Show washington snapshots by junes preston preiton memories of the sit alt down strikes are being rekindled in washington revived also are the stories of men picketing factories by which they had bad never cover been employed emlo yeti and of refusing to permit actual employed emp loyes to go to work the reason they are thought of again Is in connection with efforts to revise the wagner labor act it way was after enactment of this statute that the sit down strikes took place but the struggle to amend this law which among other things pro habits au an employer from talking to his employed emp loyes about union matters promises to be protracted the CIO has ban flatly annon antion opposition to any revision and some administration leaders in congress were active in delaying hearings but in both the house and senate groups of members are demanding that hearings be pushed they contend that business recovery Is being retarded as the law now stands they also argue that the law should be changed to protect workers from coercion from any source which would include pro pectin from persona who prevent them from working unless they join a union against these groups the friends of the law as it now stands are battling hard bard it Is a struggle of major proportions it looks like a n long drawn out light fight As an example of the late nalty or of the battle one member of congress on was prevailed upon to delay a speech for two days he revision of the law those in the opposite camp pleaded with him not to make the speech forty eight hours later he did speak but lie he had toned down his original remarks marka le A prominent business man stopped off in washington recently lie he called at the office of an adain admin senator the abe conversation in substance follows about the time I 1 left for the south said the business man 1 I read lend in the newspapers about the administrations plan to appease b business D 1 iness 1 how Is that move getting gettin g along 0 9 11 you know as much as I 1 do replied the senator all that I 1 know about it Is what I 1 read in the papers the brain busters austers in the capital were the ones who nipped the appeasement talk they like the idea they were fearful chatto thatto that to bring actual appeasement which means business recovery some of their pet laws might have to be changed and brain busters austers would shudder at the thought of having ever been wrong the real cause of war has at last leaked out lots of people have been blamed unjustly tot fok it and it would be a tough job to guess who but now it Is known Ws its the old brass band no country fair would be complete without one no city parade would be worth watching unless headed by one but a prominent senator hall ha implied that the brass band Is the real root of the trouble smilingly ho he recently said he be would legislate all brass bands out of existence and added ae every very time I 1 see sec a parade and hear a band play im not sure that I 1 want neutrality legislation after all six hundred thousand s dollars more inure Is to be sent in the monopoly investigation books of testimony already have hare been compiled the record Is being developed by young government employed emp loyes with either no or at the most limited business experience they are the ones trying to find out what la Is wrong arvith a business indus trial system of free enterprise which has provided the highest living standards in the history of the world to date not a dollar of the already spent has been used to examine the effect some brain trust sponsored laws are having on business neither has there been tiny any announcement that any part of the additional Is to be used tor for that purpose but it does appear that little else it being overlooked in a formal statement the federal trade commission has assured the public ab i that the length of spag spaghetti hett I 1 and macaroni Is not a true elter i ion of its quality or genuineness |