The Washington times., 1931-01-12
R0US CROWDS STARE ALL DAY AT MYSTERY MURDER HOUSE
The President
The Public


control the new Federal Power Commission is the
real and fundamental issue now joined between
the Senate and the President.
This is too grave an issue for the people to be
blinded by technicalities of procedure.
In the light of the facts no power can prevent
the people from seeing the issue clearly.
once they are in possession of the facts not even
the power of the Presidency can dissuade the peo-
pie from following where the facts lead.
Here are the facts:
BY a vote Of Al to 81 the Senate requested the
President to return for reconsideration the nomi-
nations of the chairman and two other members
of the new Power Commission.
This request was prompted by the action Of
these three commissioners in summarily removing
the chief auditor and the solicitor of the old COM
mission who have done their best to prevent the
Power Trust from stealing valuable properties be-
longing to the public.
In making this request the Senate contends that
it acted in accord with Senate Rule No. 38. Under
this rule no nomination is finally confirmed or re-
jected until two days after the Senate has voted
upon it.
This rule also provides that "if notification
of the confirmation or rejection shall have been
sent to the President before the expiration of the
time within which motion to reconsider may be
made the motion to reconsider shall be accom-
panied by motion to request the President to
return such nomination to the Senate"
The nominations of these three commissioners
time limit fixed by this rule had expired, the
Senate was within its rights in requesting the re-
turn of the nominations.
But the President not only refuses to accede to
the request of the Senate but challenges the right
of the Senate to reconsider the nominations and
sustans the action Of the commissioners in re-
moving these two faithful employees.
"By their fruits we shall know them" The rep
resentatives of the people in the Senate trying
to prevent the Power Trust from controlling the
Federal Power Commission.
The representatives of the people in the Senate
are trying to prevent the tools of the Power Trust
on the commission from Furnishing Chief Auditor
prevent the Power Trust from stealing the proper
ties that belong to the people.
But the representative of the people in the Presi
dency lines up against the Senate and the faithful
public servants the Senate is trying to protect for
doing their duty and goes to the support of the
Power Trust and the three members Of the new
Power Commission that did exactly what the
Power Trust wanted them to do when they dis
missed King and Russell
The Hearst newspapers in calling upon the Sen
ate to reconsider the nomination of Chairman
Smith and Commissioners Garsaud and Draper
said:
"As for Mr.. Hoover himself, he is apparently
acting not as the President of the United States
but as the president of the Power Trust"
BY action that speaks louder than words Mr..
Hoover now shows that the Hearst newspapers
were right in their conclusion.
Thus in the eternal struggle between justice and
privilege, of which the conflict between the Senate
and the President is the latest engagement, you
see the Senate championng the cause of the public
and the President joining forces with the Power
Trust.
So that if Mr.. Hoover is not president of the
Power Trust now he probably will be after 1892.