Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-28
BY
DR. lanes E. POPE
FORWARD-LOOKTNG
CONGRGESSNrEN

OO4NOANU1IOSMEN.
Washington, Feb. 28.-The Senate
mas discarded one filibuster and now.
until a new one shows up. both the
senate and House are bending down
10 realities and appear to be gettino o
up steam for the long hard ,ull to-
ward business recovery-and for earlv
adjournment in the interest of who
gets elected to what in the autumn
al-Amerlcan sweepstakes. 1 hesitate
20 express too much of optimism, or
10 predlct millennial calm on Capi-
tol Hill, Tor fear another storm NAV
break before my words can appear in
print
But while the late special session
was do-nothing Congress the present
term, viewed from any angle, is not.
Ihose who in gleeful anticipation pre-
dlcted that Congress would kick over
the traces on emergency relief ap-
preparations, or the farm bill now find
themselves out on a twig-with no
soft landing place in reach.
Here in Congress we have the spec
tacle of radical New Dealers who con-
sistently out-New Deal in New Deal.
and struggling survivors from tho
Submerged Tribe who conformably
out-Hoover Mr.. Hoover, caught in the
act of holding hands and working to-
gether constructively. This is a con-
dition known to biologists as op-
timum, but on election years seekers
after reelection secretly know it as
good politics. So, we are reminded
that election year carries some advan-
tages along with its many draw backs.
TRENDS.
Checks are now going out, and .un-
der the terms of the farm control or
soil conservation act, total of $400,
100000 is expected to reach /agricui-
tural sections from this source alone.
President Roosevelt still pulls for the
adjustment and stabilization of indus
trial commodity prices, and contends
that such a program is essential to
full business recovery. So far, he has
not exhibited an outrightly positive or
definitely understandable plan Of ac-
ton, but it is safe to predict that some
such plan is brewing, and we ca
expect something supposedly tangible
along this line to emanate from the
White House soon.
HIGHWAYS FOR FAST AUTOS
AND FASTER SPENDING.
Senator Robert j. Bulkley, of Ohio
sponsors a movement calling for ap-
proximately eight billion dollars to
be used in the construction Of super
extended Federal highways, which he
contends will be self-liquidating and
slf-refunding through a system of
moderate tolls. More important still.
according to it's enthusiastic hackers,
the scheme would serve as a super
dreadnaught fighting machine in the
battle against unemployment, as well
as furnish a super speedway for the
relief of high-pressure auto traffic.
Picture series Of travelways criss-
crossing the continent where even the
most humble motorist may, for the
payment of small toll, travel de luxe
as to speed, and live sumptuously or
fast in his trailer for hours on end
without having to pause for intersect-
ing roads, or for cities, even Some
complain that by the time such a pro-
ject could be completed everybody
would be travelling by air. But good
roads are of immense value, and Sen.
ator Bulkleys proposal is regarded
by many as embodying strong ele-
ments of practicability.
THE u. S. AND US.
We. the people, sometimes forget to
remember the great good fortune
which is ours as citizens of the good
old u. S. A. Of course, we have much
to growl about, and we never fail to
oro11,l Mo po!itica1 nartv is reSpOnSibln