The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-09-23

that the Norris seven TWAS bill |
(eight if you add in the modifica-
tons of the present TVA) would be
stripped of all its phases concern
ing power before passage next SEES
sion.
Now President Roosevelt very
definitely wants power included IN
the seven TWAS legislation. So does
Senator George w. Norris, daddy o.
the original IVA. So do ell the New
Dealers. All of which spells out
that there will be real fight on ar
unexpected front in the next ses-
sion, TO be added to those already
on the sure list--taxes, wages and
hours regulation, and, unless Mr..
Roosevelt is kidding the legislators,
Supreme court enlargement again.
1t was right after adjournment OF
the last sessionv-the only one so Tar
since March 4, 1888. when any inn
partial referee would not give all
the rounds to Mr.. Roosevelt-that
Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings took the public into his conf
dence on this-holding that the SUI
preme court issue must be settled
and settled right.
Listening In
Now, of course, all the senators
and representatives, whether at
home or taking a holiday, are en-
gagged in their normal betWeen-ses-
sions function of holding their ears
to the ground. They are busy find
ing out what is the safest thing for
them to do in the next session.
At this stage, Mr.. Boland, Demo-
cratic whip of the house, takes q
public stand against the President
and the New Deal on an issue which
most observers and members OF
congress thought was going to slide
through next session without real
struggle.
Mr.. Boland proved himself an ac-
curate judge OF what is the shrewd
thing to do in politics in 1880, and
has demonstrated it several times
since.
In 1880 there was q vacancy In
the Scranton, Pennsylvania, congress
sional district. Largely hard coal
mining district, it should, on cold
logic, be wet. Henry Fl. Curran
president of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, was in
terested. He sent this writer doWT
, there to investigate.
: It developed that no one OF tht
} candidates for the Republican nom
: ination was really wet politically
! The Republican leaders thought i
was not safe--thought the dry senti
ment still too strong. Over in TIL
Democratic primary, generally re
: garded as futile because the distric
1 was SO strongly Republican. Pat 30
/ land was running as Wringlng we
! against a dry. This writer urge,
/, support Of Boland as the onl.
c chance.
Q But a little later Boland decide
q to enter the Republican primary a
; well as the Democratic. The Penn
S sylvania law permitted that at tn
time, though it has since bee
! changed. He won both primaries
} And has been reelected three time
n sincel He has something.
4 Looks Like Surrender
q Foreshadowing events in the ne,
7. session of congress, particularly g
a to the cleavage between Presider
=, Roosevelt and the New Dealers, c
r the one hand, and the conservative
n on the other, the surrender of til
President in signing the sugar hi
4 cannot be exaggerated.
e Bitterly as President Rooseve
: objected to this bill, as expresse
= not only in private conversation
: but in writing, there is just one e
PLANTATION for the signature. Had
- vetoed it, it would have been ne
Z. essary to call an extra session
. congress to pass some substitut
:, as the present quota law expires {
: December 81. The President had /
: particular objection to the extra Sc
!; = sion. In fact, he was undecided f
= some time whether he would c.
= one, entirely irrespective Of the $
= gar situation.
a. But he was finally convinced tn
IS not all the strength the administr
ton could bring to bear would I
el suit in passing the kind of sug
N bill he wanted even if he veto
70 the present bill and called an ext
IF session.
ed Most convincing on this was Vic
re President John Nance Garner.
60 All Know Story
e. The importance Of all this now
in that every member of both hou
- and senate knows the whole stol
They know. in effect. that the Pre-