Evening star., 1937-10-13
CONGRESS CHIEFS
OUTLINE PROGRAM
FOR NEW SESSION
Roosevelt Lists Five 0bjec-
tiveS in TaIk-Crop Con-
troll Tops List.
REAFFIRMS PEACE STAND
IN HIS "FIRESIDE CHAT"
Theory of Too Much Government
Scouted-President Says Pub.
lie Backs His Program.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Congressional leaders, having heard
President Roosevelt's call for a special
session beginning November Is, today
hurried forward plans for the meet
ing
The legislative program laid down
by the President for the coming ses-
sion is full of controversies. When
Congress left here August 81 it was
hot, tired, rebellious. Whether it will
return in receptive mood remains to
be seen.
The President, confident he has the
support of the people for his program
after his swing across the continent,
is ready to drive ahead.
Having issued earlier in the day
the call for special session, Mr.. Roose-
velt in radio address last night told
the people of the country why he had
done So
He laid down main legislative pro-
gram-without excluding other legisla-
ton. He said he wished to give Con-
gress running start on the program
without waiting for the opening of
the regular session in January there
by preventing a lengthy session ex-
tending through the Summer.
His program calls for:
l. Crop control legislation.
2. Wages and hours legislation.
3. Reorganization of the executive
departments of the Government.
4. The creation Of seven regional
planning units, similar to the T. v. A.
5. Legislation strengthening the anti
trust laws.
Omits Court Legislation.
The President omitted any mention
of Supreme Court legislation.
Declaring that conditions in this
country are favorable and will be
bettered by the adoption of his pro-
gram, the President warned the people
that domestic prosperity is linked to-
day with conditions throughout the
world. He reiterated his demand,
made In Chicago recently, that steps
be taken to maintain peace. And
he called attention to the fact that
as first step toward bringing to
an end the conflict now raging in
China, the. United States has agreed
to take part in conference of the
parties to the nine power treaty of
1922, which pledged the integrity Of
China.
"The purpose of this conference"
said the President, will be to seek
by agreement solution of the present
situation in China. In efforts to find
that solution, it is our purpose to CO.
operate with other signatories to this
treaty, including China and Japan"
The President did not in any way
disclose what might be done as a
result of this conference. He laid
stress, however, on cooperation"
| which might prove an example for
the maintenance of peace throughout
the world.
THE development of civilization and
of human welfare" the President said.
lis based on the acceptance by indi-
viduals of certain fundamental de-
cencies in their relations with each
other. The development of peace in
the world is dependent similarly upon
the acceptance of certain fundamental
decencies in their relations with each
| other.
Ultimately. hope each nation will
accept the fact that violations of these
rules of conduct are an injury to the
we'll being of all nations"
Graphically, the President said that
from 1913 to 1921-during the Will
son administration and the World
War-he had been close to world af-
fairs. and in that period while
learned much of what to do, I also
learned much of what not to do"
This was interpreted as meaning
that he has no intention of allowing
the country to drift into war, either
through a do-nothing policy, or by
doing the wrong thing
| Sees Support of Public.
The President said in effect that on
his recent trip to the Pacific Coast
and back he had learned from the
people that they favored the objec-
tives of the New Deal, and specifically
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.)