Show economic highlights tho the administrations govern Ine lital bill 1111 has tho the aud and most lin divergence of public and ad opinion since tile the a sopronio Su u pro too court reorganization plan As ui lit tho the former caw case dif forslew for clew over 01 cr the current bill nave disrupted party lines aud and mado it tor for tho th floor leaders lo 10 u enforce so bo called par ty cy discipline and tho the leaders ot of uio lile tight light against tho the reorganize tiou noil measure ino asuro have leua been largely tao heimo who led the previous battle with 11 dimier 0 f Mon t the it 0 spear licad ol of senatorial opposition what llva lies behind thlu sive almost passionate pasa louato to 10 a plau plan which lu in theory th cory would give tho the authority to n our multitudinous ved red oral bureaus 0 on a moio inure economical and efficient illies it a political republicans of their numbers wale make up but a small pint part of it 11 and uio tile greater part consists cousis ts of democrats who know that their defeet iop frolia tho the party iwu HUB c can a a only lead them into in such important matters as patronage patr and whito house favors it is 13 purely im all iou of principle nold it it la a curious und compelling fact that tho the bulk of those choso who are fighting tho the ament proposal osal are tile tho that first to admit tho the burning no ne for an aa ut of lour 0 u r ponderous bureaucracy everyone knows that there uro are too many bureaus that there la is a cremen doall it lount oi of dupil cailoa iou of cf tort that souto of tho the bureaus ure are not adequately that some havo have long outlived their laced and should be thu the opponents of flie drw presidential dennial sponsored orea plan simply think thick that this la is the wrong way vay to reach a desirable end aud and that even if tho the law led kd to greater cy of gom which they doubt its ita dangers would still far outweigh its ita benalt tho the viewpoint of r tho illo opposition has haa lcou been up tip ly by dorothy thompson who lists tour four malor major reasons why tho she thinks this bill should shoula not pass other opponents briw bring forward other reasons but those these tour four are fairly typical 1 the bill 1111 pro provides yides that uio tile present civil oh 11 service board bipartisan under tinder tho the existing law bo be superseded by a single administrator to bo be appointed by tho president for a 15 year term 2 all the watchdog dog of tho the treasury tho the and kraus fors firs hla his duties to tho the budget e t office fice by presidential ap tow 3 tho he bill provides that no decision of the president made under uio the act can be overridden over ridden by cluan sa without a two tivo thirds mote 4 1 I tho the bill klyen gh ca to the president per cent control over the quasi agencies such as the TVA which are am now ilow responsible to congress us as well na as the 0 whito house in other oilier words tile the opposition to tho the bill la Is based on the mide fact tt that it gives tho the Us ex greater t authority over the machinery of government its bur calls I 1 its ita pers otiel and it finances t than ban was waa ever known in peacetime in this country worst of all they feel la Is aho ho chance the bill would gle give any president to extend the patronage system on an unprecedented scale at the expense or of the merit system so far ng al the bills experience in congress la Is concerned it at first St IOVINI that it would pass in practically its original forni but on april 2 it a tremendous hitch struck administration plans when the house refused by br the relatively close vote of to to approve a motion which would have paved pared the way to an immediate ending of debate the administration leaders almost immediately agreed to it a very important compromise to rephrase the bill so that congress could veto TOO presidential beor orders by a simple majority instead of a two thirds vote tills this Is far moro more than a more lucre statistical compromise any president unless ho bo be hopelessly unpopular call co minand one more than a third of the membership of 0 either or both branches but in great issues sula a bare majority maori fy voto ota cau can be created against the plans plana of oven even a very popular president as th tha vote defeating the supreme court bill proved tho the outlook now la Is that tho the re plan will pass dass with tins the bare majority plank included ituk but neither passage nor defeat of the bill will write hills flats to its dramatic chapter in american history it will mill unquestionably tc be a major political issue in tho the coming no vemmer amber elections and again in tho the general elections of lolo 1940 1010 lo lo there has ln an ominous quiet in europe lately but with spain under tinder fascist control only a clr aclo could save tho the government now as franco buttressed by ital laii ian german troops supplies and finances move nearer barcelona the cause of european democracy becomes steadily dlly graver and the position of the dictators steadily st stronger |