| Show OUR washington LEITER by national editorial Asso claVon special to the san juan record washington february Febi uary 17 legislation of tile the utmost importance to our liati national onal ife la is no now w beading before the congress oddly enough the rank lind find file of citizens do d 0 not give these economic and aid I 1 financial matters the attention that hat t la Is accorded an ordinary uil game only the more thoughtful falki realize that in various measures of unemployment relief and liberalization of credit facilities are interwoven our immediate pres present elif and above all the faai aty ly future the concern of sane thinkers thIn kors Is directed at the count rys prospects 14 in event current plans aorl for g general recovery fall short of the mark tha most promising aspect of thel the whole situation politically and econom fallk Js Is file he tardy av awakening aligning of the I 1 national legislators to tile the gravity of tile the nations needs I 1 tile partisan bipartisan bi bl bill to expand credit facilities will probably be enacted into Jaw within a few days it would be a daring and foolhardy legislator who oppose any general agreement H the part of the administration and I 1 tae the legislative branch especially designed to fortify banking institutions thel kalnit v ever increasing failures the various measures tor for unemployment otter are obviously not preferred legislation there Is no doubt that bills have now become a football bill of politics and therein lies the th dagit to tile the distressed groups or of citizens the th e senate having disposed of one phase of the unemployment controversy must awalt await an adjustment with the house housa of De presenta thes flies es these ralef proposals wall valli have their flare backs in tile the primaries pil mailes I 1 ind and elections octlona ol in ili states where the incumbents are aie confronted will inter filter party rights fights tor for tion the votes this week weck will probably bihag newcomers to the next congress in 1033 1933 I 1 tho the hubbub over the nominees of both parties provokes pro voices only interest aleong arcon tile the men mid nd women A iio ho make their livan in the great tame game of politics nearly faur month ahead of the actual balloting statements from candidates or olioli tl lIl fi lends friends are aie regarded as trial bal sent gent up to determine the drift of the wind the th e anti hoodei republicans plod along taking 11 pot lot illets at tho tha president know knotting iril ill atio cards ife aro stacked against them next tune alfred E smiths statement state benta lias has not cleared the inze haze over his real intentions speaker gainers carriers boom ns is democratic timber seems to confine itself to the tha hearst press bross the actual work voik of rounding up lip pledges from delegates proceeds without fanfare it is too early to count noses as many delegates de I 1 agates have rot yet been relec selected ted with practically every worth H orth v agency bonding its energies eigles en to aad economic recovery the natural query I 1 arises who and what Is holding the I 1 boat back A survey of reliable opinion indicates the bankers are drag alna to the surprise surp ilse of its critics has given its best thought thou cht and ilde stepped partisan matters to pro pio vide essential aid industrial industria Indu and corn c nrc lal groups lieve pulled put d manfully at the oai car the hanker banker on an the t il e other hand once resl chei despre angly or not i a n fount of business wisdom mom has si ai dily ally lost ground with the hie public it seems that tile the banker hai ila fall falln fallan n aloin the high pedestal he occupied la in various vailous comm communities community uniti el and I 1 Is blamed for foi the depre depression sal oil of couise it Is unfair to the average banker to lay tills this responsibility at its his door but the public Is not incline 1 11 to delve deeper into underlying dundei lying causes the inescapable fart fact remains no all giitl ti hoarding campaign or general business recovery will succeed until bankers see ece the light and re reestablish establish public confidence in the banker as a business counsellor senator hiram Ding liam republican ca n of connecticut Is undoubtedly a sincere advocate of the wet cause yet its his blundering tactics in the ho face 0 of f sound bound advice from other senators or of similar views undoubtedly helped the drys more thin than all tho the be bait it efforts of the anu antl saloon league ind continued on page 5 |
