| Show OUR W by national editorial assoria As socia special to the san juan record I 1 i washington Janu january gry 27 perhaps kz I 1 W 4 the mos most important little littie band 0 of jav in the country today Is tile the T democratic policy committee which ww at the capitol on their theal w boulders dens rests the fate of oti important i legi legislation a lation even the tha critics in n the republican camp have c conceded tl these anen men the board of strategy have admirably since the brats rats assumed cant control rot ot of the house I 1 0 f representatives the tact fact Is that the future ot f their baity ile depends more yn their judgement jud gement than on the sok so k culled called high cou command linand at their national baity teis ers with vital nonpartisan parti san emergency legislation lor for wier exacted into law the partisan ques question fion again raises its head 1 in shaping legislation policies they may ma agree heart heair and soul with the motives of underlying plans advanced by their br biet ethern liem to harass and defeat the republicans public ans but the policy group must weigh the consequences the sword ol of damoc damocles les never evoked more moie teal fear than theatte tho al bath 01 ol of the nationwide nation wide wage age cuts by the t railroad lalli oad workers wor keis congress Con giess ling has been side ide what whai is obviously the inevitable a sizeable i reduction of salaries of on government payrolls it has been rather pathetic to watch them dodge around the issue I 1 by ie sorting to parliamentary tricks the house appropriations committed Commit tea which has been drafting bills for government tui as could not the and house hong a with a loophole loop hole tho the word aivord ita lias been passed t eliat lat curtailment t of government pro ejects and reduced i allotments to depart dehait bents will not bridge the gap additional di dit tion ional a I 1 savings will come only by way vay if payroll slashes loi for federal Fei leial employees 1 and the workers are areta fairly irly well vell the wag vage e re reductions accepted by the organized railroad workers alferts citizens and means it a saying saving of about senator simeon fess at ohio is undoubtedly I 1 a sincere and well meaning legislator ho he has the linack knack ol of blundering blunde ilni into political politic il pit falls which leave lease him the worse for foi 4 the slip of the to tongue figue ilij iiii position as ai chairman octile of the republican nation at al committee CommIt Leo matui ally singles him out lor for att attack ack by the opposition the thea are expected tind and taken ac cordingly tile foss batters are as vociferous ferous among his political tribes I 1 j alian the progressive republicans take pill particular delight ili n heaping I 1 cule atile on oil the stocky ohioan it is writ I 1 ie tea on the wall ot of party councils that liess will step down train rom directing tile the party alter after the nominating convell flon in june one of the choice spots for economy Is s never considered by congress they refuse to save on oil words and delugo the country with a mist dist or ol words like halos around the moon make tile thab light less the government departments share tile the responsibility in their propaganda ali tin annual report of tile the public printer printe this week shows that in ili alje lie last ten yonis tile tho total wabbel ol of publications amounting to copies which cost the govern government menti i than a million doll dollars ars the sale of il documents document sIs ili negligible A few ratios fears ago illia alie senate and house folding rooms sold as waito paper approximately 2 2 A publications that had never been amon e 1 frolli th rl wrappers wrap pera the public printer says 14 there are undoubtedly tons of other useless publications now stored in and about the capreol Cap capitol leol an ali interesting sidelight side light on the great public demand tor for the coll congressional record Is revealed in ili tile the public printers report out of a total dally daily circulation of there are only paid a N subscribers to this palladium luni of birl official etal information in other words more than 98 per cent of the readers of the con congressional ress lonal record are what is popularly known as dead hads badall or recipients of it a girt gift the dally dalli edition alien wh en congress was in session in ill 19 1931 1 1 averaged pages which Is a marked increase from other sessions aln n tile the average was wag 83 pages tilts this data proves that congress Is becom ingmore e talkative the truth ia 13 that about one third of tho record was devoted to matter other than tile iha actual proceedings proceeding 13 and debates in congress the legislators v loaded up the pages with speeches written but not spoken and with a of letters and clip bliga W 11 tire ot tue ins insurgent argent ais to takai take a strong standa stand 4 and I 1 bid for delegates at t tate pil il marles is Inter interpreted preta as a that the third party movement nt willu 1111 not flot figur e prominently in ili selecting presidential candidates the young gaiard I 1 or aggressive newcomers anlon the republican senators Sonn tors have b joeen e n glyen important on on tile the senatorial campaign committee there are 34 senators whose terms I 1 I 1 wilt expire march 4 wi a and nd heer successors must be selected in ab nb november orthis of this year gaslight shift ina three or four states will tu the theaon con 1 bat arol I 1 ohe i file se senate nate over democrats I 1 brats there are 19 republic republicans can sand andl 16 democrats coal coming g up this fall all as tile the peoples choice |
