Show washington news washington D C jan 1933 franklin D roosevelt the president elect Is stepping out apparently he be has cast aside the hands off attitude which he assumed toward the present congress and tand its doings earlier in the winter dur ing his brief visit to washington mr air I 1 roosevelt made it clear to senator robinson the democratic leader that he was anxious to get as much needed legislation through this session of the congress as possible mr air roosevelt has particularly in mind it was explained the passage of the farm aid bill generally known as the domestic allotment bill which passed the house with some modifications he went so far as to request the republican republica chairman of the senate committee on on agriculture senator mcnary ale nary to discuss the farm bill with him and to urge upon him prompt action on th this is measure the president elect has decided to faim an advisory committee composed of democratic members ot of the next congress to keep him informed daily of sentiment in that body as to war debt r revision in general era and the details of revision as they develop he has asked his closest c counselors in the present congress who have been reelected re elected tor for suggestions as to the personnel of the ilama group it was said by some of those democrats to whom the task of organization has been confided that they are not yet ready to report but they admitted that the plan was being evolved at mr air Roosevel ts request and that favorable cor consideration was being given to the proposals that the group be small and that it be composed of the titular party leaders in both houses and the chairmen of the major committees that deal with fiscal and foreign affairs the satisfaction shown by senators who were with president elect roosevelt at muscle shoals Is interpreted a as indicating that mr roosevelt plans to undertake development of the tennessee river on a greater scale beale than ever before projected the senators in the party decline to discuss mr air Roosevel ts views holding that he alone can state them authoritatively but senator mckellar said 1 I was perfectly delighted with president elect Roosevel ts ideas others in private conversations expressed equal enthusiasm over the prospect of improvements in the tennessee river basin which embi embraces aces about square miles rejection of the presidents governmental reorganization program by the democratic house was merely the latest expression of the spirit which has dominated this short and final session ot of the seventy second congress from its beginning it has been invested by even more than the usual atmosphere of partisan opposition obstruction and negation which traditionally marks a lame duck session on the eve ot of a ft transfer ot of political power deliberately obstructive tactics such as those these of senator huey long cannot be too vigorously condemned but his course supported by a few insurgents was vas t taken aken on his own initiative and was opposed by the responsible leaders ot of bli bis party much of the criticism of the democratic leaders tor for their do nothing policy has conveniently ignored the historic i fact that republicans in the same circumstances cum stances act about the same no legi Islat isla lve tive production of outstanding importance is to be expected from a session NN nhen hen a change ol of administration impends by a vote of 51 54 to 9 the senate passed the glass banking reform bill around which has raged the most persistent filibuster in recent years on the final roll call senator long leader of the handful of participants in the filibuster was absent being paired with senator metcalf the bill was passed a little more than an hour after the adoption of an unanimous consent agreement proposed by senator thomas of oklahoma who had operated cooperated co with senator long in an eight day filibuster drastically limiting debate to ten minutes per senator on each amendment 0 A movement to counteract the effects upon the american economic system in general of depreciated foreign currencies has been initiated at the whito white house and was made a matter of formal action by the republican caucus of the house in both quarters it Is proposed that this be done by raising the american tariff wall still higher to prevent wh wholesale dumping of foreign products upon n the american market unless means can be I 1 found to check that dumping through international operation cooperation co steps to con continue timi the federal tax of one cent per ga gallon lion on gasoline ha have v been initiated in congress representative collier democrat of mississippi c chairman of the house ways and means committee introduced it a bill tor for the purpose and a hearing on it will be coi by the full committee the gasoline tax imposed in the general revenue act of tre last congress and expected to yield the treasury ITea sury Is the only levy which the democratic leadership of the house now intends to press in the remainder of the lame duck session lebers I 1 the interest of members of the house j in expediting the work on hand was evl by the csc ta ct ahat ot at the houses members only 21 answered the call for an overtime session of two hours recently and speakers were so scarce that the chamber adjourned after forty man minutes the purpose of the meeting was to hasten consideration of the bill appropriating pr pria ting for next years needs of the state justice and labor departments by getting some of the talking out of the way franklin D roosevelt will make his first public appearance following his inauguration augu ration as ag president on saturday evening march 11 when he will be guest or honor at the annual dinner or the white house correspondents association in the willard hotel his co guests will be the members of the roosevelt cabinet the columbia broadcasting system Is sending down EL a carload of 01 its most famed radio talent to supply the entertainment tain ment paul R mallon president of the correspondents association will preside side at the dinner j iti in washington democratic circles circle i 9 here both were well knowland know nand highly respected comment Is heard on the grim coincidence that the two most prominent democratic woman politicians politician of new York Belle and elizabeth marbury passed on within a month of each other mrs was al AI smiths right hand man for 20 years and mrs Al marbury arbury was democrats democrat national committeewoman tor for the empire state stare ever since her sex was admitted to that body 0 0 the future looks brighter tor for the woman who gave herbert hoover his early schooling in the little town of west branch iowa the president by executive order has given a job to the son of mrs arrs molly brown carran of west branch beginning next week charles carran will receive from the government 2070 a year tor for carrying the mall mail through the rural districts near by |