The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05


the inroads of the government into
business in competition with private
concerns opened its hearings in Kan
sas City, his home town. and first re-
ceived briefs from many organiza-
lions.
NJ. W. Borders, In presenting the
data assembled by the Federation of
American Business which has
branches in "a states and represents
more than 100 industries suffering
from competition from government
boards and bureaus financed by tax
payers money! set forth that bureau
crazy has grown to such proportions
that 1t threatens the existence Of the
present form of American govern
ment.
A procession Of merchants from
Leavenworth testified that they were
being driven to the wall by the COM
petition from new government stores
in the two federal penitentiaries and
by the activities of the post exchange
and book department at Fort Leaven-
worth.
Efforts Of the government to get
into the cafe and restaurant business
were attacked by the American Hotel
association, with 5000 member hotels.
Live stock producers, commission
men and bankers pictured the "cOl-
lapse of live stock industry under
whitening dictatorship of the secretary
of agriculture" and attacked the do
ings Of the federal farm board.
THOUGH the members of congress
l. during the recently ended session
gave up vast amount Of time to pO-
litical scheming. quarreling and use
less talk, they actually did enact con-
siderable legislation of moment. often
under pressure from the Chief Execu-
tive.
They passed series of measures
that began with the moratorium for
nter-governmental debts. that includ-
ed the creation Of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation, and that ended
with the passage Of the $2,122,O00,0 900
relief bill. and the home loan bank
bill with its currency imitation pro
vision.
They put through, a. new revenue
measure designed to raise more than
billion dollars in, additional taxes,
and an economy bill saving perhaps
$150,O00O0O in government expendt-
lures. They passed all the necessary
department supply bills, but refused to
make most Of the promised economies
in these. -.
Two measures long advocated. by
Senator Norris were passed. These
were the flame duck" resolution to
change the constitutional dates for
the beginning of congress and the
Inauguration of the President. and
the anti-injunction bill relating to la
Dor disputes.
The growing national discomfort
with prohibition was reflected in con-
gresS by two test votes in the house
and several votes on the legalization
Of beer in the senate. On March "A,
voting to bring the Beck-Linthicum
repeal resolution to the floor, the
house cast 1877 wet votes, the largest
Of its kind since prohibition, as against
227 dry ballots. Two weeks later
Similar vote on the O'Conner-Hull beer
bill was 1872 to PIG.
Senate vets pinned their hopes to
various bills to legalize beer, and
measures by Senators Hiram Bingham
and Willard e. Tydlngs were offered
as amendments to the tax bill, and in
a final effort to gain modification and
increase federal revenues as rider to
the home loan bank bill. The various
attempts met failure.
President Hoover vetoed only three
important pieces of legislation. These
were the bill extending veterans priv
ileges to hitherto unthought of classes
of former soldiers, and the first Car
ner-Wagner relief bill with its federal
loans to individuals, and the bill to
shear the President of his powers I'M
der the flexible provisions of the
Smoot-Hawley tariff act.
" YuEDEUED In thiS Oouptrx