The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-17
ROOSEVELT SEEKING
DEFINITE PROGRAM
FOR new CONGRESS
Democratic Leaders Point To.
ward Special Session,
Now Held Inevitable
MANY CONFERENCES HELD
President-EIect Wants Budget
Balanced and Farm Relief
Immediately


Elect Roosevelt Is closely watching
congress with a determination that
the Democratic program be enacted
by this session or at least whipped in
to shape for a special meeting of the
new congress.
Democratic leaders are pointing
their program for the extra session
that now appears inevitable.
They are anxious to carry out the
program Of the President-elect but be-
lieve that the veto power Of President
Hoover and intra-party strife over
banking legislation makes Its consum.
nation most unlikely.
With a full Democratic congress
coming into office on March 1 with
Roosevelt, they are looking to this or
ganization to put through party
pledges.
Realizing the new president will
want a period in which to organize
hts new government, leaders will adj
wise him at Thursday nights talks
here that II a special session is re-
quired it be called not sooner than six
weeks after the Democrats take ovel
the reins on March 4.
Making no Commitments
Roosevelt IS making no commit.
ments on q special session while thu
dying Republican administration anc
the Democrats battle. He will make
no announcement before noon o:
March 1, when this congress ends.
Meanwhile he Is comforting with
party leaders on the general outlines
Of the Democratic program for bal !.
ancing the budget and enacting farm
relief Immediately.
Significance is attached to state
ment by Senator Smith, of South Car
DINA, after a meeting at New York
Monday night with Roosevelt, that
the parity plan" agricultural bill
should be restricted to the crops Of
wheat and cotton.
Senator Smith is ranking Democrat
of the agriculture committee. He
would not say that the President-elect
favored this idea but he advanced 1t
after the conference.
Conferences aplenty are ahead OF
Roosevelt in his last two days in New
York City before departing for WASH
ington and the Southland. Every min
ute is filled. The whole range OF fed
eral problems is before him in these
meetings.
Plans Many Conferences
Leaving New York early Thursday.
Roosevelt will spend the night IN
Washington In many meetings with
party leaders. The next day he starts
for Warm Springs, Ca, to spend two
weeks. A stop will be made en- route
for an inspection of the Muscle Shoals.
Ala, power and nitrate plant. over
which congress is still quarreling what
to do with.
In an address Monday night at New
York, Roosevelt touched on the UNI
employment problem.
lone Of the country's leading eco
nomists," he said, was telling me the
other day that there are at present
10000. 600 unemployed in the country
that Is, workers out Of work. In
1929, when things were going ahead
apparently at full speed, there were
well over 100000 out OF work.
If every factory wheel in the coun.
try were turning at full speed today
we should still have 100000 unem-
ployed.
when prosperity comes back. and
It is coming back, what are We going
to do with that 5000, 600; we have got
to restore the balance Of population,
get them out Of the big centers OF
population, so that they will not be
dependent on home relief. or call It
what you will"
The speech was given at dinner in
Roosevelt,s honor, arranged by Barron
@. Collier, in recognition Of the Presi-
dent-elect's services for 10 years Is
president Of the Boy Scout Founda-
ton Of Greater New York. Roosevelt
had prepared an address, but he dis
carded it completely when he rose to
speak.