Evening star., 1933-07-31

Congress being under no compulsior
| to submit a good behavior code to Gen
Johnson-imagine Capitol Hill agreeing
to maximum talking hours-curiosity Is
already rife as to what extent House
and Senate will eat out of President
Rocsevelts hand when they resume
operations in January. That Congress
! is going to assert itself more than II
cared or dared to do during the special
session is a foregone CONCLUSION II
will probably have its first chance to
register its attitude toward the new
deal when the President asks for such
amendatory action on emergency legis-
lation as current and coming develop
! ments may suggest, Prof. Moley Is
understood to have the special assign
ment of watching the course Of events
and formulating suggestions for possibly
desirable improvements in laws admit
tedly passed in haste. Experience Will
be the administrators guide. Presl-
dent Roosevelt has intimated over and
over again that he is prepared to
change his mind if, as and when neces-
sary. He will be satisfied If on the
long haul he turns out to have been 70
per cent right.
How far any congressional opposition
to Mr.. Roosevelt can get next Winter
will depend entirely on how the re-
covery program shapes up by that time
If men and women in visible mllhcns
are back at work-if happy days are
here again"-political monkey wrenches
will be thrown in vain. Anybody who
ventures to snap at the prosperity ad-
ministration" will bite on granite, and
get nowhere If. on the other hand
| things are not going well, the Repuoll.
can minority. with 1884 congressional
elections around the corner, may be
relied upon to take full advantage OF
its opportunities Insurgency Is not
wholly excluded even within the ranks
of the Democratic majority, with men
like Huey Long on the warpath, OF
amcng the Republican Progressive sup
porters of the administration. The de-
lection of Senator Cutting on the
veterans budget last Spring was q
species of handwriting on the wall.
Despite the warning Of Secretary
Ickes that panhandlers and chiselers
with supposed pulls under the new deal
would get short shrift at Washington
in connection with public works con1
tracts, the story is current that prom
inent Democrat recently gumshoed into
town, with commissions and fat re-
tainers from q number OF concerns
which had been induced to believe he
could do business for them. He not
only found that he couldn't but word
was promptly conveyed to him from
| important political quarters that the
best thing he could do was to leave the
Capital. He did.
President Roosevelt has written a
letter of appreciation and approval OF
the plan to erect a George Washington
Memorial Building In the Federal city
This is the movement long and ener.
getically promoted by an association ol
which Mrs. Henry F. Dimock Of Wash
| ington is president. She Is hopeful thai
as a result of Mr.. Roosevelt's indorse.
ment funds may be allocated out OF
the public works budget to complete
the project, which calls for handsom.
architectural creation of colonial de-
sign The foundations Of the building
not far from the Washington Monu-
ment, have already been built and paid
for. The principal purpose Of the me-
mortal would be to carry out the unful-
filled wish Of George Washington ex-
pressed in his last presidential message
to Congress to Promote an institution
for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Mrs. Dimock has been conducting .
valiant but unsuccessful campaign tt
raise money by private subscription
With the Government ready to spend
three billion dollars in public works
Mrs. Dimock Is hopeful that Uncle Sam
will find it proper to spare q couple Ct
million for the purpose Of completing
the Washington Memorial.
Former Senator George H. Moses
having quit the embattled arena Of the
London Economic Conference, is nov
touring that other scene Of strife and
turmoil, the Balkan States and South
eastern Europe. He will visit Yuso.
Navia, Bulgaria, RlmAnAs, AueRia Asaf