Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-20
GETTING DOWN 10
BRASS TACKS-
I'm ARMS or THE BooTLEGeER'

AS the time for the falling of the
gavel In the T4th Congress approach
es land this will be the first time 1t
has assembled for regular session in
January, following the approval OF
the lame duck constitutional am
endment moving the time to the first
of the new year instead Of in Dec
ember) many momentous questions
will confront the nations lawmakers
| for consideration. There la the flu
ture of the Presidents MIRA to char
ter. Under the existing emergency
law, the Recovery act expires next
June. Roosevelt has always admit
ted frankly that MIRA was an expert
ment; with the experience already
gained, he realizes more than any
body the need for changes In the
provisions OF the setup as a whole,
but ON the other hand, with recovery
definitely under way, 1t seems quite
obvious he will not consent to MIRA
being tossed into discard. Changes
will be effected, naturally, but 1t
seems certain now that the Recovery
act will remain. What has proven
less useful or harmful will be thrown
aside: but that which has been bene-
ficial to the sterilization OF agricul-
ture and industry and has brought
added security to Labor, will without
question be written into a perman-
emit law. No one holds MIRA TO be
wholly good; no one believes 1t is all
bad. If we can hold on to that
which is helpful. we shall have made
a progressive step in u national
life which will add greatly to our
position OF supremacy In the world
and to the contentment OF all our
people.
u Associated directly with MIRA
probably will be Unemployment In
surance and Old-age pensions, both
OF them questions which the Presi
dent has on numerous occasions In
dictated must be disposed OF in the
coming session of Congress. There
will be the Soldiers Bonus. World
War veterans are going to be quits
insistent for the bonus, although !
already seems that a greater part o.
the pressure for this legislation Il
likely to come from the more radica
group, dominated by Communists
leaders. Then the natiOna
debt, or rather those nations which
are indebted to the United States
Payments from these debtor nation.
have come to be looked upon YER,
much as q Joke. 1t may be that on
Of these days Congress may get u
enough courage to make some de
mands OF those nations Uncle San
helped to finance during the Worl
War. Some new banking legisls
ton Is very passible to eliminate fror
! the next Congress, with Indication
pointing more strongly month b
month towards adoption OF some Gel
trail federal-cOntrolled system tina
will enhance the security Of deposit
ors. The ferreting out of crime an
speeding up justice will come In TO
It's share OF consideration.
But one question that appears III
iversally paramount, and Will be r
ceiving much attention not only b
Congressional leaders and commute
workers, but will be carried Int
the halls OF every state legislatur
will be that OF the laws effectin
the dispensing OF liquor and how !
deal with the bootlegger. 4BootleI
ger2" you ask pointedly, i though
Repeal did away with the bootleI
ger" Quite to the contrary, JOSEF
ia. Choate, chairman Of Federal a
cohol Control Administration, is a
thority for the statement that the o
onomic and social conditions su
rounding legalized liquor hAs playe
right into the arms OF the booua