The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-11-03


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W JAMES PRESTON
It is only in the whisper stage
but some Brain Busters would
need copiouS doses OF anti
laughing gas if they could fig
ure a way to abolish the House
Rules Committee.
To be truthful those in the
know think the whisper stage
is as far as the idea will de
velop. But it is indicative of the
trend of thought.
It will be remembered that
The House Rules Committee up
on several occasions has not
looked with sympathy upon the
new tangled ideas of the bright
boys who run things from back
stage in Washington. Conse-
quently, these bright youngsters
wish to do away with the Rules
Committee. In other words any
thing which thWartS the ideas
of the Brain Busters is anti
liberal, anti progressive and
something that belongs to the
horse-buggy era.
The whispering Brain Bust
ers think the powers of the
Rules Committee to determine
What legislation should be con-
sidered by the House should be
delegated to the Speaker of the
Majority leader. This all goes
to show how little the Washing
ton youngsters know of what
has gone on in the past. Thirty
ears ago there was no Rules
Committee. The Speaker was the
sole power. Old Timers will re-
call the phrase "Cannanisn.'
And they will remember the
fight of the liberals of the Ted
dy Roosevelt RI to break the
one man control over House leg
islation. And eventually Can
lOnism was dethroned and the
powers of the Speaker were di-
Verted in the hands of a chosen
committee. But apparently the
Brain Busters never heard of
that.
But there are still members
at the Capitol today who re-
member all about the Cannon
ism fight and they are still
members of what is regarded as
the Capitol liberal group. They
could tell present day young
sterS much they should but ap-
parently don't know.
The new Wage-Hour Law is
now in operation. 1t guarantees
a minimum of Is cents per
hours and a maximum work
week of A hours to all persons
coming under the Interstate
Commerce clause of the Constl-
tuition. Washington at this date
is still being ueluged with re-
quests for infOrmaJlOn concern
ing who is in interstate COM
merce and who is not. Time OH
ly can answer many questions
and that will be after certain
points are decided by the courts.
But the significant thing Is
the manifest desire of business
large and small to cooperate
with Administrator Andrews.
But now that the nation is try
ing to set a minimum pay for
its workers some are suggesting
and the number will grow that
immigration should be StOpped
until Americans are taken care
OF. Also, as suggested by Martin
Dies, chairman of the House
committee investigating COM
munism, Nazism, Fasclsm and
the other Isms, it is time that
people here thought only of Am
ericanism. And Dies adds that
those who advocate the over
throw of AmericaniSm should be
DEPORTED at once.
NOTE: The ISmS group in this
country refer to Americas Dem
ocratic form of government.
But the old Constitution, now
carefully preserved by the L.
brary of Congress, says that
what we have is a Representa-
tive form of government.
There's lots of difference. That
Is why there is a Congress.
People elect Representatives and
Senators to safeguard their in
terests. And the trainers of
the Constitution knew what
they were doing. They had
learned their lesson from King
George III. Consequently, they
didn't want concentration of
power. 1t is interesting to note
that the trainers carefully