The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-04
.|NEFF|C|ENCY OF CONGRESS SCORED
 BY AL M IA NS
"NotoriousIy" So Expression of State Delegation in Last Hour Comment on Clos
 ing Session
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-H tikALD , Washington, n. C.. Nlrch 3

| "A notoriously inefficient Con- gress," is the opinion of members oi the Alabama delegation, who ex- pressed themselves today for The AgeHerald regarding the session l just closed.
 The Alabamians. in addition to other "offenses," scored the session for it's refusal to act regarding the | Henry Ford offer for Muscle Shoals Prediction by several was made that the failure of the session would re- suit in the election of a democratic president in 1924
 Representative Oliver of the Sixth district predicted that the next Con gress would be kept busy correcting the mistakes of the present He re- ferred to the failure of the large re publican majorities In both houses to coordinate.
 His statement follows:
 The sixty-seventh Congress, over whelmingly republican in both branches. will always stand low In legislative history. True we have had republican congresses that were bad before, that were derelict in 1 their duty. that were leaderless, but by common consent 1t seems that the sixty seventh Congress has been the worst bungler of them all. It has few staunch friends, and there are many republicans prominent in the official and private life of the nation and many republican newspapers, who not only refuse to defend it, but join eagerly with democrats in con demning it.
 Tt has shown an absolute incapac- ity to evolve either foreign or domes- tic policies to meet the urgent needs of the times.
 Many have given 1t the nickname I of the "do-nothinE Congress"-yet this must not be construed to mean that 1t has passed only few bills and resolutions, because, In fact. 1t has written an innumerable number into law. It does mean. however, that but few matters, if any, of press ing national importance have been dealt with in a comprehensive, con structive and helpful way.
 "I predict that the sixty-eighth Congress will be kept busy consider ing the mistakes and shortcomings of the sixty-seventh."
 Representative Bankhead of the Fourth district declared the follow ing opinion:
 "Thc sixty-seventh Congress will so down in history as one offering very fine opportunities for public service and with an almost total fall ure to take advantage of this oppor' tunity. It has been characterized by total absence of any positive or con crete policies and it's activities have been marked by timidity and vacil- 1oti ic ica mi e to separate the working of a Con gross from the executive influence, and both taken together have shown great reluctance to declare a policy establishing our international atti- tude. At the eleventh hour faint gesture was made seeking our en- trance into the interna tional court or justice at The Hague but it came too late to receive attention at the hands of the Senate. The absence of any foreign policy and our failure even by any sort of moral support of the effort to rehabilitate Europe has contributed to the chaos which still exists there. Incidentally our foreign trade as a result of this con dition Is constantly diminishing.
 For two years the agricultural in- terests of the country have been knocking at the door of Congress for a better system of farm credits, and at the last minute the majority party is attempting to drive through hodge, podge bill on that subject without due opportunity for consid- eration. but which it is hoped may afford some relief.
 "The republican party has been holding out to the ex-service men of .the country the hope of giving them adjusted compensation but by the tortuous process of delay and veto 1t is still denied them.
 With great boast of economy in
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