Evening star., 1934-06-19
CONGRESS CLOSES,
GIVING PRESIDENT
BROADER POWERS
Session Ends With Liberals
Forcing Farm and Rail
Labor Bill Votes.
TOBACCO CONTROL ACT
DECISION OBTAINED
House "Show" Abandoned on De-
mand of Leaders for No
"Monkeyshines."
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Seventy-third Congress, a back
number today unless President RooSe-
welt calls it to Washington again in
special session prior TO January 3,
has left a huge mass of new laws to
be assimilated and digested by the
executive branch and by the people.
These laws in the main tend to con-
centrate still greater power in the
hands of the President, which In COM
mon parlance means the Federal Gov
eminent.
Before 1t quit last night Congress
put the finishing touches on several
pieces OF legislation of great impor-
tance, including the deficiency appro-
priation bill, providing more than
81 ,000, 100000 for relief and public
works, the Crosser-Dill railroad labor
bill, the Frazier-Le farm MORTGAGE
bill, and the Kerr tobacco production
control bill, a companion piece for
the Bankhead cotton act passed ear
lier in the session.
Final Session Tame.
The wind-up of the session was
tame enough, except for the domina-
the supporters of the railroad labor
and the farm mortgage bills, neither
of which had been included in the
program of must legislation agreed
to last week by Republican and Demo-
cratic leaders and President Roosevelt.
La Toilette of Wisconsin, Wheeler of
Montana, Dill of Washington and
Long of Louisiana threw a little color
into the session, threatening to defeat
the much desired adjournment resolu-
ton unless they were given an op-
portunity to vote on these two meas
ures. They apparently had the votes
and the leaders eventually capitulated
along with the few opponents of the
| railroad labor and farm MORTGAGE
bills.
The Senate wearily voted the ad-
| journment resolution at HOS pm.
The House, which earlier in the day
had passed the resolution for final
adjournment of the session some time
during the Legislative day." fingered
on another hour, with a concert in
the chamber by the United States
Marine Band, songs by a few of the
| members and congratulatory speeches
| ~ AAAO 4CoAC1S Oil dIOuIlQ.
House Retains Dignity.
The thinking" members of the
House. however, slipped one over on
the singing" members. Under the
leadership of Representative Rankin
Of Mississippi the House adopted a
resolution prohibiting the staging Of
the show" which had been planned
as farewell celebration. Rankin said
that it was no time for ''monkeyshines"
in the House to be broadcast to the
people
1t was the conference report on the
| administration housing bill that de-
layed adjournment. Although the
conferees went into session at 10 am,
| it was not until 10 pm. that the
| report was laid before the House.
Speeches explaining the report by Rep
resentative Steagall of Alabama and
Representative Luce of Massachusetts,
| followed and then with a roar the
House voted its approval. The meas
ure was hurried to the Senate. where
practically without debate and without
! record vote it was approved and sent
to the President.
Hastings Ends Battle.
Senator Hastings of Delaware, who
was both the leader and the army of
opposition to the passage of the rail-
road labor bill, finally gave up his
plan to filibuster against that measure
until the adjournment resolution could
be called up and passed. The jig was
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