Evening star., 1934-03-04

In the effort to get industry and
agriculture on their feet again In this
country, the administration has In
mind other measures which may be
advanced before the present session
Of Congress is closed. There Is .
proposal to provide for compulsory
limitation of crop production in order
to prevent unwieldly surpluses, par
ticularly with reference to cotton. A
QUESTIONABLE was sent out to the cot
ton growers and 1t Is reported that
the replies are heavily in favor of
some kind Of compulsory legislation
to limit acreage. At the same time,
SIS, 100000 has been allotted for the
purchase Of submarginal agricultural
lands. to take them out Of production.
Danger in High Liquor Prices.
The eighteenth amendment went
into the discard during the first year
Of the Roosevelt administration-to
be exact. December 6 last. The ad-
ministration, however. has still before
1t q number Of problems with regard
to the liquor trafnc. After Congress
convened, January 3, it put through
q bill to levy Federal taxes on liquor.
The great problem, since liquor Is to
be sold legally In q great part Of this
country, is not to prevent the people
from getting good liquor at reason
able prices. The Government. in
view of the huge tariff duties I'M
posed on imported liquors, plus the
domestic taxes. is showing up as a
prof1teer, it is charged. forcing very
high prices. One danger is that if
the prices continue high, many per-
sons may again resort to the bootleg
trade.
Prospects for an early adjournment
Of Congress, which were declared to
be bright by Democratic leaders when
Congress assembled, have dimmed
The session has run for two months
now. It started with a rush and bills
for Federal liquor taxes. for continu-
ing the life Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. for the guaranty
of the Federal farm mortgage bonds.
and for legalizing the sale Of liquor
in the National Capital were put
through in jig time. But the session
has slowed down. It has before 1t q
large number Of important measures,
and unless the administration decides
to pass up some Of them until another
session, Congress may be here Until
Summer.
The Roosevelt administration faces
this year a congressional election. It
is true that the President himself
does not have to 90 to the people in
this campaign. But It will be fought
out on the accomplishment Of the
Roosevelt administration. Much will
depend upon the State Of the country
when the voters 60 to the polls next
November.
Statement Is Withdrawn.
The administration Is not anxious
to rock the political boat. It was put
in power by q tremendous vote, in
which millions of Republican and In
dependent votes were cast for RoOse-
welt and for Democratic candidates
for Congress. Within the last few days
the Democratic National Committee,
through its publicity bureau, issued q
lengthy statement entitled zone
Years Record" to be published today.
On Friday the statement was with
drawn from publication, and Charles
Nicholson, director Of publicity, gave
as the reason that It was desired to
avoid all semblance Of political par
tisanship. Perhaps the Democratic
leaders recalled what happened In the
congressional elections of 1918, after
President Woodrow Wilson called for
the election of Democratic Congress
to strengthen his arm In carrying on
the war. At any rate. the Democrats
are particularly anxious to continue
their hold on Republican and inde-
pendent votes In the West and North
and East.
IF the Democratic National Com
mittee Is easing up on It's partisan
political propaganda, the Republican
National Committee and the newly
organized Republican Joint Senate and
House Campaign Committee have not
done 80. They both put out state
ments yesterday attacking the first
years record of the Roosevelt admin
istration. The comment Of Everett
Sanders. chairman Of the Republican
National Committee, on the with
drawal Of the Democratic National
Committees "One Years Record" on
the ground that it desired to avoid the
issuance of any statement that could
be construed as partisan propaganda,
was that this statement must rank
as the outstanding piece Of fiction 50
far this year." Mp. Sanders declared
that the 4 4. 1. the y. T. 4. and