Show WATER WALTER SHEAD congress evades own law CONGRESS acts something like a policeman n its OX OK for a cop kostop P in traffic park in front of a fireplug or run through a red light but not for a mere civilian its OX OK for or congress i topa to pass ss laws folks i are supposed to obey them but congress can disregard the law as witness the I 1 legislative egsa I 1 I 1 tive reorganization act which congress passed to eliminate obsolete methods end and to streamline am lineAs arts working for or benefit of everybody including dongress doh gress itself the reorganization act has been in III eff effect act more than a year and a survey shows that only about a third of its provisions are belli observed even tho hose provisions which are being observed we are being made by use nse of make or evasive maneuvers 1 for instance the law directed a streamlined reduction of standing committees from broms 48 edid to 10 inthe house and 33 to 15 in the senate congress but immediately started sett ingup dozens dozen of subcommittees sub bub committees it might as V well vell have continued the procha cf naming special committees congress Is supposed to set up a 0 budget a february 15 last session it ItI never did set up a budget figure and tills this year plans are under way to postpone it as late as mid april it was given authority to hire experts to act as executive assi assistants and pay them instead with very few exceptions inceptions congressmen congressmen gressmen ion just raised salaries of bf theli their secretaries to or split it up to give more folks from back home jobs in i washington committees were to hold open hearings john labors taber 0 house appropriations i commit committee tei never has held an open hearing hear ng there were tob to ibe e many other changes under provisions of the law Already there haxe have bie been n violations of about two thirds of thebe provisions |