ror I'or Ior ' example erunple exainple , close closefrlencls clos closfriends closefricnils e frlencls friends of both hath lmoth Senator Pope of Idaho Idaho'mod Idahoind , ' "Ind Ind 'mod mod " ' 'oolid oolid ( ' Coolldgp Coolidge ( ' of Massachusetts M1ss'1chuseUs M1ss1chuseUs ' report repor reporttbat reporthat reportthat t tbat that each ealh of these the.e thee . senators told toJd tb the e soldiers suldiers that If It they could muster musterenough musterenough mus erenough override oserrlde errldc the veto Seto ' eto "ith ith with "iththel1 withtheir " vvitlithcli enough , } votes otes to 0 ' thel1 their sote , votes ot < . > < : . ' , they \ would , ould vote foi fOl lot tbe time tbebon timebonus tliebonus bon bonus liS Otherwise Othenlse , not not . . Both , as n a nmntter amatter nmatter PatID I'atm Iatm Patnunbill ' tn in tnbin inbill mntter matter of fact , , . voted for the tbe bin bill on Its first passage paSS'1ge paSS1ge ' . . Kicks From HomeReports Home HomeReports ! Reports also nlso are that Senator Seuntor Cha\ez Cha ez Chaez Chaezof Chaezof Chavczof \ % of New ) Mexico Ie.dco Iedco . has hns had h'1d h1d ' so much milch muchi klcl\ klcl kick klclIng kicking kickIng . \ to sus sus- sus- sus sustaIn sustain sustain - - Ing from bis bls isms state on his vote feelobliged feel feelohliged fedobliged tain Uleeto tlie Ule the veto \eto eto Seto \ that he would ohliged obliged to vote cote \ ote for such a incasuic messute me'lSUl melSUl ' c as asthe asthe asthe the Harrison comproml compromise e If it wet vveie were e putforward put putforward or\\ard or ard forward \ , veto or noeto no vetoIt ' \ veto \eto eto vetoIt etoIt withnames with withnamE'S withnames It is not necessary to go on namE'S namES ' to substantiate suustantlate the point . Ou Oh Ouvlou Ohviously Obviou viously vlou < : ly tlie the IIarrlson Harrison Iarrison bill b1ll would woulll 0\ 0 00111 asoid asoidtwo avoidtwo \ 0111 0111t t\\ t t0 two \ 0 of the points of attack made by bythe bythe bythe the President Prc Pre tlcnt ldent In his veto me.s mes mess mebSigc : . 19C tge . . . In Ineffect Ineffect Ineffect for payment pa3ment ment only of ofplecent ofpresent ofpiesent effect , , it provides rro\Ides rro Ides rrosides ' \ pa plecent present : ; value salve , alue of the bonus ccrtl certificates certificatesthus cate , thus meeting meetJng the President Pre"ldent Preldent " s point that that$750 that750 $750 750 $ Invested insested 1m ested now in a go government governmentbond governmentbond , ernment ernmentuond uond bond uondould \ would \\ould ould produce produce $1 1 $1000 1000 $ ( ) In HH 191 19-r 19 r 19rwhen - i ' ) iwhen when the bonus certificates are dueAlso due dueAlso has h1s his noprinting no noprinting noprinting Also Alco : ; the narnson ll'1rrlson ll1rrlson Harrison ' compromise printing pi pl ptecs e ess < ; s mone monei money provision ' 'Ihe'f Ihef 'lhesi lhesi ' Uhcsptwo : ' ' " two Important dlrrel diffciences diffemences ences would be beenongh beenough beenough enongh enough to change senatorial sevatorlal nppro'111 nppro111 approval nppro'111from approvalfrom approvalfrom ' from the 54 M f4 to 40eto 40 veto \eto eto Seto \ su sustaining t1lnlng 10\1 10 1 toll 101C'111 tollcull lollcall \ C'111 C111 cull ' to more than two thirds tas 1.1 11 favoring . ' orlng oring the tbe billPrhately billPrisately bill billPrivately Privately Prhately Prisately , everybody e\erybody e erybody eserybody \ on Capitol CalHtol mil millnows [ nillknows Till Tillknows l\nows l nows knows \ this The onlquestion onir onl\ onl oniv \ " question iswhether Is Iswh Iswhether wh whether ther tlie the Leglonalies Leglonaites LegJonah es \ want went \ 'lnt lnt ' to pushtheir push pushthclr puslitheir thclr their advantage noor now no\\ no \ , or whether they theytblnl theythink theythink |