Milford chronicle., 1935-04-19
Washington Snapshots

II would be almost impossible TO
eXaggerate the high-tension and
undercurrent of hostility that exists
today between the Legislative and
Executive departments of the gov
ernment. Speaking more plainly.
! Congress and the Administration
| both Democratic-are in a fighting
mood. The situation has been brew
ing for months and the result is
likely to be far-reaching.
At the end OF four months, the
present session of Congress, with its
heavy Democratic majority, had not
sent to the White House a single
piece of major legislation. The re-
lief bill, sought quickly by the White
House and Offering pork" to Con-
gress, could not even be put through
without more than two months of
haggling. In this the whole subject
OF policy was involved. There is a
large and growing group in Con-
gress opposed to the theory of Law
ish Governmental expenditures as a
method of restoring prosperity. They
believe they have 4 growing support
from the country. This group has
the better of the argument TO-DAY,
for the simple reason that while the
ceaseless Outpouring of billions OF
dollars has gone on, with new eX-
periments coming month after
month. the number on relief has 4
mounted. steadily. In other words,
attempts to buy OF" the depres-
sion, while cOunteracting the effects
with unsound experiments, has fail
ed.
Indicative of the sentiment i'm
Congress is statements by five Demo-
cratic senators from along the All
lantic seabOard. While Republicans
have been quiescent, Senator'S Ty-
dings of Maryland, Byrd and Glass
of Virginia, Bailey of North Caro-
lima, and George of Georgia have
lambasted various sections of the
New Deal. There are growing signs
hat the early summer will see Presi-
lent Roosevelt throwing overheard
! number of proposed. social reforms,
such as unemployment insurance.
md seeking to get Congress out of
he city as was the case last year.
Possibly nothing has hit the New
Deal so hard as its refusal to per-
nit the Supreme Court to test the
ilRA. The Justice Department had
elected a case which ii believed
trOng. Then when the Supreme
'Ourt was ready to hear arguments, I
he Government withdrew the ap-
zeal. Said c. L. Bardo, president Of
he National Association of Manu- q
acturers.
Let the voice of the court be +
card in the land and our people [
lill obey. If the Government be- I
eVes il possesses the authority 1
'hich is questioned. it ought to seek '
indication in the court or else it !
ught not merely to withdraw its q
ppeal but abandon the attempt to r
btain the enactment or execution Il
authority which it hesitates to il
nbmit to the scrutiny of our high 8
st tribunal" n
Settlement of difficulties which /,
lade a coal strike possible has O
rought new hope of industrial peace ?
lfing the Spring. This is one of r
lie most treacherOus industries be- +,
iuse so much of its business has d
One to other forms of fuel, and h
lere is an oversupply of miners. A n
Irther difficulty is that there has I,
zen no new usage found for coal n
Research expands other industries +,
I'd. takes up slack in unemploy- y
ent just as STEEL confronted with =,
IS heavy building, pushes the de- =,
'lopment of low-cost steel resi- =,
noes. But no one has found the :,
eFet for coal as yet. -