| Show washington snapshots by james preston A new congress the in the history of the republic is convening in washington this week fleck and the big news about this event will not be in the headlines not because the editors dont recognize the news but because it Is news too big to be headlined the story began to break to use newspaper shop talk about years rigo and it has been a continuous story from that time to the present the zeal real startling point was tie the beclar declaration ution of independence this led to the revolutionary war the colonists were victorious and the day cornwallis surrendered at yorktown the american people became the first really free people in the history of the world that was really big news but the crow crowned ned leads heads of europe laughed at it in the intervening years most of the crowns have gone yet those free americans have remained free the instrument of government go eminent which they established a government of representatives has endured the test and in washington this week there is being started a new chapter to the story which had its beginning more than a century and a half ago the chapter will be of vital interest to every american not only the headlines but the body of the stories will be tilled filled with news it will be the news of how another congress Is treating the legacy of individual freedom left by the founding fathers the care of this freedom was left not to the executive branch of the government not to the J judicial u d I 1 c I 1 a 1 branch but auf to the representative branch the new congress that Is convening in a world in which free nations are distressingly few bleve eleventh rith hour efforts are being made to stave oft of ameti amendment dment of of f the national labor relations oc act leading the tight fight against any amendment Js Is the 0 1 L 0 and allied in ln the tight fight for amendment I 1 alethe are the A F kofl of L and a an imposing perce percentage niage of the Congress congressmen inen the big question mark marets Is the laher labor department no one seems to be able able to find out what stand it will take in the matter maiter privately irl a tely labor department are re known to be opposed to amendment and the 0 1 L 0 0 ls Is i counting strongly or on suppo support rt from this quarter spokesmen esmen for the administrations high ups however are handling the problem gingerly fearing bad public reaction if the amendments are opposed by the administration they are well aware aare are of recent national polls indicating a strong majority of the pub public licin i in favor of revision of the labor labo eat act there la Is also fear in the hearts of some in the administration that if the act Is not amended the result mIght be A a pew new wasfi ot af pub line rind mid congressional indignation and finally repeal of the let act the current brain teaser around washington Is this one acting controller general elliot las has ruled fillod that expenditure of in relief raf funds by the farm scour security it y administration to subsidize several hulsery lio isery mills throughout the south Is legal further lie he says these government subsidized mills will throw workers in private industries out of jobs and increase competition with the mouths biggest industry cotton now heres the teaser the A has already given ghen the money to the mills much of it has been spent ip cit they say there is nothing they can do about it it is just a ease case of the stable being in locked after the horse Is stolen tourists who may wonder wh what at fills the maze inaze of filing that are crammed into every nook nud alid corner of official lal buildings will be interested in ill these figures A survey recently made by the notional national association of manufacturers s showed that some ba business siness firms must file CB as many as reports every year with federal state or local authorities one company which had to mako make out gilt only forma every year reported ortch that these forms represent a bulk of over pages quite a library in itself |
