The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-05
CONGRESS UPHELD (Continued from Page One.)

Citing specifically the reasons why Gary and his like are annoyed by Con- gress, Representative Nelson mentions the liberalization of the House rules, which destroyed the autocratic power of Old Guard-bossed committees. Appli- cation of the new rules forced the House to give consideration to the Howard Barkley railroad labor bill.
 The investigation of the oil scandal, the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department, the Veterans Bureau and the Shipping Board and air servise, with other inquiries pending, all got under the hides of Gary and the apostles of Big Business, according to Represent Nelson.
 The refusal of the House and the Sem ate to swallow the Mellon Tax plan, with its favortitism for those who have great incomes, was perhaps the bitterest pill that privilege had to swallow.
 In the last Congress Big Business suc- ceeded in wiping out the excess profit tax and in reducing the higher sur-taxes to 50 per cent. Under the leadership of Secretary Mellon, they expected to fur ther reduce surtaxes by one half. eve succeeded not only in defeating the efforts of MT. Mellon and his Big Business associates in shifting the burden of taxation onto the masses of the peo- pie, but secured for the average tax payers a reduction of taxes that will greatly please them when they realize | what we have done,' said Representative Nelson.
 Without the support of Progressives the adjusted compensation bill for vet erans of the World War would have been defeated Mellon and Big Busi- ness fought it with might and main," :" asserts the Wisconsin Progressive.
 Zip Business cheeered the soldier go- ing to France to fight for the protection of their war contracts but sneered at the soldier whn asked to pay a small DOT ton of the huge profits of war con- tracts for adjusted compensation" says Representative Nelson.
 | But for the support of the Progress sives the Federal Trade Commission, a thorn in the side of crooked and preda- tory business interests, would have been both hamstrung and starved. The Sen ate turned town an appointment of Pres ident Coolidge that Representative Nell son says was dictated by interests un- friendly to the commission.
 However" he adds, ''the President has recently made another appointment which may prove to be the turning over to Big Business of this agency designed to pro tect the people against the evil prac- tice of monopoly
 "Progressives resisted adjournment insisting that farm relief legislation should be enacted, but a combination of reactionary Democrats and Republicans forced it through.
 "It is fny considerate conclusion,' the Wisconsin Progressive declares, 'that this Congress excels all others i'll high character, not merely for the reaon of its resisting we1l-organized specia1-inter- est propaganda of misrepresentation as to pending legislation, but more practicular- 1y because 1t has sought most zea1ous1y to get at the truth of things with ref erence to nismanagement and graft in the executive departments of the govern ment, the like of which has not been sur passed in the entire history of our coun- try.
 "Whatever may be the sacrifices we have been or shall be called upon to make-and 1t has not been an easy or a pleasant task to defy the party machine we have resolved that having put our hands to the blow we shall go through to the end of the furrow, confident that our cause is right, for it is the common cause of all the people of our country
 Let them misrepresent us as 'radi- ca1s.' This only reveals that we are right We see no virtue in compromises on principles or the public good"