The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-10
BEHIND | THE SCENES |. IN
 WASHINGTON
ear Grows That Supreme Court May Blast Spending Legislation One More 'InfOrmation Service" Gives Inside" on New Deal AAA Chiefs Are Sing. ing the Potato Blues.

| <A&A&A SAeASAS N~---o ing the Potato Blues.
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
 Democrat Washington
 Correspondent)
 Washington, Oct. 10 = Hardly hyone realizes 1t, but the U. 8. su- Ieme court in It's term just begun hy rule that spending legislation, Ich as that for the public works Id work relief acts, is urlconstitu- bnal. PWA lawyers recently warned bosevelt of the possibility. They ought it might be wiser to drop e governments appeal in the Suisville housing case, where hintiffs were sure to raise the is- e before the high court.
 Roosevelt, refusing to duck, told em to go ahead with the appeal. When the $4,8O0, 100000 work re- f bill was passed, you couldn't Id an attorney in the whole New .al legal army who thought It pod in any danger from the nrts. Because the court once held that taxpayer' couldn't sue to prevent propriations, this was the one big Wv Deal measure considered irl- inc from attack. But property owners in Louis le obtained an injunction against 1demnation of certain land Tor PWA housing project. And their Hyers insist hat the discretion len to Roosevelt and Administra- Harold L. Ickes as to the spend of PWA funds is an illegal del- ltion of legislative authority. Durt Stirs Fears
 The U. s. court of appeals in Gin" lnati, holding against the gov1 hment, decided housing was not a bile purpose. It failed to pass on delegation of power issue.
 But it remarked that plaintifs orneys had argued with much ce and persuasiveness" as to the k of standards and limitations in VA legislation and the "unfet- led discretion or choice Of the ksident."
 kttorneys for both sides are now to argue the issue in the big W supreme court building. If the providing $3,300, ,000, ,000 of PWA hds should be held invalid, the 4 rk relief act would also seem to ,anconstitutional by reason Of the Nd discretionary spending pow it confers. And scores of law s probably would leap into court prove 1t.
 This will be the first time the art has had a chance to consid-
 the spending of huge lump ms and the question of what hndards and guides should be t up for the expenditure.
 Effects of a defeat for the gov- .ment on the delegation issue l't be entirely forecast. But adreds of millions in PWA funds vet paid out presumably would held up. And Comptroller Gen. l McCarl would have to decide ether to keep on approving rk-relief grants. lew Dealers think the court Ebably will avoid passing on tne egation issue. But they WISH y could be sure.
 le More "COme-On"
 One of the latest "rackets" sre is a confidential informa- bn service which, for so much lar. advises how communities hy obtain money and other aid bm the federal government for lrious purposes.
 Tine promotefs are recruiting ubscribers among minor oificiais
 washington who want to see at proper shares of fedora! Inds get to the "old home town" ley've Got Potato Blues
 |ecretary Wallace and Admins. Eor Chester Davis dream at hts of a queer-looking potato hioried in the shape of a boom- lng. 4 he unannounced big idea be- Id the recent potato hearing was It 1t would produce a hot dem' kration against the unpopular hto control act. That would up d the AAA in its intention moi VI, to enforce A law which every.
 agreed couldn't be enforced
 lead to early modification ol
 law by Congress.
 Iut the thousands of Republican,
 small farmers who have beer [eking against the act stayed ae. A few hundred big grower. ootatoes sWarmed into the AAA ding for field day and Sen Bailey and Congressman War
 sponsors of the act, stole th' w..
 The only fellow who spoke
 xainst the act was a New
 erseyite. It turned out he lIsed only about 55 bushels .
 lar .nd the big potato boys
 i've hin a hearty horse-laugh
 Y The AAA had an un
 app; time.
 pmething will be done for DO
 crowers. But no attempt vii made to enforce the act n ter how loudly Republicans CT. hlificationl"
 EyICE MAY TELL EGGS SEX Iortland, N. Y.' (UP) = Richar' her boasts of device which h