Show washington snapshots by james proton preston the new federal budget which stacks un fill eleventh consecutive do di fhelt upon tile ten preceding has a nui number riber of jockers hidden biddell in the pile of figures it la Is tills this fact which should do be interesting it if not startling out of 16 government departments and independent civil agencies the president cut expenditures for 13 and asks increase for three the three increases the department part parti ment nent of Ij tibor the post office department and tho Marl carldine dine rhe latter I 1 Is a nm new agency just getting well underway nt at tin tusk lask of building up lip the in erchant nin rine the post office increase was requested request cil simply because better business busl nesa la Is expected next year and when bu business lin improves proves tile post office department part ment carries inore mall find piles up tip a bigger deficit secretary hmyt chiny ile bo in poor standing with both tile the AY AV of L and but apparently sho abu stands all right nt fit ulu thu walto house for in a year when most moat other will have to got along on oil less leas money tho the president asks congress to give her or inore on oil uio the subject of labor mrs mra herrick regional director for the hiu national labor Ite iterations lations board at new yorki york gay genvo 0 it slant ou on what these folks really think when shu she tes destined tined lu in washington be boford foro the special aika kiil liil house teu w which litch la Is tile the board nua and the wagner act mrs imry was reminded that since tile alio beginning of A anglo dalo saxon history certain rules have been built ui UD in courts as to how at and lot what kind of evidence can call bo be presented these rules of course developed to protect people who art aro hailed into court to answer chrales inalle against thein hut but when tho the wagner act was wad passed it specifically said that in III national labor board vases cases tho the rules of evidence prevailing pr evall in the courts of law and equity would not lot control its activities and iia tile board has gono gone merrily iner rily on oil its ita way listening to rumor gos goa hearsay hear licar say or almost anything it chose the catch la Is ahn mrs seem to tho the fact that thai the labor hoard board loog does not have to observe the rules of evidence niu but she said that it sho she were being tried in a court site would want tile thi rules of evidence applied lit in her her case in other otylior words mrs dI errick apparently thinks its all right to forgot forget rules lit in sonic somo cases find and uso iso thein in others ot liera speaking of trials a lot of washington planners fire anro suggesting that tile federal government should just try price fixing once they say that it will prove successful stul hut but their nici memories norles are arc short and they appet apparently bently dont know or dont care anything about what the forefathers of tills this nation did maybe they want to build a now new kind of nation anyhow Any liow they have forgotten thu the unfortunate experiences w with fill price control under tile thu departed ili find N ilk anil and they forget this salient fact front from history on oil november 22 1777 abe con congress Con giLys suggested to tile the state legislatures tile of to adopt greyu lation of prices irl ces hut but on oil juno june 4 1778 the continental congress Cou gresa a adopted loi tod another resolution which declared blared that control noi only was ineffectual but pro of very ovll evil consequences to tile great of tho the public service anil and grevious grev lous oppression to individuals tho the continental congress Cun gress then recommended that tant nil all states repeal or sti suspend spena every law having to ta do with price control it tool toola tho the founding fathers less than seven months to find out thu error of their ways mia and they had tho the courage to admit they had been wrong A baby or even a pup knows knowis enough not to stick its ita hand or nose liose into fire a second tittle time but sonia somo washington planners alpar antly think that the economic system which was wag operating in 1778 and got scorched by its price fix fir ing experience Is now covered with asbestos or something |