Evening star., 1933-12-03
CONGRESS- REVOLT
/. THREAT M|N|MZED
Presidents Hold Regarded as
Adequate to Put Program
Through Easily.
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pranCn II aS Snarp as ever, The lead.
ership Of the Republicans in the upper
house is in the hands Of Senator Nc
Nary Of Oregon. an astute leader, but
not hell raiser" The assistant
leader Is Senator Fess Of Ohio, as regu-
lar as q clock and with firm convictions
against tampering with the currency,
the N. R. A., the A. A. A.. the dole and
what-not. He has what Is generally
called the Eastern slant Of the @. o. p.
while Senator McNary looks at the
party from the Pacific Coast. There
are at least nine Senators sitting on
the Republican side who would have
nothing whatever to do with the East
ern group and who might shy away
from a middle ground occupied by
Senator McNary. In that group are
Norris OF Nebraska, johnson Of Cali
fornia, La Toilette Of Wisconsin and
Cutting Of New Mexico, all OF whom
worked openly for President Roosevelt
in the 1882 campaign; Borah of Idaho,
Couzens OF Michigan and Nye of North
Dakota.
Must Justify Action.
All OF these Progressive Republicans
are quite vocal, and some Of them, hav-
1Eg helped to place Mr.. Roosevelt in
the White House. feel that they must
justify that action. So far as the regu-
lar Republicans in the Senate are con-
eerned. they are scarcely vocal at all.
senator Reed of Pennsylvania stands
ou1 as the bright particular star in any
assault that may be made on the ad.
ministration and its policies. vanden-
berg OF Michigan is expected by some
zon. Senator Fess will say his saw. and
Hatfield Of West Virginia, Dickinson of
Iowa and Robinson of Indiana-par-
tlcularly the last-will take their filings
at the Democrats. But from a vocal
standpoint, the array Is not impressive.
In the House, the Republicans under
the leadership Of representative Smell
OF New York, are likely TO make some
severe attacks on the Roosevelt poll
cies. But in the House, the gag rule
applies. There is no unlimited debate
rule, and the Republican opposition will
be run over at will by the majority.
Support Best Policy.
Under these circumstances, notwith-
standing the talk of the Roosevelt
honeymoon" period being over, it looks
as though the President would have
the game largely in his own hands when
Congress reaSSembles The Democrats
Will be inclined to stick together and to
stand by Mr.. Roosevelt as their leader
They will do the first because it Is good
sense and the latter because they be-
lleVe that the President still is widely
popular The administration had a
good break In the congressional election
last Tuesday In the third West Virginia
congressional district, which Andrew
EdmlSton, jr.. carried by good ma
jority after urging that he be elected to
uphold the hand of the President.
The manner in which the voters
acknowledged that plea Is not likely to
be lest on the other 3l3 Democrats Of
the House who must seek reelection
next November. not TO mention the IA
Democratic Senators who also are
scheduled to 60 before their constituents
for reelection.
All this does not mean there will be
no fireworks on Capitol Hill. Very likely
will be. But it looks as though the ad-
minlstration leaders will at all times
that the President will be in position
to drive his program through and have
Congress adjourn.
G. o. P. to Seek Issues.
Undoubtedly the Republicans will rs
far as possible seek to develop issues
for the congressional campaign of 1894.
But their difficulty will lie in the fact
that on many of these so-called issues
the Republicans will be strongly d.
vided No one expects. for example. to
see Senators Reed and Fess going along
with Senators Borah and Norris over
the money issue And there are indica-
tions that the Republicans will not be
able to get together in their attacks
on the public works program, the N. r.
A., or the A. A. A.
AS veteran Republican Senator said
yesterday. talking over the coming ses
sion. the issues OF the congressional cleo
ton will be determined very largely by
economic conditions, the measure Of
business recovery and employment, and
the condition Of agriculture. If there Is
a pickup in business. the issues are go
ing to be more dificult to make SO far
as the Republicans are concerned. But
If the N. r. A. does not prove success,
and the farmers are not satisfied with
the A A. A, the Republicans will have
an easier time Of it.
See Program Change.
The charge is made by these Repub-
lican regulars that the Roosevelt pro-
gram has degenerated from q recovery
program to a relief program. They in
siSt that the N. r. A. has begged down
and that many of the employers Of labor
have found 1t heavy drag on their
business They say that governments
experiments in curtailing cotton crop
through acreage reduction and IN cut
ting down the hog supply by the pur-
chase of millions of pigs, have been
merely temporary aids, for which the
people will have to pay through various
taxes and increased prices, and will not
have any permanent effect whatever.
The public works fund of $500 100000
is giving temporary employment, and
will have to be supplemented by the ap-
preparation Of 81, 700, 100000 more Of the
peoples money to round 1t out next
year. And last, but by no means least,
the Republican regulars say that the
administrations monetary policy is to
result In reducing prices instead OF in
creasing them, and In running business
and credit.
Program Not Revealed.
The President has not made known
his legislative program He may not
do so in detail until he submits his
annual message on the state Of the
Union to the Congress when it assem-
bles. But generally speaking 1t is un-
derstood that he will ask for revision
of the administrative features Of the
revenue laws, particularly so as to get
all the revenue from incomes possible
without increasing rates of taxation;
for legislation increasing the Federal
taxes on liquor, and for the regulation
of the traffic under the twenty-f1rst
amendment to the Constitution, which
places the Federal Government in the
position of guardian to dry territory
against wet importations. He may
ask, too, for legislation to regulate
stock and grain exchanges, for amend
ments to the banking act, and for the
ratification of the st. Lawrence water
way treaty with Canada.
Legislation not on the Presidents
program will be urged by both Repub-
licans and Democrats. But unless
such legislation receives the support
of the administration and its leaders