Show ECONOMIC highlights in a presidential election year with the headlines and tile the thoughts of 0 the voters concerned al arost entirely with the opposing candidates for the nations highest office the next congress comes in tor for relatively little attention B but ui co igro s ts Is always vitally important A stubborn stub boin congress congre s can jus about ruin a presidents and ambitions as hoover found rut cut in his last two years and a fv tiredly endly Pong cei cai r rie i e the house a li lillio laio al a roosevelt leared lej acil in fit his ehst two years when tho the legislative L ich of the government succumb d to the influence and appeal of tile the executive liau up of the next house act f presenta tives will be largely irp dep neat on who arises to the acy y lf if mr roo roosevelt evelt is re dec clec td it will be certain that the house will be preponderantly democrat ir wilp wile lr if governor landon comes in the republicans will undoubtedly control the lower branch depre iata tives must run tor for office every two years and their political life Is often very short A different state of affairs obtains in the senate A senator runs only every six years and as a result sult the 1937 congress will be democratically controlled even though the republicans sweep the country it is mathematically impossible for tho the GOP to win a majority in the upper house it if it took every contested seat it would lack two votes I 1 of control As many contested sen sell ator ships are in the deep south where here the democratic nomination 19 tho he same thing as election it is I 1 I 1 inevitable that the democrats will I 1 have a substantial majority when tile the members of the senate answer the roll call in january even so best commentators feel that this will not be a major obstacle to governor landoas Lan dons program in event of his election it tile the voters disavow the new deal senators of both parties will sniff oe wind and fall in line with the mandate and on the other hand should president roosevelt be endorsed again he will naturally be able to bring about congressional agreement ot of almost anything he wishes no matter who takes the big plum in november the coming congress Cong Tess will be faced with a number ot of vital is es the tax issue will be up a iraln bigger slid and better than ever in all probability governor governo r landon has been biting in his denunciation 0 of new deal spending policies and mr roosevelt has again said that h anticipates a balanced budget lefore long has gone on oil th the e record fri for economy and a certain amount 0 retrenchment yet both candi etes agree that the catri farmer r should lo 10 helped from the federal y that federal relief for the unemployed CRI aloyed and needy must be con tl tie lied id there is also the icv it that the government will w feel that it must greatly increase its army and navy appropriations under such circumstances congress will undergo many many a headache as it seeks to control appropriation tion measures mca the tariff will likely be an issue tremendous difference of opinion has resulted from the reciprocal trade agreement act authorize authorizing autho ng the to lower tariff duties in favor of countries doing the same for us congress will be beleaguered beleaguer ed oa 0 al the one hand by powerful groups wanting a high tariff such as agriculture and equally powerful groups wanting a lower tariff and bigger foreign business such su ch ns as tile the heavy machinery and automobile makers tho the townsend ad plan will w 11 in all PIC be given little tile consideration outside of one or two states fiah as washington tou tow have made a iery cry poor showing in tho primaries of either party pa arty and the bonus issue Is at las last t dead a fact which has caused many a political aspirant to say thank god some of the longest and most most acrimonious debates will concern laws lawi which are now in e existence xi stence but are due to expire the so o called temporary emergency measures they will go 90 oft off the statute books unless congress gives them new life among such laws are the vit nicy important dollar devaluation anea measure re the electric Elec trie farm and I 1 home authority Au authority thorit y loans the appropriations the reciprocal tariff the excise buisan nuisance taxes on ge gasoline ace radios etc the 3 C cent e n t postage p 08 I 1 rate the interstate oil oi I 1 P production r od u c limitations compacts ta the t h e much reviled much praised neutrality act the oldest emergency tureau in the government the he t which was started by hoover rod nd continued and enlarged by roosevelt must also be given a now low okay if it Is to contin continue ue so congress will be busy b ausy next year whether tile the donkey or the elephant elp rules in the old colonial house on pennsylvania avenue |