Show I f I IM W ao I O O Y OVERWHELMING MAJO MAJORI MAJORITIES U- U I- I I B By TIES the house passed t the e Tidelands oil oll bill biU 89 giving co control of submerged tidelands to to the states and the so-called so fair trade bill bUl by a vote of to 10 The I I votes on both of these measures turned over decisions of the United Unit United ed States supreme court and again raises raises raises' 1 the old old ques question ion of whether one branch of our our three equal co-equal branches of government the executive judicial and nd legislative legislative legislative legis legis- can nullify the action of one for or or the other branches In the Tidelands bill the congress congress congress con con- gress overturned a ruling of the supreme co court rt that the oil estimated estimated ed at approximately under submerged lands off the coastal coast l states and beyond low tide belong to all the people of all the states and that the federal government government gov gov- nt has par paramount mount tion The bill passed by congress t turns these submerged lands and billions in oil over to the coastal states President Truman was expected expected expected ex ex- to veto the measure Th The court also had ruled that fair trade rade law was unconstitutional al but the McGuire McGuir bill as passed pern permits a a manufacturer of fair- fair traded goods goads to sign sign a contract with only only one one retailer retail r in a state to sell sella at af a fixed price which would bind all other retailers within within within with with- in that slate state to ob observe observe erve the fixed minimum price This is price control control control con con- by private industry under the I protection of a specific federal statute Only l large rge organizations lobbying for this measure were the national asso association of retail druggists druggists' arid and ruf the American fair far trade council They did an effective pressure job while those opposing the bill including the American bar association association association asso asso- the American farm bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau federation the n national a t ion a 1 grange the cong congress ess for industrial organization and sev several ral consumer er organizations did a poor job These are two instances es in in which congress is behind the thinking of the people and the Hie pollsters Heated discussions discussions ver over the Mc- Mc Walter Carran irn immigration bill a D page cod codification of our immigration immigration im im- im- im migration and Naturalization laws have resulted in introduction of several substitute bills and introduction introduction introduction intro intro- of scores upon scores of amendments to the original bill All agree th the immigration laws need revision but few agree on the method Charges are made the McCarran measure is replete with discrimination as to quotas sex races and has many other objectionable objectionable objectionable features McCarran denies the charges Hearings on extension of of controls controls con con- troIs under the national defense production act were underway with Allan Kline president of American farm bureau federation telling the committee There never will be bea a better time than now to drop these unworkable controls Kline was backed up by William J J. Grede president of the national a as association association of manufacturers and by bythe bythe the US U.S. chamber of commerce Of course there was much testimony testimony mony in favor of continuation of f controls or even of tightening controls controls controls con con- from labor organizations and many consumer organizations In the meantime the feud between between between be be- tween the national farmers union and the farm bureau federation continued to draw interest with the farmers u union on charging that the farm bureau is now slowing up REA expansion by meeting regularly regularly regularly reg- reg reg reg- with with private power power lobbyists lobbyists lobby lobby- headed by year per Purcell L. L Smith on public power policy including rural electrification tion r rIn In its weekly letter of May 5 the farmers union says says The leaders of ot the farm bureau and and P Purcell cell L L' I j Smiths Smith's national association of of electric companies have have been holding hold hold- holdI I tug ing g annual unpublicized unpublicized meetings on on 01 the rural power problem and the tle US U.S. power policy for the last six years minutes un uncovered rec recently recently re re- re- re c reveal Last years year's joint meeting of the committee on elect electric electric elec elec- t ic service for farm farmers rs of the American farm bureau federation and ad n national association tio of electric companies lD es was presided d over by P President Allan Kline of who reminded the group that it was was' their sixth annual meeting P p. p PaL L. L Smith was listed in the minutes min mn ut utes s as s the leader of the power power company delegation |