| Show e National Topics Interpreted b by William Villiam Bruckart National Press Building V Washington D C C. C Washington FIve The Important stones In the New Deal recovery arch ha have ha e been New Farm torn from their Legislation m moorings o 0 o 0 r 1 n g s snow now and from all of ot the thc comments I have been ahl to pick up It appears that the general situation has lias been clarified thereby Two wo of the major New v e Deal Items the the NHA and the AAA have AAA have been tossed overboard by the Supreme Supreme Su preme court of the United States and congress at fit the request of the President now has thrown three others Into the limbo of unnecessary things by repealing the legislation for control of cotton tobacco and amI potatoes These three e with their parent the Agricultural Adjustment net act represented j all that was basic In the tiie N New NV V Deal farm pro program am The Thc Importance of th the Presidents President's act in requesting repeal of the three compulsory crop control laws cannot cannot can can- not be minimized minimized Mr Roosevelt noose recognized ed when the AAA was Invalidated invalidated In in- validated that the other three crop crop- control laws would be of no further use because they were predicated upon the national law Tie Re recognized reco recognized further that to remain adamant adamant adamant ada ada- mant would be only to permit delay deJay delay de de- lay Jay In Invalidation of those three laws Jaws because they were all nil headed for an nn adverse decision by the Supreme Supreme Supreme Su Su- Su- Su preme court anyway In seeking seeding their repeal therefore Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose noose velt simply tool took time by the forelock forelock forelock fore fore- lock and girded his armor for a afresh afresh afresh fresh start on farm relief legisla legisla- tion Where or In what form the new farm Je legislation will trill m finally emerge none can foretell The house and senate will pass some kind of le legislation legis ls- ls lation to supplant the laws In Invalidated invalidated aU- aU dated by the court or repealed by bv congress Necessarily this new farm le legislation will be of a stopgap stopgap stop stop- gap pap character and I dont don't believe that any my of Its ardent supporters can tell teU you exactly e what the result will be In so far as SS Its effect upon agriculture Is conc concerned As far as ns the compromises s ha have e been worl worked ed out It appears that some of the leaders are willing n again aln to enact le legislation i directed at nt crop crop control control In a n semi semI compulsory compulsory manner If It that Is forthcoming the new law actually will he be nothing more than a n thinly disguised attempt attempt at nt- tempt to circumvent ent the prohibitions prohibition laid down In the Supreme court opinion holding the AAA unconstitutional In any my event ent the tragedy In the situation appears to tome me to tobe tobe tobe be the absence of clear thinking or I else the circumstances we see represent represent rep rew resent political cowardice of the worst type typo It Is to be remembered that In Inthis Inthis inthis this se session sion of or con congress mss more than any lOy other since President Roose Roosevelt Celt velt tool office there exist n a greater great great- renter rent rent- er number of blocs cross cm currents rents of opinion partisan jealousy A great deal it Is In opposition to brain trust policies sponsored by the New ew Deal but for political reasons the individuals who oppose appose these hp e things s dare not openly show sho their disapproval of Presidential policies as ass ns such Thus a n consensus has hns m arisen lsen am among ng Washington observers ers era that representatives es and senators sem senn tors concerned with directing enactment enactment enact enact- ment of new farm le legislation are likely to moss mess up the situation rather rath mth er than come forth with a definite and workable proposition The situation at it the White louse House and anil In con congress ress In connection with a agricultural poll poll- Partisan Cies dies probably Is Politics Rule the tie best illustration Illustration tion Uon In a definite tangible form of ot how many Important Important tant federal policies are arc being dealt with In In Ina a partisan political wJ way rather than as they should be In Ina Ina ina a s scientific manner with partisan po politics lUcs In the background I nee need not Dot recall bow how many pieces of Ie lej le- e have been put through h Congress Con co- gress press bearing a n New Deal tn tag lag of must Of course Mr Ir Roosevelt elt cannot b be blamed entirely for IssuIng issuing In Ing orders when congress Is willing willingto to obey It Js is n a fact nevertheless ne ss that time after time an and with Ith r r ref ref- f- f to the major New v Deal ex es experiments the legislation has b b been en n drafted by men ser serving under n a Presidential appointment In executive executive tive U departments the copies forwarded forwarded forwarded for for- warded to given gl representatives or senators and Instructions passed alon along that the administration will take no substitute It wants the specific measure and In that form I The result of all of this this has has been that In numerous cases legislation was wag passed without more than a afew afew afew few members of ot the house and senate senate sen sen- ate atc having hating even en read the tile bills before before before be be- fore they were asked to cast a fa favorable or ble vote ote on their passage Now representatives es and and senators are seeking to do dodge ge the responsibility ity ty for Ul their h acts This was shown definitely In the celerity with which c congress acted on the Presidential request for repeal reveal of ot the three crop l acts acts' named heretofore J I know personally of a considerable number of