Show washington snapshots by james preston lit III washington I very cry few bilings way lu taken tit lit their face value so bo it Is in with the ut ot serenity and ww that seems to surround alid capitol ifill now bluit tit the bill Is 14 being shove shoved d a a I 1 de another issue luis has been boiling aud and bubbling under cover for months now und and it Is fa about raidy to blow tile the cover off it involves the government g 0 v 0 r n in 0 n t vel cliento cli enio ionic at the alio it belv aboms to bo be but few friends for the measure in congressional quarters the alie principal complaint la 19 that it will give too much power to the executive branch of government and congress in a power to tho the ex executive oc mood them days tim the battle over the tha scheme when it starts will pro probably bubly mako make the hair fly A k study of the list of those lit tle tie asked in recent days daya to the white while house for con fe on problems of the day diar closes some interesting things one invitee was waa a janitor in florida for 17 years another was waa a laborer still another has haa been living on a veterans disability pension since the world war al and id another was waa a new york taxi driver and so on down the lino line theres a now twist these days daya to tho controversy that has been raging between the justice department and the federal district judge in milwaukee the ne twist la Is that tho justice department may bo be subjected to tile tho first comprehensive ln investigation estimation in its history it lill all camo came about recently when tile alio department Depart asked tho the house judiciary committee to investigate judge ferdinand A gelger geiger who lina has sat on oil the federal district bench for 20 25 years tho the judge had discharged a federal grand jury investigating alleged violations of tho the antitrust anti trust laws after learning that tho the justice department De had bad used confidential testimony given before tile tho jury ns its a club in an effort to obtain com consent sent decrees from the group of defendants judge Greg glera lers action which lie he declared was not only within tile the lay lilt but also alo in accordance with tilt the best ethics of tho the law nullified fled tho work of the grand jury tho the Just justice leil departments complaint against tho the jud judge go has found little sympathy among legal ex ports perta in congress who belle believe ve in tho the sanctity of guaran guaranteed teea under tinder tho common law and who belleve believe that mat the justice department has haa violated cheso sanctities by misusing confidential testimony so the word la Is around that tho the judiciary committee may have an official look into tho the departments own ethics the american federation of labors action in ordering Is alfill atea ales to quit labors nonpartisan non partisan league much of a surprise around tho the capitol city after all about tho only thing tho the league has succeeded in doing was to mako make farmers mad by asking them to join labor in a farm labor party while unions were pulling sit down strikes which increased the far farmers cost of living and then too the league lias him been pretty closely alleged with tho the CIO |