Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-04
VACATION
ROOSEVElT'S VACATION
LEAVES CONGRESS UNSETTLED
HOOVER ISSUES A CALL
HULl's TRADE POLICIES
LEADS TO TARIFF FIGHT
CONCERNING ADVERTISING
FLYNN'S PLAN FOR WAR
ELIMINATES ALL PROFITS
THE PEACE WITH LABOR
SENATE VOTES HUGE FUND

President Roosevelt took his ten
day fishing cruise without apparent,
being much concerned with status
Of legislation in Congress. He seeks
a rest from the firing task of max
ing daily decisions, many OF then
hard to determine and involving com
promises that are not always pre-
ferred. He left the capital with mos
OF the country feeling that a definite
sag had appeared in his popular sup
port and with many observers feel
ing that Congress might run wild
over various contested Legislative
matters.
However, last year the President
left Washington for his vacation ON
the same day that a rebellious
House OVERRIDE his veto Of the veter-
ans pension bill, which led many to
believe that the Chief Executive was
losing his grip. Later, he returned,
much refreshed, and secured from
the Congress-. in about two mouths,
many legislative grants of power and
much legislation.
Just now, when there Is an idea
that nothing has been done and that
not much will be done, 1t might be
well to list what happened after the
Presidential vacation In 1884. Con-
gress empowered the President to
negotiate reciprocal tariff treaties,
revised the bankruptcy laws, estab-
lished the Securities Exchange Com
mission, created the Federal Housing
Administration, authorized the r. F.
c. to make direct loans to industry,
set up the Federal Communications
Commission. passed the Bankhead
cotton act, and the Jones4Costigan
sugar act, as we'll as a act
and the ratification OF a new treaty
with Cuba, abrogating the Plat
amendment.
Today the situation seems much
the same as 1t was then The House
has passed the Patman bonus mea-
sure in the face Of the American
Legion's preference for the Vinson
bill, and in the teeth of a certain
veto. The Senate has just ended a
prolonged wrangle over the works
relief bin, with the result that other
administration proposals are In the
being considered" stage. What will
happen in a few weeks Is uncertain
and all that the average citizen can
do is wait and see
Former President Hoover recent
ly addressed a letter to a group OF
California Republicans which is gen.
orally taken to mean that he intends
to assert something like leadership.
Taken In connection with mis- utter
ance last month at Tucson advocat-
ing resumption Of gold payments and
STERILIZATION of the dollar at Its pres
ent value, 1t seems to indicate that
he will actively attempt to unseat
President Roosevelt and cause the
defeat Of his policies. The nation.
says Mr.. Hoover, is entitled to pass
Judgment upon the present admins
tration and the Republicans must
give them that opportunity at the
ballot box by raising the standard In
defense OF fundamental American
principles" including the mainten-
ance and perfection Of u system OF
orderly individual liberty under con-
stitutionally conducted government
Secretary Hull is eloquent and con-
sistent In pointing out the evils OF
nationalism. He makes out the init
mate relationship between prosperity
and our foreign trade, saying that
the depression accompanied the fall
OF III exports from IS, 000, 100000 In
1929 to about $1,600yO00JO 900 IN 1882,
and that partial recovery was seen
in 1894 when our exports roSe to ST.
1873, 900, 900. This theory has been ad-
mirably presented by the Secretary
Of State a number of times and the
question arises, after two years In
office, what has been done to remedy
the situation that is said to exist?
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Mr.. Hull Is able to hold up recip-
rocal trade agreements with only
three nations, Cuba, Brazil and Bel
GUM, and these affect a very small
percentage OF our foreign trade. His
critics, and some of them friendly.
point out that his mostfavored ma
ton principle seemingly initiates
against ready bargaining agreements,
involving worthwhile concessions
from other nations. They say the
time has come to attack the least ex-
cusable sections OF our own tariff
wall, regardless Of what other ma
lions do, and thus secure immediate
increases In trade while continuing
the country-tO-country tariff bargain
ing as a supplementary policy.
go
Action OF this sort would bring
about the hottest fight that the coun-
try Is apt to soc for some years.
Some Democrats and many Republic
cans would leap to the defense Of the
tariff wall, and the Hobbies main
tanned in Washington by the inter
ests affected would set up such a
propaganda machine that the nation
would be engulfed In the wrangle en-
suing. Stin, in spite OF this, the bat
tie seems to be slated for the future,
although no n can give any idea
Of when 1t will open
The President has urged enact
ment Of pure food and drug legisla-
ton without specifically endorsing
any n OF the measures before Con-
gress. His message. however, was a