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Washington, d. CA challenge tc
| the Republican majority Of the
House to bring in resolutions repeal
ing war legislation, instead OF cam
ouf1aging" by the adoption Of ueace
resolutions which are unconstitu-
tional, was made in a stirring speech
by Representative Tom Connally, OF
Texas.
Representative Connally, who a
reused great applause on the Demo
cratic side, referred to the disor-
ganization existing in Republican
ranks and asserted that Representa-
tive Mondell, the COP. floor leader
wears a crown of paper"
You bring your family squabbles
on the floor day after day and ex-
pose them to public view," said
Rep. ConnaIly. The chairman OF
your appropriations committee, Mr..
Good, and your leader, Mr.. Mondell,
do not properly mesh All day yes
terday you had a filibuster engineer
ed by one of your fatiOns and today
we have symptoms of it again be-
cause now We have both a majority
and a minority on the Republican
side of the chamber. You meet
yourselves coming back whenever
YOU start down the Legislative road.
You have some two hundred and odd
leaders,"
What you are interested in is not
the repeal of these wartime statutes
but the creation in the public mlnd
CT the belief that you want them re-
pealed. If you want them repealed
simply introduce a resolution. IL
can pass the House and pass the
Senate.
Representative Connally referred
to the Presidents veto of the Knox
peace resolution. The House failed
to override the veto and the position
of the President was sustained. Mr.
Connally said the Republicans knew
all the time that the making Of peace
by simple resolution was unconst1-
tutional as we'll as that it was un-
fair and dishonorable treatm ent OF
the allies of the United States in the
world war.
You knew the President under
his oath of office is required to veto
that resolution" said Representative
Connally. why do you make this
rretense of thus repeating war
measures? You do not want them
repealed"
The last statement was greeted
with laughter and jeers on the Re
publican side, and Connally replied;
We'll then, why do you not re-
peal them? Why do you not bring
in a repeal resolution. You have
had a full year in which to repeal
var measures.
The Republican side of this
House has had one year in which to
repeal every measure upon the
statue book which was imposed by
the necessities of war. But you
chose to fritter away the time that
was yours in playing petty politics.
You chose, instead of bringing ., IN
essa1t rApsa lifsr these me5s11tss
one by one. or by keeping in joint
resolution repeating them all. to try
to keep the country under the flc-
ton that you were hampered by the
President: that you were prevented
bv the President from resum1ng pre-
war conditions, and from going DacK
to prewar legislation. All, you may
trv to fool yourself but you will not
fool the American people, because
even laymen know that any piece OF
legislation which can be enacted by
Congress can be repealed by Con-
gress. l challenge the gentleman
from PENNSYLVANIA (Mr. Prter) and
the gentleman from Wyoming (Mr.
MondelD to bring in now a resolu-
ton repeating war statues. want
to show you, though, that you are
not sincere l want to expose the
fraud to this pretense that you are
practicing."