The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25

forces are planning their campaigns for
the session which opens Jan. 3.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Times Special Writer.
VXTASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The
w Roosevelt Congress" meets
again on Jan. 3, prepared to carry
on with the new deal.
The nations legislators return
to find the vast recovery program,
for which they gave the president
unprecedented powers last
spring, operating at full blast.
There is general atmosphere
of greater confidence. Recovery
is only partial, but every present
sign indicates they will approve
the new deal effort in general,
give Roosevelt what he asks for,
vote additional billions of dollars,
and confine their criticisms to de-
tails and phases of operation.
This is the first regular session
under the lame duck constitu-
tional amendment. A third of the
senators and the ABS house mem
bers of this seventy-third con-
gress will be thinking about cleo
ton to the seventy-fourth, which
will be chosen next November and
will assemble in January, 1895.
THUS words and actions will
l. be colored by political con-
siderations, leading to much
smoke, steam, and fireworks.
But at this writing it still is bad
medicine to attack Roosevelt,
whose persistent popularity is ad-
mitted by every one on Capitol
Hill.
Chief issues now shaping up in
clude liquor taxation, currency
initiation, general taxation, bank
regulation, stock market regula-
ton, public works and other
emergency appropriations, MIRA
labor amendments, veteran ex-
penditures, and communications
control.
Some amendments to recovery
measures may be expected, but all
or nearly all will be approved by
the White House. Democrats will
outnumber Republicans by nearly
three to one in both senate and
house.
T LIBERALS and conservatives
IL will engage in intermittent
battles, with Papa Roosevelt do
ing his famous balancing act be-
tween them, but leaning more or
less consistently toward the left.
You'll find the progreSSives
pushing for soak the rich" taxes,
for Stricter regulation of banks
and stock markets, for huge pub
lie works expenditures, for labor
measures, and in general for
measures furthering reallocation
of the national income.
Sharp debate will break out
over radical or reactionary ten
denotes of officials in NRA, AAA,
PWA, and other new deal agen-
cieS, although both Democratic
conservatives and Republican
progressives will be found prais-
ing and supporting the main lines
of the Roosevelt effort.
PERSONALITIES of this session
i are those Of the last.
Titular senate leaders are Joe
Robinson of Arkansas, the bulky,
conservative but loyal-to-Roosevelt
Democrat, and Charlie McNary of
Oregon, the clean-cut, canny, and
very practical Republican.
Borah, the Idaho lion, will be
roaring at NRA for fostering
monopolieS and combinations.
Norris, the grizzled Nebraska hero
of many hard-fought progressive
victories in recent years. will be
fighting for every cause identified
with the Forgotten Man."
Young Bob LaFollette will sup
ply such strategic leadership as the
progreSsives display. All "Repub-
leans"
CONSPICUOUS Democrats will
~ include squat Bob Wagner Of
New York, sponsor of the MIRA,
public works, and unemployment
relief measures, who has been
working like a team of horses as
chairman of the National Labor
Board; Carter Glass of Virginia,
peppery little white-haired
fighter, who will deliver magnifl-
cent attacks on the adminiStra-
ton monetary policy and any
other newfangled ideas he doesn't
like: Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma,
impressive, immaculate, silver
haired leader of the inhationists;
Pat Harrison of Mississippi, an
administration right-hand man as
chairman of the finance commit
tee, and CoStigan of Colorado,
able Democratic progressive.
Dickinson of Iowa, FeSs of Ohio,
Robinson of Indiana, and Hat
field of West Virginia are ex-
pected to be the chief Republican
sharpShooters at the adminiStra-
ton.
AIONE will be effective unless
~ he can be supplied with more
ammunition than now seems
available. The ablest regular Re-
publican debater will be Dave
Reed of Pennsylvania.
And then, Of course, there's
Huey Long of Louisiana, who
probably will be reminded public
ly of his Long Island experience
as soon as he becomes ram