Show I NATIONS NATION'S LAW MAKERS SEEN AS HARD RD WORKERS I Banker Tells of L Libor bor Put in by M Members of Congress on onI I Mass f of Technical Measures legislative e procedure O OUTLINING Robert V. V Fleming President I I National flank Bank mk Wa Washington f D. D C. C gave I the recent convention of or the Bankers Association n a description o ol of olbo bo be e and problems ug rug the law la law maI ers Mr Fleming said salli n In n part I I The most Important part of ot organ I atlon of ot the two branches of or COn congress rb I Is election of oC standing committees There ore are 34 standing committees In he ho e Senate and 46 In the House These are lre t the e workshops of or Congress nn and the thereal thereal i real work of or lawmaking Is done In la Committee Rooms IThe I The task of legislating for Cor tZ i I people Is a n. tremendous one Of or recent recent re reo cent years ears approximately bills are Introduced annually In the two Houses Homes anI Only a small percentage bo- bo come law but t they cy must be he weighed in committee accepted or rejected per per- taps aps amended reported out and then considered on the tho foot float Lawmaking Involves es about 99 of hard and unspectacular work and about 1 t of or oratory Few ta tasks ks appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear so easy and are so t t. as enactment en of or sound and satisfactory leg Few Individuals In any line lino I nf or activity work harder or longer hours I than than the c chairmen of or the Important committees during a session I have great sympathy for the members of or Congress whoso whose constituents exp expect ct undivided attention to every piece of legislation In which they may be Inter Inter- ested From my personal observation they earnestly and conscientiously endeavor en en- deavor to do all that Is humanly pos pos- sible Public Hearings W When cn a bill is Introduced referred to committee and printed the next step if Ir it is a n. measure of oC considerable importance im Int Is la to conduct a R public hear hear- Ing Tho The committee mal makes es an effort to listen to anyone who cares to be heard either for or against a measure although although al ala al- al though witnesses are frequently limited limited limit limn ed as lS to time Members of oC the Cabinet and other officials of oC the administrative five tive departments of or the Government usually testify on measures in which they are aro Interested and furnish the committee information in executive session or otherwise In this way the Administration takes a prominent part partin in m shaping legislation Due to pressure of work and the fact tact that It is Impossible for members of Congress to be technical experts un on every very subject of legislation the committees committees com are inclined to give consideration tion to the merits of or arguments presented pre seated in testimony and the recommendations of or the Cabinet and other officials It is therefore highly desirable desirable desir desir- able bot both from the tho standpoint of Con Con- oress ress as well wel as those affected by proposed proposed pro pro- proposed posed p legislation that tho the latter have an in opportunity to discuss frankly the tho I effects affects of or such legislation I We sometimes complain about the I 1 technicalities of or legislation but when ve we observe organized minorities endeavoring endeavoring en en- to force class legislation through one House it is a comfort to snow mow such measures may be caught in 1 i he meshes of oC technical procedure in to indie 1 j die ho other aud and there suffer what ie fe I armed automatic asphyxiation |