The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
l . BEHIND | THE SCENESl WASHINGTON aY ROONEY DuTcHER-S
 Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
Looks Like As
 If Congress s Would Go Into
 Extra Innings

Washington, July ' - Congress will continue in session at least until August IS, but confusion as to what it will do before it adjourns has not been reduced by the post mortems on the democratic love feast at Jefferson Island. Administration men who cooked up the party continue to insist that it was huge success for party CO., hesion and harmony. But surely the funniest of all the explanations of the motives behind the party is that it was deemed good thing to give a chance to relax to a con- gress which has been loafing nearly six months anyway.
 What ever else may have been
 the results of the outing, there is
 today in congress a marked
 swingback of reaction from the
 bitterness of the committee re-
 port against the court plan, which
 was signed by seven democratic
 senators. The outing seems to have
 been a turning point. In fact one
 of the seven democrats who sign
 ed the report, after his third high
 ball, will today, practically drOOl
 his affection for the president, and
 promise that the senate will show
 it's love when time comes to vote
 for compromise.
 Referring to the now historic party, one of its stage managers ex- plains everybody got all honeyed up, and we greased a way to com- promise on the program that will be generally acceptable"
 One of the administration most persistent foes in the house came back on the boat assuring his comrades:
 You know, I like that fellow Roosevelt. You can't help liking him. We all ought to get together with him more and do some of the things he wants and talk him out of the rest of them"
 Among those who received post graduate courses in the F. D. R. school of charm and brotherly love are some whom the president is likely to try to carve to pieces ic next springs democratic primaries. What Can Be Done?
 Meanwhile the leaders who were exposed to Roosevelt by night, when the real huddles took place at the island, are exploring around Capi- tol Hill to find out what they think can be passed by August Is. Here is a rought outline of present pros- poets and perlexities:
 COURT: Senate Majority Lead CT Joe Robinson is sure he can get a majority vote for a compromise. The opposition will try to force a vote on the original bill and keep the compromise off the floor. That at- tempt may be thwarted by quick move to have a compromise bill passed by the house. Roosevelt's closest confidantes provitely disagree as to whether the threatened sen- ate fiilibuster would lead to with drawal of the court bill in order to let other bills through, or whether the president would insist on fight ing 1t through. All agree that if the issue isn't cleaned up this session the president will bring 1t up at the next session and use 1t as a cam- paign issue. Some advisers are urg- ing him to do this.
 WAGES AND HOURS: The lead CTS, chiefly southern, want to drop the minimum wage and other pro- visions of the administration bill and substitute a flat 40-hour maxi mum hour law while a congression- al committee investigates the prob lem of minimum wages between now and January. A strong southern con- tingent has raised the cry that min- imum wage legislation would hurt the south." Employers are opposed. and confusion among A. F. of L. and c. I. O. leaders also has hurt the bill.
 Compromise on an hour bill not certain but likely.
 LOW COST HOUSING: Roose- welt wants bill making optional with local housing authorities the terms of the treasury capital grant plan, and Senator Wagner's bill for construction loans and rent subsi- dies. All housing experts agree only the latter can produce genuine low cost housing, which makes the choice somewhat like that between box of candy and a sock in the jaw. Housing may be dropped be- cause of apathy among congression- al leaders.
 GOVERNMENT REORGANIZ- ATTON: Some bill almost certain to pass - assuming no long court filibuster - along lines of Robin sons compromise calling for a new department of Public Welfare, six presidential assistants, abolition of the General Accounting Office and comptroller generals office for new set-up and a civil service adbinis- tration to replace the present com- mission.
 LOOP-HOLE LEGISLATION: In all probability.
 FARM BILL: Administration gets hot and cold on this measure pre- pared largely by American Farm Bureau Federation. Currently it's hot; may get cold later. Senate and house leaders are definitely cold, so it'S a tOSS-tin