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Show CAPITAL GLEANINGS -Henry Dworshak YOUR CONGRESSMAN fj. 4 MM. judiciary comniitlee on the pending pend-ing resolutions for constitutional amendments, under -chairmanship of Senator Burke. Many prominent promin-ent Democratic leaders have testified testi-fied against third terms, including former chairmau'of the party's national na-tional committee, and John V. Da vis, 1924 Democratic nominee for the presidency. When Speaker Bankhead passed away September 15. lie became the third administration leader in the house to sucfumb since 1933. Speaker Byrns of Tennessee expired ex-pired June 4, 1936. These three were all outstanding Democrats and had long served their party in the halls of congress. The responsibilities respon-sibilities of the speakership exact a heavy toll, and the mental and physical strain undoubtedly undermined under-mined the health of these three legislators. Mr. Bankhead's death is the 29th of members of congress during the 76th session. Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas, for 23 years an intimate associate of Bankhead in the house, was unanimously named speaker September 16. Filling of his former for-mer post of majority leader has precipitated a brisk fight among the following.- John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, Patrick J. Boland of Pennsylvania, Jere Cooper of Tennessee, and Clifton A. Wood-rum Wood-rum of Virginia. The selection may be deferred until next January Janu-ary to avoid a party split. Jesse Jones, federal loan administrator admin-istrator was sworn in at noon September Sep-tember 19 as secretary of commerce. com-merce. Under a special act just passed, he will be permitted to re tain his old position. Jones sue ceeds Harry Hopkins, who had been secretary of commence for about two years, although he has been ill dtyring practically all ot that period, and was in his office little of the time. Hopkiu's cabinet cabi-net post, a reward from the president presi-dent with whom he has been intimately in-timately associated, followed his service as administrator of the work relief agencies, when he supervised su-pervised the spending of more bil lions than any other federal official. offi-cial. He is slated to become direc. tor of the Roosevelt library at Hyde Park; so he will remain on the federal payroll. At the national capital there is.au atmosphere of war prepared-' ness overshadow ing all activities, ' although a presidential campaign j is in full progress and the election ! only six weeks distant. Idahoaus1 may consider themselves fortunate in residing in the great intermoun-tain intermoun-tain country far removed from the hotbed of political intrigue, hysteria, hys-teria, and internationalism. National defense has the right-of-way here, and there is feverish activity to place contracts tor the billions of dollars' worth of equipment, equip-ment, munitions and planes for the army and navy. On September 20, it was officially reported by the co-ordinator of defense purchases that the national defense commission commis-sion had cleared contracts totaling more than $G,0UO,000,00. Secretarj Stimson stated September 20 that the army had ordered 5,022 plane.-; in the preceding ten days, or more than onethird of the 14,394 planr program authorized by congress on September 9. The house on September 19 passed pass-ed an appropriation bill providing: $329,519,902 for construction of housing facilities for the military establishment, and -approved $S,-744,000 $S,-744,000 for acquisition of laud for posts. The president has proclaimed October 16 as registration day for all men 21 to 35 years of age, under un-der the compulsory peace-time military mil-itary service law passed by congress, con-gress, and under which 16,500,000 persons become liable for a year's service and training. The first contingent of 400,000 will likely be called late this year, and another 400,000 next April. With appropriations by congress this session amounting to about $15,000,000,000, and authorizations of another $8,000,000,000, the tax question is being projected into the i limelight. Administration econo. I mists have outlined a twenty-bil-li'on-dollar lend-spend program to a score of the nation's outstanding bankers. These new dealers said the government should borrow the money for defense, rather than to pay the costs by increased taxation. taxa-tion. The armament program wrouId achieve full employment within three years, utilizing idle labor and idle capital, the new deal spokesman pointed out. m t. Sentiment against the third term for presidents is reflected at hearings hear-ings being conducted by a senate |