Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-28

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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
celved bfiefs 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
cracy has grown to such proportions
that Ii threatens the existence of the
present form Of American govern
, ment.
A procession Of merchants from
Leavenworth testified thai 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 NJ Fort Leayen-
worth.
Efforts Of The government to get
into the cafe aud restaurant business
were attacked by the American Hotel
association, with 6.OtH 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
during tie 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 Execn-
tive.
They passed n series Of measures
that began with the moratorium for
inter-a governmental debts that inelud-
ed the creation of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation. md that ended
with the passage of the So. DO .OuO,0
relief bill and the home loan bank
bin with its currency imitation pro-
vision.
They put through new revenue
measure designed TO raise more than
a billion dollars in additional taxes,
and an economy bill saving perhaps
Slao,0u00uO in government exnendi-
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 lame duck" resolution to
change the constitutional dates for
the beginning OF congress and the
inauguration Of the President. and
the antl-injuncrion 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 IA.
voting to bring the Beck -I.inthiellm
repeal resolution to the floor, the
house cast 1S7 wet votes. the largest
OF It's kind since prohibition. ms against
227 dry ballots. Two weeks later Il
Similar vote on the O'Conner- Hull beer
bill was 1872 to Gig.
Senate vets pinned their hopes to
various bills 10 legalize beer, and
measures by Senators Hiram Bingham
and Willard r. Tydings were offered
as amendments to the TAX bin. and in
a final effort to gain modification and
increase federal revenues as a rider to
the home loan bank bill The various
attempts met failure
President Hoover vetoed only three
important pieces Of legislation. These
We're The bin extending veterans priv
ileges TO hitherto nnthought Of classes
OF former soldiers. and the first Gar
Wagner relief bin with its federal
loans to individuals and the bill to
shear the President Of his powers m
der the, flexible provisions of the
Smoot-IIawley tariff net.
WHEREVER in this country or
" abroad are found former students
OF the University Of Illinois the news