Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15

velopment Of radio which is in compe-
tition with wire services. q
Radio, with all its possible develop
mentS, including television and the
transmission Of electric power without
wires, Is the greatest national resources
left to mankind. It Is the Nations last
great domain. We must keep 1t for
ever the property Of all, charged with
q public trust. No combination of men
or corporations shall ever monopolize It.
II ever the courts declare the power OF
Congress Is limited to prevent nnonopo-
ltzation, we must Immediately amend
the Constitution. Companies with pat
ent rights in radio that destroy COM
petition and are used to Cypress the
people must be dissolved.
The time has come when Congress
should broadcast the important debates
of both Houses. For two years / have
had pending a bill to install micro
phones In the Senate. Many Senators
Insist IL Is impracticable and some OF
the older and more conservative Sena-
tors were shocked ut the proposal. But
the sentiment of the Senate Is becoming
more favorable.
why not broadcast important Senate
debates?- Millions Of people would lis
ten. They would develop a new under.
standing of legislative work. 1t would
keep Senators more closely in touch
with the people and in that way i'm
prove democratic government.
If the people could have listened to
the debate on income tax publicity OF
corporations desiring tariff increases, as
provided for by the resolution Of Sena-
tor Simmons of North Carolina, they
would have understood why opposition
melted away so rapidly that when the
&~I-m~& mM &nA pouNnaratR and
nearly one-half the Republicans voted
for it.
Source Of Relay.
How they would have enjoyed hearing
Senator Norris, the dean of all Progress
sives of ell political parties here In
washington, answer the charges OF
Senators that he was trying to delay
the tariff bill by the resolution to throw
Ware out of the Senate last wednesday!
They would have heard something like
this:
II ask unanimous consent to vote on
the Ware resolution at 4 pm. Friday
said Norris. II object" said Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania. 81 ask unani-
NOUS consent to vote at pm. today, .
said Senator Norris. IT object" said
Senator Bingham of Connecticut. II
ask unanimous consent to vote at pm.
Saturday" said Norris. II object" said
Reed. Then ask UNANIMOUS consent
that we vote Monday, 5 pm.," said Nor
ris. at object to all unanimous consent
requests for VOTE" said Reed.
THAT is suficient to show from what
source delay Is coming" said Norris and
sat down. No newspaper could describe
the dramatics Of the incident. No state
ment can present 1t as 1t really hap
70 6M& hnarA ~ than
would understand why nearly all OF the
Democrats followed their able leader,
Senator Robinson. and voted with Nor
ris, as did nine of the Progressive Re-
publicanS.
What o fine thing 1t would be for the
Senate and the country II we could
broadcast the Senate debates on the
pending tariff bill. This tariff bill Is an
excellent example of the legislative in
justices that always result when Con-
gress passes legislation to grant special
privileges to any class Of the people.
For years even the leaders Of the pro-
tective tariff movement have repeatedly
admitted that existing tariff laws place
unjust burdens on agriculture. Presis
dent Hoover and his party promised To
remedy this inequality. He called Con-
gresS in special session for that purpose
and what is the result?
The statement of Senator Smoot, the
author of the Senate bill, shows the
irony of the situation. The President
asked for q tariff bill to remedy in
CAPABILITIES against the farmer. Mr.
Smoot states that the bill as written
gives only 1872 per cent of the tariff in
creases to farm products. The other
ssh per cent are on manufactured
products. Thus, instead of remedyine
the inequality, the bill will make II
worse.
Let me give you just one illustration