| Show SIC EMI y ca at Z q a all foje 1 I p t t jp P t L 4 it washington snapshots by james preston congress tuny ibe be asked to 0 o KO go before it Is rendy the nil all journ ment drive lins has already ol ell 01 there tire me many factors involve cd in ili lilt lie nuno 0 for early nen t and the move Is being ninde made not iiii by ilio ho congressmen themselves lit but it lv by tin lilt washington strategists liere heio Is wily ns as washington sideline fcc it i Coli gress to late date lina has not been very or cooperative 11 in ili fact it has shown it strong tendency toned dounn rf ot tile tho reform leg I 1 Islat toll put into the statute stat litO books in i the dinst few G V years tho the question of fh earing public testimony on apropo ails to amend the national labor relations act Is 14 it typical example of nf the conflict between congress nud and the downtown strate slats most of tile congressmen wall tolI to start weeks ecka ago and then en denvor to correct tile labor net tho strategists do de hnud hearings na as long ions ns as possible but finif fly had to give in to ro 1 UK public pressure the next step thell was to rush tin the adjournment drive so amend a of tile labor net act auld not bo be nt at tits this session in ili tills this connection there Is fin an interesting story milking making lie ho rounds rou it ds of the capitol corridors it Is beins being ns as the news behind the lie inas of tho aboff irinco ix aco negotiations the story being hecliff told Is that was iia reached several beks ks nw ago between the the labor department nud and someone moone so nt at the white house that there hero should be no to tile labarr net act tho the problem then was to find a way to forestall the drive for careful diagnosis of the net in congress A il conference was finalli ill decided upon announcement was made that tile the warring labor factions were being brought together for peace pact talks then word was sent to the capitol that the prospects of pence peace would be dimmed if the labor net question was stirred up in ili congress it Is indeed a sore question with both the labor organizations with the aloff wanting amendments and tile lie dellill not ing tile the net act be loft left ollo true it would dim the 1 4 ts for iene ien e between tile two vo groups Kion ps but it was it 11 foregone fore Kone conclusion in nt lit tile time tit lie lit tice conferee o started that no pellet could mill possibly axx ably re st milt 11 t ills IT S NID tile tho l Secre biry of if it not st looked ui ill from her desk si a few lays ago 0 o to wt or it walking toward the office door of the executive e chilled ed lie benan I enan to 0 task lit lie sald lie wanted to see the said executive tile the secretary hili chirped pei efficiently well just have to wait hes busy now after seve several rail ini minutes of heel cooling the informed no alio young voting lady secretary that be ans 9 lit in a hurry that his mission was important lilt hut tills this failed to influence tier lier after more anoro minutes of waiting the flie gentleman departed but with this reminder to the cretaro just tell your boss bosa that eliat the at turney wineral G of tho the united states wits in ill to to wo see him olio ol 01 or the lie congressmen hns has done n painstaking job of research oil and boino up tit with some figures figure indicating di Il that the 11 9 has probably outdone lit in the num lir ber of emergencies and crisis periods lit the past 0 6 years since 1933 the lilt congressman reports lit in tho Congress lonal lonn record Ilc cord thera linio been no lol less alinn 39 so called emergencies proclaimed officially by federal cinis to provo prove ills point the congress tile hie lutes bites agatho binl the exact quotations of official statements alint lilt nil 1111 emergency crisis disaster situation or of increasing urgency ency existed tills this Is tit lit the rate or of one now new emergency every sk six weeks for six henrs declined declared the congressman la Is it any wonder that the people tire ino emotionally exhausted washington sidelights the government luis bas just placed lilt 1111 order for indies inches of at red tape literally to le be distributed us its next years red ani tape tale quota for ouch each of if the 1 federal bur enus departments or agencies that Is febo about ut a tulle little of red tape for c teli unit it Is used for binding and nd similar illar purposes Cong congress eess lilt hilt decided that secretary icks acl lim hus no legitimate need for 21 press agents tit in ills his department so tin ringlon tor fo money to hire them thein has been rejected likewise wise congress belles belleu t the interior department will mill be especially ally handicapped if appropriated to buy reindeer lit in alaska so that appropriation t lins hns inen been rejected too |
