Evening star., 1934-01-04
BILLS INTRODUCED
COVER WIDE RANGE
Printing Office SWamped as
Congressman Propose
New Legislation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The first day OF the new session Of
Congress started OF with an avalanche
Of bills, introduced at both ends Of the
Capitol. The bills covered a wide ter
ritory including such matters as tripling
Import duties against debt-defaulting
countries, controlling cotton production,
investigating Nazi activities in the
United States and making radio . pub
lie utility.
So heavy was the tide, when swelled
by 120 executive communications, de-
that the Job Of getting them all printed
swamped the Government Printing
ONCE.
Another food of proposals was looked
for today. At the special session last
Spring more than 5000 were introduced
The Seventy-second Congress saw more
than 14.000 pour in, but in some pre-
vious congresses the total the total was
above $4,000. Only fraction of the
legislative offerings ever become laws.
Among the first days bills was one
by Representative McKeown, Democrat
Of Oklahoma, to prevent q mortgage
holder who has refused to accept bonds
Of the Home Owners Loan Corporation
or farm loan bonds in exchange for his
mortgage on a home or farm from de-
manding payment or taking possession
OF the property.
Representative Knutson, Republican,
OF Minnesota, introduced the bill to
triple the tariff duties on all imports
from countries that are In default more
than 10 per cent on their war debt pay.
ments to the United States. The in
OroQ cod fy,n t~o
debt balances.
Knutson in statement termed France
the worst offender" and recommended
passports not be issued to France until
she has toed the mark" and the plac-
ing OF an embargo on her wines and
other products.
Chairman Dickstein Of the House I'm
migration Committee proposed a special
committee to investigate Nazi activities
in the United States, and asked a
s25,o00 appropriation. The immigration
Committee during the Fall held hear
ings on the subject, under special
authorization.
North Carolina, introduced q measure
to appropriate 100000 to continue
seed loans for the next fiscal year.
Under bill submitted by Represent
ative Brown, Democrat, Georgia, a new
conner, the Public Works Administration
would establish up to six cooperative
markets in each State for the sale.
exchange, storage and processing of
agricultural products, including poultry,
live stock and dairy products
The bill proposing that radio stations
be claSsied as public utilities and that
the Radio Commission be empowered to
require broadcasting service without
discrimination and at a reasonable
price was introduced by Representative
Huddleston, Democrat. Alabama.
Huddleston told newspaper men that
under present law a broadcasting sta
ton may provide service for one adyer-
tiser and refuse 1t to his competitor
with an equally meritorious product.
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Of
Alabama, began aligning support for .
tion of ginning to control cotton pro-
duction and protect the cooperating
farmers from destructive competition by
q minority who will not cooperate"
Under Bankheads bill, the amount
Of cotton which could be ginned this
year would be fixed at 5000, 900 bales
and the Secretary of Agriculture would
be authorized for succeeding crops to
set ginning quotas to balance produc-
tion with consumption.