| Show 0 national topics interpreted by william bruckart national press building washington D washington it appears that at last all of those questions as to Nh whether ether the national nation a indus up to trial ic covery act Is supreme court are aie going to be answered by tile the supreme court of the united states that Is they will be answered bya by a supreme court decision unless the moving spirits in decide again to dodge the issue as they once have done sometime ago W E r belcher an alabama lumberman ran afoul of a national recovery administration code ruling arid and he was promptly prosecuted lower courts decided adversely adier sely to tile the government however and the lawyers decided to appeal they wanted a supreme court decision but before the case readied reached the stage of argument before the highest court irk in the land the department of justice suddenly withdrew the petition ani and announced its refusal to prosecute mr bir belcher any further there immediately was set up a far flung cry accusing tile the and the department of justice of being afraid of a constitutional test legal brains of the department of justice stood pat and offered no explanation but brain tr usters let it be known that they preferred to avoid a test nt at this time because of the imminent expiration of 0 the industrial recovery act they pointed out that the law expires june 16 and that congress is now engaged in consideration of a revision the implication was that the believed a test in the belcher case was a waste of time and money because of the probability that a supreme court decision would not be handed down dow n until after the present law was no longer operative now however the authorities think they have found the right kind of a case for a constitutional test they have announced they will fl fight ailt to have the act declared constitutional in a case in which the live poultry marlet market of brooklyn N Y Is accused of violating Nio lating the poultry code so instead of trying out the tionne dional question on boards the brain tr usters are seeking a decision on the hen the whole situation Is regarded by ers as being much COD confused contused cont used fUSed and no one seems to know exactly what Is behind the sudden reversal of position on the part of and the department of justice lawyers except a good many folks think the could not stand the gaff of countrywide editorial editor a criticism it is true that after abandonment of the belcher case was announced noun ced nearly every important metropolitan ro newspaper in tile the country printed editorial comment about the action and little of it was favorable to the nita examined from this viewpoint then there are some who believe the administration was goaded into a constitutional test of nita politically the department of justices determination to avoid a test in the belcher case already Is having repercussions barbs and backbiting back biting are coming not alone from republican antagonists but bill from among democrats in congress as well senator hastings a delaware republican and senator dark clark a missouri democrat joined in an effort to have attorney gertral cummings reverse his position and urged upon the head of the department of justice the necessity tor for clarification If of legal questions involved the administrations position also has drawn fire from republican leader snell in the house and there are in that body also certain of the so called progressives progress ives who have charged that president roosevelt Is unwilling to face the music in the belcher case economically the decision to retrain refrain from pressing g the belcher rel cher case for final adjudication by the supreme court lias has caused a wave of uncertainty to permeate the business structure what the end Is going to be even donald Ric liberg number one man in has avoided saying since ILL he has not enunciated policies his fits subordinates are afraid to nione moe consequently quent ly according to some of tile the letters now flow going out from the NIIA to business interests the whole question of 0 codes and their enforcement frankly can be said to be up in the air 4 if tile can be salt said to be up to in the air the agricultural adjustment administration can be AAA in in said to be it rudder trouble less still shin there is no longer any doubt that AAA policy is C confused not to say floundering about in helpless fashion fas lilon it has reached tile the stage where delegations and individuals are arrIVI arriving Dg in increasing numbers to wait on the doorstep or of secretory secreta ry wallace find and administrator davis for advice as to what the program is it ought to be said just here h ere that mr wallace and a nd mr fr davis are showing signs of arrit irritation and that Is always s significant I 1 it was only tile other day that a group of farm organization leaders came in to washington to tell mr wallace how flow tile the department of agriculture must do something to enable farmers la in the areas that vwe ncr e drouth stricken to plant crops the they y pointed out the necessity for quick a action because crops must be planted cd within the next few weeks they did not 8 top stop there