Show washington snapshots by james preston preiton A new congress the in the history of the republic ii 13 convening in washington this week and the big news about this event will not be in the headlines not because the editors dont recognize the news but because it Is news too big to be headlined the story began to break to use newspaper shop talk about years ago and it has been a continuous story from that time to the present the real startling point was the declaration of independence this led to the revolutionary war the colonists were victorious and the day surrendered at yorktown the american people became the first really freer free people in the history of the world that was really big news but the crowned heads of eur europe ope laughed at it in the intervening years most of the crowns have gone yet those free americans have remained free the instrument of government which they established a government of re presenta tives has endured the test and md in washington this week there Is being stariea started a now new chapter to the story etory which had its beginning more than a century and a halt half ago the chapter will be of vital I 1 interest n to every ever american not only the headlines but the body of the stories will be filled with news it will be the news of how another congress la Is treating the legacy of individual freedom left by the founding fathers the care of this freedom was left not to the executive branch of the government not to the j judicial u d I 1 c I 1 a I 1 branch but to the representative branch the new congress that is convening in a world in iii which free nations are distressingly few eleventh hour efforts are being made to stave oft off amendment of of the national Natio national naf labor laboi relations act leading the fight against any amendment Is the 0 1 I 0 and allied in the tight fight tor for amendment are the A F of L and an imposing percentage of the congressmen the big fg question mark marh la is the la bor cepa department no one seema to be abler able to find out what stand it will stake in the matter i f privately labor department are known to be opposed to amendment and the 0 1 I 0 is counting strongly on support from this i quarter spokesmen for the administrations administration s high ups however are ba handling xa dking the problem gingerly fearing bad public reaction if the amendments are opposed by the administration they are are wella well aware of recent national polls indicating a strong majority of the public in favor of revision of the labor act there la also fear in the hearts of some in the administration that if the act is not ame amended the re suit might be a new wave of pub line and congressional indignation and finally repeal of the act the current brain teaser around washington is Ws this one acting controller general elliot has haa ruled that expenditure of in in relief lillef funds by the farm security administration to subsidize several hulsery mills throughout the south Is legal further lie says these government subsidized mills will throw work L era rs in private industries out of jobs and increase competition with the hie mouths biggest industry cotton now heres the teaser the has already given the money to the mills much bluch of it has been spent they say there Is nothing they can do about it it Is just a case of the stable being locked after the horse la is stolen tourists who may wonder what fills the maze of filing cabinets that tha tare are crammed into every nook and corner of official buildings will be inte interested rested in fit these figures A survey recently made by the national association of manufacturers showed that some business firms firm must file as many as reports every year with federal state or local authorities one company which had to make out only forms every year reported that these forms represent a bulk of over pages quite a library in itself |