Show washington snapshots by james preston congress may bo be asked to go home before it Is 13 ready tho the ad drive has already started J there are aio ninny motors factors involved in ili the move for early adjournment and the move is being made not by the he congressmen Oon gressmen themselves but hy by the washington strategists hero here la Is why as washington sideline I 1 spectators see it I 1 congress to date has not been very cooperative in fact I 1 atias V 1115 shown a strong tendency toward revamping some of tile the reform legislation put into the statute books in tile the last few years the question of hearing public testimony ony on oil proposals to amba amend e the national labor relations act ff Is a 11 typical example of the gon conflict between congress aej and a po the downtown washington arale fists most of the congressmen wanted to start hearings weeks ago and then endeavor to correct tile labor act the strategists do de layell hearings as long as possible but finally had to give in to growing public pressure the next step then was wag to rush tile the adjournment drive so amendment ment of the labor net act could not he be accomplished at tills this session in ill this connection there Is an interesting story making the rounds of tho the capitol corridors it is being accepted a as the news behind tile the news lows of the cia afoul pence peace negotiations tho me story being told is that agreement was reached several weeks ago between tho the CIO the fhe labor department and someone at the white house se that there should be no amendments to the labor laboi net act the problem then was waa to find a way to forestall the drive tor for careful diagnosis of the act in ili congress A peace conference was finally decided upon announcement was made that the warring labor factions were being brought together for peace pact talks theu men word was waa sent to the capitol that the prospects of peace would bo be dimmed it if the labor act question was stirred up in congress it Is indeed a sore question with both tile the labor organizations with the afoul wanting amendments and the demanding the lie act be left ilone alone true lie it would dim the prospects for peace between the two to grou groups pst but it was a n foregone conclusion in washington at the time the wine conference started that no pe pone ce agreci nent could possibly re suit IT ITS S AGAIN T the secretary Secie tary of a not so important government executive looked up from her desk a few days ago to see gee a walking toward the office door of tile the 0 executive sho she called the gent gentleman leman to task when lie he said he wanted to see tile the slid sald executive the secretary chirped lilal d efficiently well just have to wait waft lies busy now after several minutes of 0 heel cooling the gentleman informed the young lady secretary that he bo was in a hurry that his mission was ft as important but tills this tailed failed to influence her after more minutes of waiting tho the gentleman departed but with this reminder to the secretary just tell your boss that tho the attorney general of the united states was in to fo iee see him one of the congressmen has lone done a painstaking job of research and como come up with some figures indicating di that tile the U S has probably outdone europe in ili the number of emergencies and crisis periods in ili the past a 0 years since 1933 1033 the congressman reports in ili the congressional record there have haie been no less than 39 30 so called emergencies proclaimed officially by federal officials to prove his point the congressman listed the dates and the exact exal t quotations of official statements that an emergency crisis disaster serious situation or period of increasing urgency existed this is at the rate of one new emergency every sli six weeks tor for six years declared the congressman Is it any wonder that the people are are emotionally washington sidelights the government has just placed an order for inches of od red tape literally to bo be distributed ns as next years year Is red tape quota for each of the federal bureaus departments or agencies that Is about a mile of red tape for Off each lell unit i it Is used tor for binding documents and similar purposes congress has decided that secretary icks has no legitimate need lived for 21 press agents in ili ills depart mout so an appropriation request fo fa money to hire them thein has been rejected likewise congress believe the interior department will be especially ally handicapped it if appropriated to buy reindeer in alasha Al asli so that appropriation lias has been rejected too |