Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-23
THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
By PAUL JOHN KvALE, M. c,

With the hearty congratulations of
President Roosevelt, the Seventy-fifth
Congress which passed his entire
New Deal program of must" legis-
lation adjourned sine die June Is.
A total of more than twelve billion
dollars was appropriated, much of it
for the purpose of carrying on the
fight against the recession which has
gripped the country. $745, 740,279 was
set aside to help the farmer.
The large appropriations were
made necessary by the slump in bust
ness with its resultant increase in
unemployment, the rapidly expand
ing social security program and the
unsettled condition of international
affairs. Briefly the appropriations
and their purpose are as follows:
Agriculture department $758,572, 800;
District of Columbia SAT ,255, 155; in
dependent agencies $1,423, 098, 240; In
terror department SIPS, 678 AGO; Con-
gressional establishment SCI, 663, 1888;
Navy department, $546, 1866, 494; State,
Justice, Commerce, Labor depart
ments $130,589, 795; Treasury, Post
Office departments $1,403, 683 ,526;
military sass, 401 ,254; civil functions,
War department $196, 1862, 1857; first
deficiency $28, O89 ,OO9; relief deficien-
cy $250,0O0,O00; relief-public works
$2,917 sos, 900; second deficiency
$288, 0O0, 900; permanent appropria-
tons $2,718,772,257; appropriations
$685., 473,375; miscellaneous $92, $780,
600. Total $12, 293, 662 ,035.
Major legislation acted on by Con-
gresS in the adjournment rush yes
terday includes: Recovery bill sent
to White House after Senate approved
House formula for distributing $2l2,-
100000 farm parity payments. APP
proved conference report on $685.
100000 second deficiency bill. SEN
ate adopted resolution condemning
bombings of civilians and approved
investigation of politics in relief, vot-
ing 100000 for inquiry to be made
by Senate Campaign Expenditures
committee; OVERRIDE Presidents veto
of cut in Farm Land Bank interest
rate.
Bills which were sidetracked in
the adjournment rush include: Re-
vision of the Walsh-Healy act eX-
panding the scope of the National
Labor Relations act. Railroad aid.
Revision of railroad bankruptcy laws.
Regional planning. Anti-war profits
hill Mo,rfrolifxy oof yoxyicinn Pnxyic
ion of the United States housing act
Abolition of chain banking. Revis-
ion of Social Security act. Revival
of the Florida ship canal. Investiga-
ton of the radio industry and FEC
Federal control of chain stores. Gov
eminent ownership of Federal Re-
serve Banks and a bill outlawing
block booking by the motion picture
industry.
Earlier in the week the highly con-
troversial wage hours bill, which KEPT
the Congress in turmoil for many
weeks last summer and again this
session, was finally passed. It pro.
vides minimum wage of Is cents ar
hour for the first year and 80 cent:
the second. Industrial boards are
permitted to fix minimum wages Of
40 cents an hour for those industrie:
or claSsifcationS of employment
within industries under certain con.
ditions. No geographic differential!
as such are provided in the bill, which
has detailed provisions under which
the industrial boards must proceed
before they can recommend the fix.
ing of wages above the Is cents min
imum. Maximum hours are fixed al
A the first year, AZ the second anc
40 the third year. Exempted indus
tries include all local retailers; sea-
men; air transport; seasonal indus
tries such as canning; employees or
small weekly or semi-weekly papers
motor carriers already regulated by
Federal law; perishable goods indus.
tries; and those industrial employee.
with union contracts. 1t has beer
estimated by Department of Labor
statisticians that 100000 workers will
be affected by wage provisions anc
100000 by hour provisions.
Repeating its action of a year age
the Congress OVERRIDE the President.
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