Evening star., 1934-12-18

American adherence to the World
Court will be voted by the Senate late
in February after a decade Of delay.
The soldier bonus will 60 whooping
through both Houses, probably by
two-thirds majorities, because con-
servative Republicans are secretly
planning to vote for it. On a veto,
the vote will be very close, with odds
now favoring adoption of a Roose-
velt unofficial compromise, canceling
interest and confning cash payments
to those reasonably in need.
The N. R. A. reorganization will
not meet much opposition because 1t
will be confined to eliminating price
fixing and such generally approved
corrections. There will be total Of
Just about as much spending as this
year, as curtailments proposed by the
administration will not be generally
acceptable to Congress.
There 1piH be no netp money
legislation, no rleU siluer legislation.
Congress wiH go further than Mr..
Roosevelt in social reform legisla-
tion and probably wiH adopt plan
OF old-uqe pensions as tUell as un-
employment insurance. (The TotUn-
send crowd is making q deep
impression already among Con-
gressmen here.) There ,0il be no
general tar legislation and no
further tariff legislation.
The longest and biggest battle will
be staged over the social reform legiS-
lation. It will not be between pros
and ants, because nearly every one
seems to favor the general principle.
The important fighting will be be-
tween advocates of the principle, who
have a dozen different plans, ranging
from more or less SocialiStic ones
on up.
The session undoubtedly will drag
on, despite present New Deal plans to
curtail it and adjournment will come
probably In May or June.
More Devaluation Seen.
There has been a more or less warm
runor in the highest financial circles
that Mr.. Roosevelt shortly would take
the other 9 cents out Of the dollar
The Government is very cagey In
talking on that subject, but respon-
| sible officials say the time for fur
| ther devaluation will not arrive unit
| the United States and Britain reach
some permanent stabilization agree
ment.
Agencies Due to Expire.
Few know 1t, but the New Deal
would terminate automatically before
next June 30 If this Congress did not
renew Mr.. Roosevelt's authority.
A private surrey shops that the
lGD now calls for the end OF the tol-
lo,Ding Ne1C Deal enterprises on the
tolloiping dates this coming year:
N. r. A., P. w. A. and Labor Board,
June is; r. F. c., February 4:
F. E. R. A., May II: Drought,
June 80; Presidential Reorganizd-
ton OF Government Departments,
March 3; Railroad Coordination,
May 2. Nothing important tDould
be left except the A. A. A.
OF course, Congress will follow Mr..
Roosevelt's recommendations for re-
newal of expiring authority, but II it
wanted to kill the New Deal all it
would have to do would be to let 1t die.
Test Case Investigated.
The N. r. A. is not saying anything
openly yet, but it has been investi-
eating to ascertain who is behind a
certain well-known court test case
against the N. r. A.
1t first became suspicious when let
ters about the case began coming into
N. R. A. headquarters some time back
from members of Congress and others.
All the letters were virtually identical
in phraseology. On checking further.
N. R. A.'ers learned that Congress
men had been asked to write the let
ters.