representatives cs and sen sea who were delighted ut at thin op Jp to vote ote repeal of those laws They never ue did like them them thew after they found V out what th had cass d. d President Roosevelt Roose likely will receIve receive receive re re- re- re some credit for seeking repeal of the discredited Admits laws s. He ne said If It His Mistake he made a mistake mistake mis- mis take he lie would be bethe bethe bethe the first to admit to-admit admit It So now he has hns hasIn hasin In a aay way ay admitted that he made a mistake In approving approving- those laws although his statement concerning the fhe repeal request was that these were useless without AAA It Is to be noted however that long before the Supreme court outlawed our out laved AAA there was a growing volume of discontent with the prInciples prIn- prIn that law sought ht to appl apply It ca cannot not be he that Mr Ir Roosevelt Roose was not aware of this growing dissatisfaction dissatisfaction dissatisfaction faction and that his political advisers ad- ad Users misers smelled a rat because a good goodman man many plans for modification had been under discussion privately among AAA advisers long before a Supreme court decision was In pros pros- Practical men working with Secretary Wallace an and Administrator Administrator tor Davis ls were steadily trying to accomplish changes In administration tion of the AAA law and the three others as well to make e It workable They were confronted however hO with witha a superabundance of brain rs who could mike make a n beautiful case In print for their views and during that time the brain had the ear of the President while the practical practical practical administrators were left out In the cold It Is thus that we see a n development development development develop develop- ment under the New Deal whereby I most of the responsible le people are attempting to lodge dodge e the responsibility responsibility that belongs to them Some Some of them are attempting to clean clenn their own skirts or make their skirts appear cle clean ID by bv damning the the Supreme court others are blaming our system for failure of the theories theories theorIes the the- ories to work In practical application application tion and still other groups point the finger of scorn at those char charged ed with administration of the a agricultural ral I policy blaming them for or the failure Things like this have developed de before before before be be- fore In Washington ton and have ha diel down In due clue time but I believe that seldom If ever er has occurred a situation sit sit- situation In which the responsibility was so general g and the blame so generally g denied by those responsible ble Washington observers are WatchIng watching watchIng watch watch- Ing the Presidents President's latest maneuvers on government go Must Cut finance with con- con Borrowing Interest The President you ou know already has told agencies agen agen- n agencies en- en cies of the government that arc quipPed equipped with borrowing power that they must reduce this borrowing lie Fie has Ims In effect withdrawn from them authorization that would have hn permitted the borrowing of about during the next t year During the last few weeks the Chief Executive c has hns been concerned also with reduction In governmental spending and amI at the same time with plans to raise additional money He ne has presented a tax bill bm to congress congress congress con con- gress an congress Representatives Representatives and senators do not like to campaign after passing a new newta ta tax tag k hill bill so they frankly do not like the Idea of new taxes at this time It Is too early to forecast the full Import importance nce of the Presidents President's latest latest lat lat- lat lat- est moves There are tho those e who Insist Insist insist In In- that Mr Ir Roosevelt Roose Is making a sincere effort to cut down gov government O government spending g and nOlI to convince the nation that he is seeking to reduce the waste that Is naturally attendant upon such a volume of disbursements of money as ns has taken taken taken tak tak- en TI place ace In to the last three years There are others who take the position position position tion that the President Is simply building up a u picture which can be shown to the voters oters when hen election time comes An An unbiased conclusion Is that a little of ot each claim Is true It If expenditures expenditures expenditures ex ex- ex- ex actually are reduced obviously obviously obviously ob ob- ob- ob the action will viii be welcomed by the taxpayers On the other hand hund the ballyhoo hoo that went out from the White House and executive executive tive thc departments concerning the withdrawal of borrowing power was rather unjustified It was unjustified for the reason that the move mo was simply a n bookkeeping proposition and further there was fen even a hint that such agencies as ns the Reconstruction Reconstruction Recon Recon- Finance corporation and Home Owners' Owners Loan corporation oration had hall no rte plans for borrowing extensively during the forthcoming summer sumIller and full fall If Hone one looks Into the future In do connection with the Presidential program of curtailing borrowing and cutting expenditures It Is rather difficult to Jo escape the thought that thata a continuation of or policies such a as have hu been sponsored by the New Deal In the last three years will force a u renewal of these expenditures e expendi- tures turcs In due course In other words the administration course respect respectIng respecting Ing these expenditures res Is going to depend upon the results of the November November November No No- vember election If It Mr Ir Roosevelt Is returned to the White House and he lie continues with a n substantial I Democratic majority In congress there is no reason to believe c that present spending policies will bi ba entirely abandoned 0 E Union |
