Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-06-20

rONO mOol GIVE JObS
congressman are very much inter
ested in a~d journment and while the
pressure is not the same that would
be felt in an election year, with
members anxious TO get back home
and work on their fences the sum-
mer heat in Washington is known
far and wide and besides the present
session, in o than five months.
has seen very little accomplished
compared to the heightened must"
list that has been placed before the
legislative branch by the President.
Estimates as to when adjourn
ment will he possible range from
some time In July to the first Of Sep
TENDER, with the chances being that
the later date will be nearer the end
II all OF the administrations measur-
es are acted upon by the Senate.
House rules and machinery are such
that measures can be damned
through but the debating Senators
VIII take more time. Moreover,
there is wide difference of opinion
IN the Senate, where individuals
have regulations to maintain along
certain lines and this requires
speeches. Last week, however. the
Senate showed signs of speeding its
work-an indication OF adjournment
fever.
With the NRA-extension out of the
way Congress faces new tasks in
the comprehensive transportation
control bill, the Wagner labordis-
putes bill and the Guffey measure to
control soft coal production-which
were added to the must list when
MIRA blew up-and measures here
tofore mentioned in these columns as
urgently insisted upon besides a
number OF others, somewhat routine
but necessary all the same, along
the line of taxes and government
contracts.
Meanwhile the President is appar-
emily intent upon steering the New
Deal along the lines marked out by
the epochal decision OF the Supreme
Court, with some interesting spec
ulation resulting His mild MIRA
measure fails to please Labor lead
ers and there are those who hint
that the Chief Executive is willing to
see the country have a back-set in
order to show the necessity Of Fed |
eral control, denied by the Court. !
Some critics taunt him with back
ing down after declaring that his
earlier announcement that the
Courts decision had created an is
sue which the people must decide
subversive of orderly govern
ment. Friends Of the President,
however, insist that he strongly feels
that his first duty Is to seek recOv-
cry regardless OF political effects.
In fact, it seems that mr.. Roose-
welt is striving to work within the
limits OF the Court decision, while
at the same time convinced that
wider powers must be secured for
the Federal government il social and
economic problems OF the present
day are to be solved. He does not,
of course, see anything to the save
the Constitution" cry OF his Oppon-
ents, believing that amendments to
the instrument are necessary and in
evitable a. the nation moves into its
future, and that the surest way to
preserve American government and
the Constitution itself Is to make
both answer what he considers a de-
mand from the average citizen for a
bigger share of the nations resourc-
es to support a better standard Of
living.
Critics Of the administration, how
ever, were sure last week that the
people would respond to a demand
that the Constitution be preserved
and that no amendment be passed
that will broaden the scope Of Fed
eral power or nullify the decision of
the Court. Former President Hoov-
er reiterated his charge that an eff
fort was being made to build up an
European government and the con-
ference Of Republicans at Spring
field heard the suggestion that the
party name be changed to 'tConsti-
tutionaT' In order to emphasize ad-
herence to the document. Plainly,
the lineup last week indicated that
the battle cry OF 1886, on the Repub
lican side. will center about the Con-
stitution, with the assertion that 1t
must be preserved against the
attack.
Members Of the Republican party
from the Midwest States met last
week in Springfield, ILL.,, to catch the
Lincoln spirit and to give u~tterance
to a fiery denunciation of the Roose-
welt administration, the reaffirma-
ton of party principles of the past
and to make plain that they want
no alliance with ~disgruntled Demo
Gratis or change Of party name. The
that gathered was a remark
tribute to the party and evidenc-
ed renewed conviction that victory y
can be won next year. !,
The orators selected flayed the adj
and the resolutions
Commute set forth an 18-point in
iictment, complaining against Mr.. n
Roosevelt because he abandoned his {
platform for dangerous and un- =,
measures. His record was 4
declared "%subversive Of our institu- !
conflicting, confusing and {
contradictory and has retarded re- 6
In brief, he did not econ 4
maintain a sound currency or
stop borrowing: the government