The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-01-11
HoW It's
Worked

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HoU It's fought a n d N
Wa~LJ spec h e and de-
manded roll calls and
| did all of the other things necessary
to attract attention to bill pulling
some money out of the federal treas
ury for use In his district. He wanted
| the bill put through to insure his re-
| election. But he received little or no
consideration. Presently. another bill
seeking some particular plums for
other sections of the country appeared
on the scene. Supporters of that bill
| fought and made speeches and did all
of the other things to attract atten-
| tion to their bill. They ran into
stone wall, also. When that happened,
the two groups began to talk turkey
| among themselves. They Joined hands
| and they served notice on several 9TH
ser groups, fostering particular legls-
| lation, that they would block anything
and everything until they received
| permission from the powers that be to
get their bills before the house. They
forced an agreement. It was the .ac-
ton OF bloc" and congress Is just
filled with them.
most instances, because enough
strength can be mustered among dis
gruntled groups to prevent affirmative
action. In the current session. how
ever, Mr.. Roosevelt's program Is the
hrst consideration and II the Demo
cratic majority does not perform as
the President says, WE'LL 1t may be too
bad next November.
| am reminded In this connection,
of an incident involving Postmaster
General 1Jim'' Farley. the admins
tration's political guide. A certain
senator wanted to see Jim" about
Job for a powerful constituent. Jim"
did not want to see the senator, but
the senator insisted and Jim" re-
ceived him. He requested and urged
and finally demanded appointment OF
his man "or else I will be licked In
the election
WELL" replied the political boss,
Farley, II am not responsible for that.
see by the record here where, on
seven major votes In the senate, you
voted against the administration on
five. That record may not warrant
your reelection anyway
That ended the incident. and 1t also
serves to show how the President and
all of his advisors engage In horse
trading, too.
The turn of the year. with the fresh
start that always accompanies new
year, has given rise
See Better to conviction among
Times Ahead many observers that
conditions eeonom-
ically and financially. are improving.
Underlying factors surely give every
indication OF better times. We. here,
who are meeting men Of consequence
from every part Of the country week
after week. get. rather definite express
slons that conditions are going along
at rate Of improvement that war
rants real optimism. 1t Is the first
period In four years that the senti-
ment brought to Washington has been
uniformly Of that kind.
am constrained to believe, how.
ever. that most people are going tc
be discouraged because recovery will
be slow. The spring undoubtedly Is go
Ing to see more industry at work
than since the depression began, and
the summer will carry on with some
expansion. But 1t takes so long fol
the improvement to become apparent
to most of us. Insofar as 1t affects VI
personally, that we get down In tht
dumps with waiting.
One of the things about which
have heard that sounds worthwhile
is the total OF advance orders that ar,
. going In from manufacturing estab
lIshments. Advance orders, for Febru
. airy, March and April delivery are re
corded In some lines to be the larges
In four years. That statement doe
not apply to all lines Of commercial
| GuueAvOT. IucIt uIc bUuiC C4ANCu
!. ingly bad spots, even dangerous spots
These will be slower than the other
In getting on their feet again. Yet tn
picture OF business, as a whole, can b
said to be far better now than 1t ha
7 been since the beginning of 1880.
: Although Secretary Morgenthau sal
: that his censorship rule against treas
4 ury officials was withdrawn and tina
!. subordinates could talk with newsps
! per correspondents who wanted onl
I factual data, many Of the lesser light
! around the treasury still are scare
: stiff about talking with correspond
y ent. Witness this: A few days az
: Clarence r.. Ellis of St Louis, Nc
- was named assistant solicitor OF tn
! treasury, promotion from Job .
: an attorney In the department thu
: he had held for many years. A corr
= spondent called him by telephone
= inquire whether his home was In S
= Louis. Mr.. Ellis replied that the co
respondent would have to ''see III
ie CASTOR for any information" (Herbe
IL II. CASTOR Is the treasury's publicit