The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-02
CONGRESS MEETS JANUARY ;
TO CONDUCT SHORT SESSION
Coming Election Expected 10
Shorten Gathering; No
Novelties Planned
Pension Is Issue
Townsend Plan Expected To Pro
vide Fireworks; Soldiers
Bonus Is Problem

WASHINGTON, January L.
Congress assemblies Jan. 3 for 9
session expected to be short snap
py and generally devoid of the
New Deal legislative novelties that
marked previous congressional
meetings under the Roosevelt ad
miniStration.
Unless unanticipated difficulties
are encountered, the session is ex-
pected to end by late May or early
June. The fact that 1896 is cleo
ton year makes both senators and
congress men anxious to clear up
legislative duties promptly.
The legislative session will not,
however, be lacking in controver-
Slal issues.
Among the measures to received
attention are:
The soldier bonus.
Permanent neutrality legislation.
Permanent public works program.
Relief.
The Townsend plan.
Remedial legislation in case of
supreme court invalidation of the
AAA and other New Deal laws.
Little" MIRA proposals for tex
tile, anthracite and possibly other
industries.
Thirty-hours work bill.
Ship subsidy legislation.
Changes in housing program.
New food and drugs regulation.
F'razier-Lemke initiation bill.
Bonus Comes First
The bonus issue will be the first
to come up. Bonus forces prob
ably will center their drive behind
the Byrnes -Steiwer compromise
bonus payment plan This would
permit veterans to change their
compensation certificates for bonds,
payable Immediately in cash or &C
cumulating in value to 1915, when
the certificates normally become
due.
The new neutrality legislation
would replace the present temper
airy act, principal provisions of
which expire at the end of Febru-
ary The new act is expected TO
pass before that date. Administra-
ton efforts are intended to in
crease President Wilson's persua-
sive powers in declaring embar-
goes and to broaden embargo
power to cover raw materials es-
sential in warfare and possibly
loans and credits to belligerents.
The scope of the public works
program already has been indi-
Gated by President Roosevelt. He
has set a 5OO,OOO,OO0 limit on the
new appropriation and said con-
gress would be asked to specify in
dividual allotments of funds.
Relief To Be Delayed
The relief issue, it is believed,
likely will not bulk large until
later in the session. The amount
of relief funds to be asked by con-
gress and method of expanding
them has not been indicated. 1t is
expected to depend, in part at
least, upon the progress OF the
$4,O.OOOO,OOO work relief program
Meantime, Republicans have de-
manded investigation of the present
huge sum. 1
A good share of the sessions
fireworks is expected over the
Townsend plan for 5000 a month
pensions to the aged. Speaker Jo-
seph w. Byrns of the House ex-
pressed himself as not averse to
vote On the question.
It is generally believed that
Townsend forces would not have
sufficient force to win adoption OF
the plan in either house. However,
efforts to iberalize the present So
cial security benefits are forecast.
The seasons biggest "f' re-
wolves around the Supreme Court.
Early in the session the court Is
scheduled to rule on cases chal-
longing constitutionality of such
New Deal foundation stones as the
AAA, IVA, Bankhead cotton act,
and processing taxes under the
AAA amendments. Other tests are
due shortly.
Should any of this legislation be
o,1tlawed, congress almost certainly
would be put the task of devising
laws intended to meet such objec-
tions as the court might offer.
Other business stems from the
courts invalidation last spring OF
the MIRA and includes proposals
for some new form OF control over
industry and suggestions for little
MIRA" setups for textile, anthraclte
and other industries.
Guffey Act To Be Tested ;.
Action on these bills may avail
however, supreme court ruling
on pending test of the Gu11ey
coal act, on which model the new
laws probably would be drafted.
Labor will renew its drive 1ol
the Black 3O-hour work week bill
Support for this measure Is be-
lieved to depend largely on the
sales.
lContinued On Page Four