Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-06-03

The Supreme Courts ruling up
holding the Social Security Act is
generally regarded as the final death
blow to the Presidents Court Reor-
ganization Plan. Following the res
"Ignation of Justice Van Devanter 1t
is held in Washington to remove the
last ground for complaint thai the
Court is not abreast of the times.
The talk of a compromise" mea-
sure. to authorize the addition of
two justices instead of six, Is dying
down, and the President is being
urged most strongly by many of his
advisers. in and out of Congress. TO
withdraw his Court proposal entire
ly.
Politics Full Of Surprises
1t is now regarded by many as
doubtful whether. with all the poll
teal pressure which the great power
of his office enables him to put upon
recalcitrant members of both houses
of Congress, Mr.. Roosevelt could
force his Court plan through, so
hitter and we~ll-organized is the OPP
position to it. However. politics Is
full of surprises, and Mr.. Roosevelt
is one of the most resourceful of
politicians, so it is not safe to call
anything dead which he earnestly
wants to keep alive.
Moreover. Congress as a Whole Is
not inclined to reject the Presidents
leadership. on any matter but the
Supreme Court reorganization plan.
Every member knows that the Pres
ident is more popular with the mass
es thar Congress is. But Congress
is discovering that. with the
growth of economic recovery, 1t can
get public support for acts to which
the President has not given his as
sent.
Therefore, the current tendency
which is gaining strength. Of Con
gress to take the reins of Legislation
back into its own hands and so re
establish itself in its constitutional
status 0 fan equal and coordinate
branch of the Federal Government
not subservient to the Executive
branch.
Something of that same revival o
the spirit of the independence of tn
three departments of government
lies behind the strongest Opposition
: to any act which would impair tn
i~ndependence of the third branch
the Judiciary.
Advisers Resented
In this new spirit of independents
: Congress, speaking broadly, is bt
coming more r%esentful of the actlN
tiles of so-called presidential &C
visers," who have no legal status
such. and who are often suspecte
of exercising undue influence an
: of attempting TO deprive ConSre'
Q greater ~lnsIsLence that ne'PTeslueI
: should take the lawmakers then
selves into his confidence, and col
fer with them over new legislati,
proposals.
r In short, the feeling in Congre!
J. is that the emergency which justihe
n the exaltation of the Presidents
office into what amounted to on
man government, has passed. Ar
e since the average Congressman
n as conservative as his constituen
o back home will let him be. the tel
dency on Capitol Hill is to sof
pedal on new reform programs, al
l. to try to consolidate and mai
g workable the reform acts alreac
n adopted.
The President. on the other han
is said by some who have talkt
with him lately to feel that the en-
g rgenc in the broad ense, has M
! passed. He talks of crises still aheat
giving the impression that he il
: tends to urge upon Congress a pr
s. gram Of social reforms broa
d enough to alleviate all poverty 70
a ever. 1t is in the interest of tn;
i, broad and not yet fully-disclose
program. shrewd observers here b.
II lieve, that the President desires
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