The New York herald., 1922-03-21
Continued from First Page.

TO be sure that your views as to what
the bill should provide were In accord
ance with the Views or the Leg stature =
1t Is not an uncommon thing for the
recommendations OF "A legislature com
mittee involving comprehensive pre-
gram to be laid over for a year FOR 4
full consid Grafton ana that course was
followed with respect TO the rcconi-
mendations of the Davenport committee
on taxation this year.
'lf the trade commission bill had been
passed there would have been. as sou
admit. no reason for continuing the
Lockwood committee, and whilst as you
say the Lockwood committee has not
got jurisdiction 10 inquire into all 81
the matters that would have been within
the jurisdiction of the proposed commits
sion. yet ! do not think IL is unwise
10 allow ample time for the considera-
tion oi such measure and ! do not
think you are justified in getting c&-
cited or making reckless charges be-
cause the Assembly wanted more time
to consider it, especially in view OF the
fact that the Lockwood committee IT.
self. which had been considering the
subject for a long time, was unable 10
make recommendation on the subject
and only reported the bill for the com
II do not hesitate 10 say that with
certain changes suggested by mo on the
night of adjournment. which Senator
Lockwood himself thought II wise to
make the trade commission bill appears
TO me TO be sound measure, and whilst,
generally speaking, / am opposed to The
creation of mere regulatory bodies, State
o. Federal, | did reach the conclusion
that in view of the disclosures of the
Lockwood committee of illegal practices,
the proven inadequacy of me ordinary
machinery OF justice to uncover such
practices, and the growth in recent
years of associations having the power
and the inevitable tendency to fall into
unlawful ways, there was sufficient rea-
son t. justly the establishment OF
commission with power to investigate
unlawful acts and to license, associations
OF competitors, SO that business men
could know what they could lawfully
do. such associations could be kept
within lawful purposes and unlawful
practices could be uncovered, but 1 am
unwilling to coerce the Legislature into
taking hasty action upon measure OF
such vast importance by calling an
extraordinary session. You have been
studying this subject for months, and
as a result of this study you have pro-
duced bill just before the Legislature
adjourned. think the Legislature is
entitled to ample time 20 study your pro-
duction.
"Meanwhic the Lockwood committee
has been continued in existence.
II am glad TO see you retract the
hasty charge which you made against
Superintendent Stoddard in your inter-
view published in yesterdays papers.
You ought TO retract the equally up-
justifiable charge against Speaker Mach
old which yon reiterated In your letter
10 me.
"The two so-called jokers, which you
charged to have been inserted in the
rate regulation bill at the behest of
wicked lobby, were inserted as the re-
suit of a conference between Senator
Lockwood Speaker Machod and my
self. Senator Lockwood thought they
We're unnecessary because they were
based on such sound and universally fol-
lowed practice that the Superintendent
of Insurance would observe them In any
case. AS you well know, when the
Legislature delegates authority to an
administrative body it must set up
oome standard In my opinion, II is
the wise policy for the Legislature to
incorporate sound and established
principles in measures Of that kind and
not to leave it to the discretion of ad-
ministratve officers to observe them or
not as they might see At. We have
too much government at discretion now,
and wherever it is possible. law. not
individual will or discretion, should gov
ern.
''The foregoing disposcs Of two or
three purposes which you specified for
calling an extraordinary session. The
other matters referred to by you do not
by themselves justify such an unusual
course.
Very sincerely yours.
NATHAN t. MILLER -