Evening star., 1937-11-19
THE POLITICAL
MILL
BY C. GOULD LINCOLN.

to be thrown into the Senate, and PROB
ably the House, next Monday, accord
ing to the leaders. The House commit
tee has been working on such a measure
for two or three weeks. The Senate
committee, although 1t held extensive
hearings by subcommittee during the
congressional recess, did not meet to
discuss q new farm bill until the nrst
of this week. Chairman Smith Of the
Senate committee does not relish the
suggestion that he Is seeking to delay
farm legislation. Furthermore, Senator
Smith halls from South Carolina. If
farm bill can be thrown into the arena,
the anti-lynching bill, opposed by the
Senators from the South, will be side
tracked and the farm bill will be given
the right Of way. This will give the anti
lynching bill filibuster chance for
breathing SPELL
There is always the chance that the
supporters of the anti-lynching bill will
decline to give way. However, under
an agreement entered into last August,
the Senate was to take up the farm bill
first at its next session" and then the
ti-lynching bill. If the friends Of the
anti -lynching bill follow this agreement
they will stand aside as soon as the farm
bill is reported to the Senate. But they
will also demand the agreement that
their measure be the second on the Sem
ate program be lived up to, as soon as
the farm bill shall have been disposed
of. So the effect may be to slow up the
anti-lynching BILL but temporarily.
Sooner or later the Senators of the
North and West are determined to put
this measure through. They are think
ing OF the Negro vote in the large in
dustrial cities of the North and West.
So the Democrats of the South find they
are to be smothered by the more nu-
merous Democrats of the West and
North, aided by thin Republican line
sill left in the Senate.
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After the farm bill has reached the
House and the Senate, the amazing spec
tacle presented on Capitol Hill during
the present week may be discontinued.
Ever since the opening of the special
session Of Congress last Monday, the
administration leaders have been unable
to move single piece of legislation on
the Presidents must" program for the
session. Even with the farm bill now
making progress toward both houses,
there is grave doubt that any other
measure on the Presidents program will
be enacted into law during the special
session, which must close by January 3,
when the regular session begins Some
OF the leaders are pessimistic even about
the farm bill. They look forward to a
real fight in both houses over this crop
control plan, particularly if there is in
sistance that it be made compulsory.
1t is quite apparent that II Congress
was left to its own devices, the first
piece of legislation it would tackle would
be bill to revise and modify the un-
distributed profits tax and the capital
gains tax. This does not 60 for all the
more ardent New Dealers. But it is the
attitude Of a large majority of both
Democrats and Republicans. The ad-
ministration leaders, however, have de-
clded that whatever tax revision is made
shall come in the regular session, begin
ming in January. As a matter Of fact,
until the Presidents budget for the
next fiscal year, beginning July I, 1898,
has been sent to Congress, it is difficult
to say just what can be done about
reducing taxes. The budget message
does not 60 to Congress until the OPEN
ing Of the regular session.
This sudden demand by members OF
Congress for better treatment of busi-
ness is something new in these New
Deaf days. The Presidents message on
the opening day of the special session
gave promise OF aid to private business,
too. Has the administration moved at
last bit to the right? 1t seems so to
the La Follettes and the Norrises for
example. In fact, the veteran Senator
from Nebraska, George Norris, is re-
ported to be not at all pleased by the
manner in which the President dealt
with the regional planning bill in his
message. Nor does Senator Norris relish
the statement made by Senator Bark
ley, the Democratic leader of the Senate,
that his regional planning bill must be
modl1ed until 1t Is become merely a
matter OF study" with report to Con-
gress
Inc surge of sentiment for aid to
business is due to the fear of Congress
mat the present business recession NAV
oeVeiop into new depression. None of
tnem look complacently toward an elec-
tion next year, If the country is to be in
the mlost OF depression. Such situa-
tlon might, 1t Is true, be of aid to the
HepuohcanS. Already some of the G.
-. +: members have started berating the
PRESIDENT and his policies, insisting that
they are responsible for the falling of,
OF business The Il told you so" brigade
is already forming on the right.
Two Ren,1hl;cops o...,
Charles A. Eaton OF New JERSEY and
Representative Roy O. Woodruff of
Michigan, opened up yesterday on the
PRESIDENT and his policies, in the light
OF the business recession. Mr.. Eaton
even went back to the days of 1888, when
President Roosevelt took command of
the Government. At that time. Mr..
Eaton said, the President could have
chosen the old American way of relving
on private enterprise and of Government
controlled by the people. Instead. he
said the President chose the New
Deal" 1t was clear that Mr.. Eaton re-
garded the New Deal as little different
from the European socialistic plan"
Under this latter system, Mr.. Eaton said,
whether 1t Is called Nazi-ism, Fascism or
communism, the Government is the
master of the people"
Mr. Eaton said that his constituents
demanded an immediate repeal of the
undistributed profits tax and the capital
gains tax now" and he added, "thev
want and demand that this CONGRESS-
| enforce every rOscih1o eoo,.x.,, l.: a. .