Evening star., 1934-07-22
END OF RECOMMENDATION
DEPENDS ON ELECTIONS
President Roosevelt Will Push Program
Further, However, if Public Senti-
ment Is Favorable, Observer Saws.

30 seats gasnSN by the Republicans
w-WS oe a normal ebbing of the 1892
tide-tt would be. so to speak, n
neutral result. a draw. Forty to fifty
seats gained by the Republicans ought
70 cause Mr. Roosevelt to stop. look
and listen AS many as so 10 70 seats
gained by the Republicans would
mean markedly recognizable public
distrust OF the new deal Eighty or
ninety seats gained by the Republicans
would not only mean disapproval OF
the new deal II the Republicans
should gain AS many as 90 seats
it would be portent for the presi-
Dental election Of 1896, II would be-
come safe to make an even bet that
Mr.. Roosevelt would not be reelected.
Rubber Stamp Not Desired.
Many considerations will be taken
into account by the voter in process
Of deciding how he wishes to vote or
what outcome he wishes. I think
that Democrats and new dealers would
themselves say 1t is not desirable that
any Congress should be as much a
rubber stamp MS the recent one was.
II is not desirable at any time for
either party to have as large a ma
iority as the Democrats had in the
Congress recently ended 1t is not
desirable that measures so far-reach-
ing should be enacted by Congress
with a speed so great that few mem
bers even read the bills.
What happened In the recent Con-
gress was that a number of extremely
important bills we're written by the
young intellectualS around the PreSi-
dent who refer to themselves as the
"experimentalists but are referred
to by others as "the Frankfurter law
yers"-and by other terms meant to
be invidious
These young lawyers sent the drafts
of bills to the appropriate committees
of Congress. The committees sent
the bills to the floor. In the House.
in a majority of cases without any
doubt. the bills were passed with
hardly more than one member out Of
ten understanding the measures fully.
II should add that toward the end OF
the session Congress became little
suspicious of the young intellectuals
and began to read bills before enact
ing them)
McNary Cites Speed.
Senator McNary OF Oregon is
Republican, but an urbane and good
natured one, and he was not speak
ing as a partisan when he said, on
May II, Of the rush Of bills through
Congress: They have come upon us
with such rapidity that no one has
had opportunity thoroughly to study
the hearings or give to the subject
matter the attention to which 1t is
entitled. / doubt II there are
many members of the Senate who
have more than superficial acuuain-
tance with the measures which have
been before this body during the past
week"
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma is
Democrat who has doubts about some
portions OF the new deal, and ex-
treme misgiving about the transfer
Of powers from Congress to the Presi-
dent I suspect Senator Gore,
scholarly man of accurate mind,
might not quibble at the word "dic-
tatorship" to describe some aspects Of
the regime we are under
On March ~ the Senate was con-
sidering the bill which gives the Sec
retary OF Agriculture power to tell
every cotton farmer how many bales
he can raise without penalty. The
bill confers on the Secretary the right
to make rules and regulations. viola
ton Of which Is a crime. Senator
Gore, watching the passage of this
bill through the Senate and being in
a philosophical and humorous mood,
offered an amendment. What fol-
lowed is here reprinted from the Con-
gressional Record:
Mr.. Gore: On page 49, line g.
move to strike out the words make
such regulations, and insert the
words enact such penal statutes"
The Vice President: The question
is on agreeing to the amendment Of
fered by the Senator from Okla
homa"
The amendment was agreed to-"
Therefore Senator Gore pointed out
that the Senate had passed a provi-
sion which, as amended, gave to an
individual, the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture, the right Ito enact such penal
statutes as may be necessary to carry
out the powers vested in him"
When the bill came to conference
between Senate and House, Senator
Cores little joke was eliminated. But
it had served its purpose Of bringing
out a quality of the recent Congress
which ought not to be renewed in the
coming one.
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