The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-05
Dehind the Scenes
~ in Washington

sws:.sAsgpen shevn Up b MA rress. sse.sr,eu
Hunters sun rr'y On Indians:
ass feeling bit silly since the NA investigation began
They are IN that group which once was holerins
codes. Some Of the small business men" have been
exhibit and they looked neither small nor oppressed.
There must Be some honest little fellows who have
been hurt By MIRA. Plenty Of monopolstic practices
were lesalsed under the General johnson regime The
complaint Of most Of them Is that codes haven't been
adequately enforced-which left those complying ct
But the little fellows" whose cause such folks g
Senator King Of Utah. Senator Nye Of North Dakota,
and the ineffable Congresswoman Virginia Jenckes Of
Indiana espoused turned to be gents who objected
70 enforcement rather than non-enforcement to mini
mum wages and collective bargaining.
Some OF them, testimony breught est had
paid wages - low - three and five cents IN
hear before MIRA boosted the minimum. Pre-.
sumably they pinns for these ssed old
dayA
Their congressional supporters lapsed into silence Is
the facts began to come out.
MIRA has been faring much better than 1t deserved
days as IN absurd contest between the SNUG self
Righteousness Of the administration and the virtually
utter dumb ignorance of senator's to NRA operations
When the attack came. 1t was sponsored By the low
wage companies In the mems clothing industry rep
resented BY Col. F. NJ Curlee Of st. Louis who was
forced to admit substantial Improvement in his bust
ness under MIRA
Mems clothing happens to be Z highly competitive
industry It's code contains price-fxing provisions
Hence no one could cry monopoly"
Code authority and clothing workers union men,
bers, working with MIRA officials and senator's who
abhor sweatshop wages werewithout stretching facts
able to make MIRA appear as holy IN institution as
General johnson ever claimed in his most enthusiastic
moments
A high moment came when several hundred small
clothing makers advertised In the New York Times to
protest the activities of the curee group.
THEY STILL HUNT INDIANS
With so much excitement around here nearly al Of
us have forgotten about the Indians and their troubles
But there's little group that forgets the In
dans-meaning the fellows who out to fleece them
ably this lobby will be on the Job until the last Indian
act, under which Secretary Ickes and Indian Commits
soner John Collier have sought to rehabate the In
an making him sef-relant and preserving his remain
ing assets.
Lobbyists persuaded certain congressman to cut In
half the budgeted appropriations for land purchases
vital parts Of the Indian New Deal" program.
The opposition even includes . missionary
group which fights Collier and Ickes because
they prohibit coercion OF Indians into religious
denominations and permit Indians % return 70
their old tribal religions II they Hike.
Other malcontents have tried to collect money from
the Indians and find themselves baked BY the Indian
bureau.
Lumber interests are fighting Collier because Of the
new policy which encourages Indiaus TO cut and mill
their timber instead Of leasing the timber land on
contract while remaining idle.
Organised cattle and sheep striking
back because the Interior Department = closing
out Indian grazlng ranges and turning them
back to Indians, whom Il already has supplied
with 1880 head Of foundation stock.
FOR weeks the House Indian Affairs Committee has
been hearing complaints against the Indian admins
tration The investigation appears to have been inspired
by men who sought to 'blackmail" the bureau into
conctatory attitude and hardly anyone Ia Warrington
has been paying any attention to It.
REMEMBER JEETERSON?
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