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Show jt Jit Released by Western Newspaper Union. HOOVER, TOO, STRUGGLED WITH SELF-WILLED CONGRESS UNFORTUNATE IS THE president presi-dent who, in times of emergency, must deal with what he considers an obstreperous congress. President Presi-dent Truman was by no means the first chief executive to have such an experience. One of the comparatively compar-atively recent occurrences of the same kind fell to the lot o President Presi-dent Hoover. At the congressional elections in the middle of his term, the Democratic party captured control con-trol of the house of representatives. When the banking emergency arose and became especially acute during dur-ing the last three months of the Hoover administration, the President Presi-dent was entirely dependent on a Democratic house for any legislation legisla-tion needed to meet that emergency. emergen-cy. During the months between the presidential election and the inauguration inaug-uration of Mr. Roosevelt the banks were failing by the dozens every day. Congress was in session in December, and would continue in session until the day of the inauguration, inaugura-tion, March 4. Mr. Hoover did not need congressional action to close the banks, but he did need action before they could be opened. Not to reopen them quickly would mean financial chaos for the nation. President Pres-ident Hoover called the Democratic Democrat-ic leaders of the house to a conference. confer-ence. He explained his difficulty; showed them the proclamation he wished to issue closing the banks, and the bill embodying legislation legisla-tion needed to make a reopening possible. He asked their co-operation in passing that legislation. Those leaders told Mr. Hoover the house would pass the desired legislation legis-lation only at the request of the president-elect, Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Hoover sent the whole story to Hyde Park, including the statement of the Democratic house leaders regarding regard-ing the passage of the legislation if Mr. Roosevelt requested such action, ac-tion, and assuring him of full credit for such action. There was no reply. re-ply. A second appeal, in January, was made, that time sent by special spe-cial messenger. The reply to that was that Mr. Roosevelt would be going go-ing to Warm Springs in February, and would stop In Washington for a few hours to talk it over. In the latter part of February Mr. Roosevelt called at the White House but declined to make any request to the Democratic majority in the ' house, saying it was not his problem prob-lem until after March 4, and he would act at that time. On March 5 the new president closed the banks by issuing the proclamation prepared by Hoover, but with the Roosevelt signature. He called a special session of congress for the purpose of passing the identical iden-tical bill prepared by the Hoover administration that would make it possible to reopen the banks. Between the time when the outgoing out-going administration had asked for co-operative help, and the March 5 date, hundreds of banks had failed, millions of dollars had been lost by depositors, but the incoming administration admin-istration was credited with constructive con-structive action. Such is the way the eamp nf nnlitirs is nlavprl Rlnp chips are not wasted, even in times of emergency. President Truman's demands on congress may be wrong, or they may be right, but wrong or right, the game of politics poli-tics must be played according to political rules. THE RECORDS, as compiled by FBI, show the percentage of crime in proportion to population has migrated from Chicago, New York and the East to the Rocky Mountain and West coast states, and to the South, especially Florida Flor-ida and Kentucky. The difference differ-ence is the newspapers of these sections do not boast of their crime supremacy, as did those of Chicago. HOW SATISFYING it will be to us consumers when we can have a buyers' market; when we can walk into a store with a reasonable assurance of finding what we want, whether it be a loaf of bread, a package of sng ar, a slice of ham, a shirt, a suit of clothes, a washing ma chine or an automobile. We will welcome the days when the merchant can keep what he ha' on the shelf rather than under the counter. Those will be the bappy days for which we have so long been wishing. The complete com-plete realization should not be far distant. THOUSANDS, many thousands, of Mexicans were specially imported to harvest the grain crops of the West. At the same time thousands, many thousands, of American citizens citi-zens were being paid unemployment benefits. The greatest thing wrong with us is too many people expect-! expect-! ing to be provided for without effort ef-fort on their part. CAPABLE OR OTHERWISE, and no matter what they say, most people peo-ple enjoy the sensation of being oicked for JeadershiD in anv srroim. |