The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-16
Roosevelt Program
May Be Modified
Congress Falling In Line With
Presidential Ideas; Blocs
Are Active

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. (Auto-
eastern program which the
administration desires, but which
may be modified in many respects
before congress gets through with
it, is beginning to take form. Sc
are the plans of the powerful blocs
in congress, some of which have
ideas which do not tally with those
of Mr.. Roosevelt.
There will be a lot more give and
take between the executive and the
legislative departments of the fed
eral government than there was last
season. There will be compromises
on both sides, and much less Of the
appearance, at least, of a supine
congress taking orders from the
White House. But the smart OBJ
servers here know what the
president wants and what the tenl-
I per of congress is m many import
ant topics, look forward to ultima re
legislation which will, in the main,
tally with the presidents wishes, al
| though there may be some loud and
bitter debates before it is all ac-
compished. They also anticipate
that none of the projects which do
not have the White House O. K.
will be enacted, with the exception
of the soldiers bonus.
Congress is prepared to go over
the presidents head on the bonus
matter; but Mr.. Roosevelt has
proved himself more than once in
the past as smart a politician as any
on Capitol Hill, and it is not to be
assumed that he has given up the
effort to stop the bonus issue. He
may find a way to do that, in spite
of the powerful influence of the
veterans group.
Early Labor Test
The labor group will face a trial
Of strength in the session, it is ex-
pected, in the effort to force the
compulsory 30-hour week through
This is one of the items on which
a compromise is expected The labor
situation under the National Re-.
covery Act is also scheduled to come
up for congressional review. Neither
labor nor employers is satisfied
with the way in which the famous
Section Ia. has worked out. The
whole MIRA is to be revamped, be-
yord doubt. Whether organized la
Dor will get more or less out of the
process remains to be seen.
The rift in the ranks of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, caused by
the withdrawal of the great build.
ing trade units, leaves the forces OF
labor rather more disorganized than
they were before. The building
trades may or may not set up their
own separate national unit. If they
do, there will be four strong labor
groups to be reckoned with; the
Federation, the Railway Broth r.
hoods, the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers and the Building Trades.
The old age insurance advocates
are prepared to put powerful pres
sure on congress to adopt the Town
send Plan of 5000 month for
everybody over 60 years old. Back
of this is a voting strength far
greater than that of the veterans or
of organized labor. There are six
million widows over go, besides
about 100000 other persons. Some
form Of old age insurance, though
probably not in the form of a direcs
federal grant, is likely to be adopt
ed. 1t probably will be administe:-
ed by the federal government, but
the fund will be made up of per-
certages deducted from wages, coz
tributions by employers and grants
by states. If 1t runs to more than