however but added points of criticism about AAA pol nolle I 1 cy this so irked mr wallace that he an all bounced abruptly that the interview was closed the secretary was quoted by ment mem bers of the delegation as aa having in quiren whether the roosevelt ration had not done more tor for farmer than any previous administration administrate on lie H was reported also to have said he did not like the attitude or tho the spirit which the visitors displayed in their conversations with him tile the result was that tile the farm leaders went away from the ha vast building housing the department of agriculture with wit a decidedly bal bad taste in their mouths and the credle alon Is heart heard frequently now that thes men will cause much trouble for mr wallace hereafter by tolling telling their sto ries among the home folks I 1 think it la Is generally conceded that economical and in political numskull may be found in positions of res response ability among farm organizations but after all they serve as something of a leadership for groups that speak for agriculture and when mr wallace becomes angered by their criticism of othla big administration serious trouble for him lies not so far ahead such circumstances as the one just mentioned usually are accepted as indicating a thin skin on the part of a public official and that condition is nearly always fatal it ruined herbert Il hoover 0 0 around the halls of congress also there is increasing criticism of 0 mr wallace and it Is ot of Cri criticism criticise Critic ise a character to under wallace mine s him ia it if it con when such stalwart democrats as senator george georga of georgia describes a cabinet officer as being unfit for the office he holda the situation as regards that individual necessarily becomes precarious ahe I 1 he controversies that are centering around secretary wallace naturally are having their reaction on his le legislative Is proposals it Is my understanding that considerable difficulty Is faced face by the amendments to the adjustment act which the secretary desires to have passed at this session of congress these amendments are arc described by the secretary as being designed to strengthen the adjustment act and als ac cord the AAA more power in enforce ment it seems however a certain bloc in congress holds the conviction convIct loi that there Is already sufficient power in mr wallaces hands and those members are groNi growing ing resentful toward proposals delegating more authority to 1 him i m the recent house cleaning which resulted in elimination of curtain certain of the brain tr usters in the department of 0 agriculture and its stepchild the AAA had a wholesome effect on relationship between the department of agriculture and congress as a whole yet yel la in some quarters it appears the house cleaning did not remove all of 0 the stigma with which oppositionists tare here stained the administrations farm policies with reference to the house clean cleall ing it should be said just here that another move Is in the making not rexford guy ell the present undersecretary der of agriculture la Is slated to be de horned horried insofar as farm ery cry policies are concerned when pra pre ident roosevelt gets his hands on the five billion voted in the public corkill relief bill professor tugwell will in be given charge of something like ald hundred mil millions liolis to spend in a way wa that ls Is variously described as scientific ills job will be to sort out lanil lands that are productive from those that are mediocre ocre or without value at an all in agriculture and to find uses for di those u which should not bo be used as earlif ara lands I 1 believe it Is not too much to say sa that conditions in the NIZA nita and AU AAA t have added to the honeymoon oney moon general uncertainty Is ended concerning the political and economic outlook of the administration in ibis connection it should be mentioned tilt that the republicans are sh showing sig signs 1 s of it life for instance republican leader snell tool took a shot at Pre president t cloose velt the other day that indicates forthcoming deluge of criticism of him personally for the lie first time since ince lit be ft entered the white house the volume of mail bellog beins receives received ill on oil capitol tells its story ns as well wel Ill members embers of the house and senate ora 8 beginning to inquire of each cach other be it Is N hat their political course should view or of the type of inquiries t that hat are rt 1 now being received through many months the personal to charm of the president has seemed il w prevent expressions of a critical ture and certa certainly aly has held off of plaines plaints from the business section the country certainly those wit bar told to being money invested were not how n about future plans it seems now DOW wib ever that the honeymoon for and t mr ir roosevelt asked has ended of that henceforth it will be a battle realities y 4 the most direct attack attach upon UP president dint and upon the new dac deg 1 from Ile james 3 IV woith a now I 1 york ork RL is liv wadsworth li stressed uncertainty fact lie he called it one of tile the three four major e evils vi Is of the lion W I 1 Q |
