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Show i i. ' CAPITAL GLEANINGS BY j -ffenryDworshak YOUR CONGRESSrAAM j 0 J 22vL j i--. s iiitler had sent 2S0,000,0i)0 for the cv.l.au ia v ri.ll S lit;: army into w ar against Joe S'al-. .: , . ( ,. : ,.,.... ui ihis ill's despotic Rusria created more increase is in initio)!: -a . . v-iiiiia v-iiiiia iuii.i excitement m Washing- partmeiits and reflects tin- nee-1 a revenue. Lc.uingh v," ore conducted this week by the committee for reciprocity reci-procity inform;;, .on on : opjs.'.l .i.;-i!roi a trade r.gi e. i:ieui s w ill Argentina and Uruguay, an.l s-.mivs of congressmen and i preventatives preventa-tives of organizations regis! i-ivd protests I made a sta e:-...-nt on behalf of the agricultural, livestock, live-stock, and mining interests of Idaho, and incorporated a letter from E. T. Taylor, master of the ;tate gr:. nge ,who said thai farmers farm-ers are opposed to sharing ihe American market with foreign pro-'acers, pro-'acers, and that the American ..arket belongs to those who must isht its battles and pay its taxe-.. i urged the committee no! 10 consider con-sider trade agreements at a tinvj of international chaos, b-' cause thev would neither promote our national defense nor strengthen our eco nomic structure. Lord Halifax, British Ambassador, Ambassa-dor, was the guest speaker at a meeting of a congressional club of which I am a member, on June 25, and for two hours ,he answered the questions of 40 lawmakers on various vari-ous aspects of the internationpl -::tuation It was an "off-the-rec-ord" affair, and developed some interesting sidelights, as well as reflecting the British viewpo.n on problems arising from the war. I cannot divulge any of tho pro-cedings, pro-cedings, but I was profoundly impressed im-pressed by the fact that the ambassador am-bassador is primarily concerned with the interests of the British empire, and that all other matters are of secondary importance. This demotion and loyalty to country are admirable, and worthy of emulation emu-lation in this country in the consideration con-sideration of our foreign policies. The House, on June 26, passed and sent to the Senate legislation making funds available for 85 per cent parity loans of the basic faim commodities of cotton, wheat, corn, rice, and tobacco, regardless of production increases resulting from $1,400,000,000 to $2,650,000,-000, $2,650,000,-000, and gave the secretary of agriculture ag-riculture blanket authority to support sup-port an 85 per cent parity price on the five commodities and not less than that level on other commod-. ities regardless of increased enter gency production. o o ton. Last Saturday aduiinistra-j aduiinistra-j lion spokesmen were condemning n.izism and fascism, but the foilow--ing day Russia had become an ally ri Britain, and yesterday's "fiend" had become today's "friend." Although Al-though Churchill, on June 22, pledged the support of Britain and the United States to Stalin, there is embarrassment and confusion con-fusion in the capital. Saving democracy de-mocracy in Europe now may actually ac-tually mean 'making Europe safe for communism and atheism," which is difficult to reconcile with the four freedoms for which the allies are crusading. In this country, communists have been retarding defense efforts, and now as General Hugh Johnson asks, wouldn't it be queer i wre fight .for Comrade Stalin abroad while he fights us at home? Americans are stopping to con. sider the fallacies of intervention in a war which has so many ramifications, rami-fications, anil now realize that the wisest policy is to accelerate a program of perfecting our own defenses de-fenses and making this hemisphere hemis-phere impregnable to foreign attack at-tack and immune to the intrigue and tyranny of Europe1 and Asia. Congressman Fish has been conducting a poll on the question of whether the United States should enter the war, or stay out of it, apd mailed out 106,000 postcards post-cards in his district in New York State (in which Hyde Park is located) lo-cated) On June 26 ,Mr. Fish al-vised al-vised the house that the partial compilation showed 20,496 for staying out and 2,245 for going in, or a ration of nine to one. Although Al-though this may be taken as an accurate reflection of national sentiment, cabinet members are urging that the United dtates strike now and enter the war immediately. im-mediately. Another lend-lease bill of five billions will be sponsored by the administration soon, ac cording to. reports. Secretary of Agriculture Wick-ard Wick-ard is making a tour in the west to arouse farmers to become alarmed over , the war situation, and agencies in his department are sending out circulars to county coun-ty committeemen. Congressman Keefe of Wisconsin recently disclosed dis-closed the contents of a letter by the chief of the information service ser-vice of farm security adminstra-ton, adminstra-ton, urging greater support by farmers of war aid for democacies, and presenting reasons why the United States should become a belligerent. This illegal utilization of federal bureaus was condemned by almost the entire house mem bership. f The senate rider to the national housing act, providing 100 per cent government insurance for farm mortgages, was defeated in the house June 24, 'by a vote of 202 to 130. All members of the agriculture agricul-ture committee were opposed to this proposal because they contended con-tended it was not beneficial. Chairman Chair-man Fulmer made this observation observa-tion in the debate: "If you want to make landowners out of tenants, ten-ants, let's stop the thing that is making, tenants out of landowners. Let's stop the monopolistic group who are continually grazing on farmers, and see to it that farm products are properly distributed and that they receive that which they have been promised parity prices.'' During the year ended April 30, there was an increase of 43,199 civil employees, from 129, CT7 to 172, 876, in the executive branches branch-es of government in Wa-shington. The monthly payroll for April of 1910 was $22,948,302, compared with $29,420,672 in the same month of 19-11, showing why the national capital has become known ns a boom city. The U. S. Civil Service commission also reports that there were 1,251.2,3 civil employees in executive departments on Ap ri , 3o a gain of about 50,000 in one month, involving a payroll for April of $189,213,464. On a 12-month 12-month basis, it now requires $2.- |