The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-02
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTs

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ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTs
acAs1 congress settles down to work,
Zach bfanch has on it's calendar a
SfzAbfe ifst OF important laws which
o ~ese = PaI tseI pal isSSlsa S e
other. The. status Of these bills .ts
not A(anA4 HB3tkse lddhgS 81 stH,
first session they 60 oyer into the
following sssssibh Id ectelss the
same basis as if congress had not
adjourned at ALL Some Of them Will
come, up in the current special ses-t
MonI Those which do not, viii come
again into preminence when the
regular, concluding session OF the
75thl is icalled in January.
The United States, News recently
published q summary aof the, more
important acts which have met the
approval, of one branch, and are yet
to be passed or condemned by the
other.i9 Ioohos-sIq Ems i5oda2
1.-The Senate, I'm its first session
passed several extremely important
measures which are now ready Tor
House of Representatives. scrutiny.
These bills are: ItsssIb yrs dguoEf
WAGES AND HOURS: The bill
creates a. federal board with sweep
ing powers to establish maximum
hours Iof swork and minimum wages
under certain restrictions ut is an
Administrations must" measure. and
was one of the 1.-TWO desired laws
which, led toa the calling fof9it
special session. Chance for passage
inopresent form is only fair; there Is
adbetter chance that extensive re-
visiono will ODE demanded Business
sentiment Is solicited against the
bill, not, primarily, because of fear
Of the wages and hours standards 1t
Provides but because OF the feeling
that the board would beaa car over
Industry dj The, business recession.
which has resulted infa strong de-
sire onothe part1of many congress
men to make the special and the
next regular session lteassuring ito
industry, has damaged gthe bills
cl1anceNg sysIqsib trfal bns aWob
CHILD LABOR: Will probably
paaBp then become TISSUES In the
cotft&ns ssmutaoo risdf 1o7 abia
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: Would set
upfS plan to protect farmers against
wheat crop failures. Is highly de-
tatabla iascsepracttcal measure hut
has good chances Of passing, per-
haps ia revised form. ss
JRRuid16eodOF nE0oDoiAfB
DRUGS tAWs pestgped IL seqTests
weaknesses and inadeduacies ii the
present Law, Will probably pass. tho
not wtth1nYt stfong op I.I 1Slo asassIo
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Would re-
stxictglength Iof efreightrtrains TO no
carasolIst supported byol labor AS q
mAke-wo8k. measure, opposed by
railway management on the grounds
thsts its costswpuld ebeI yanbearahle
withuutfmajoT rate increases, and eitI
would make operation less safe. The,
useoroppositionu to, the glaw shas
been grpwiugaIsC Chances OF passing
mstWaning.id9 .IenoggaW sm1I
CONDEMNATION lihOFH Sta
DOWN sSTRIKES:J This Ifs not sa
lawItbut laniI expression of congress-
ional sentiment on Ia ajori issue ct
the time, Has much better chance
Of passing the House now than at
did last session, but It may be tabled
and AaveS brought toiaN6tetas many
members would prefer to dodge the
question. 10 9nlt99fa 1slugs1 Ont
seImportafit laws passed. by the
House. and now On the Senate roster
include::dmaosu .gnir9y9 yaps9absW
THE ANr112LYNcH1N LAW:
This has been q burning topic for
many years, and at the opening OF
the special session resulted In vir9
tual ,fiiibuster 81 Southern members.
POOR chances Of passage Southern
Senators feel it would destroy the
sovereignty 81 the states, are pre-
O8ISO 10 CdAA ~ 0AVO OUAvAOA WAASAA-
ever It appears. stoo y ~ .fs-a art
: REVISION, VI or BANKRUPTCY
act Not 2 dramatic issue, has good
chance Of passage.iis silt ri MOT llfW
svPEACING sPOSTNdASTERS aiUN-
DERtACIynio SERVICE STATUS:
Practically everyone fagreesDI;this
should he done +-hut not everyone
agrees the pending bin Is the way to
do it. opponentSysy thel meaaue
would give. ,the, .AdmdtntStrattqn. g
stronghold On the postmastefs, and
result In a tremendous political ma
chine. However, ths. chance foff pas pas
sage seems goodrq gss IsseI no qu
saREPEAL OF SALARY PUBLIC,
TTYiI.AW: Top corporation salaries
are now published period ally by
the SEC. bQpponents gsays this 5epr
courages, ihlackmail. kidnaping, 9th,
er crimes; Is an unwarranted inya,
sion sof1 private rights. wPruponepts
sayo salary publicity 81 necessaryIto
protect corporate STOCKHOLDERS from
excessive and unjustifia executive