The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-15
ASST APPEARS TO
Your Congressman
By John R. Murdock

The King and Queen of England
have come and gone. They met
both Houses of Congress in the
great rotunda of the Capitol. The
Senate chamber is not large enough
to contain six hundred persons
comfortably. The House of Repre-
sentatives usually seats the Joint
sessions of Congress on state oc-
casions, but 1t was not considered
appropriate that Their MajestleS
should be invited to the chamber
of the House of Representatives
Long ago in the historic conflict
between King and Commoners in
England it was decided that the
sovereigns should not visit the
house of Commons in Parliament.
In keeping with the idea, the King
of England and the American
House of Commons met, not in our
official chambers, but in the
rotunda where His Majesty could
look directly across the interven-
ing space under a great dome and
see an historic painting, "The Sur
render of CORVALLIS at Yorktown. .
AS this item is being prepared
the House has just passed the Dill
amending the Social Security Act
after three days of debate. Al
though there is a provision in this
latest bill for the Federal govern
ment to match the states up to
twenty dollars for aged citizens. a
provision which | hoped would be
included, namely that the Federal
government should put up larger
proportion than fifty per cent, fail
ed to carry. The final measure did
carry a provision which I suggest
ed for the relief of certain belated
taxpayers in regard to their unem-
ployment social security tax for
the years 1857 and 3S. Many
small business men ought to be
benefited by this provision.
While 7 am working in every
way know how to benefit the
mining industry and have in mind
a half-dozen suggestions, most of
which I have received from mining
men in Arizona, I am sorry that |
cannot give hope to those who want
a further moratorium on assess
ment work. The moratorium as we
had 1t before is definitely killed,
and I am notified that there Is no
chance of getting even a compro-
mise moratorium bill through such
as has been proposed by the Phoe-
nix Council of the Small Mine
Operators. OF course, | shall con-
tinue to work for mining, but most
of these efforts will have to be
along other lines.
The Fulmer Bill passed the House
Wednesday which would provide
cotton wrapping for cotton bales IN
lieu of iute and burlap wrapping as
formerly used. The so-called Jute
trust fought desperately against
the measure, but the prospect OF
thus utilizing profitably more than
two hundred thousand bales of
cotton made a strong appeal
For some time an effort had been
made to have the government take
charge of the Tuzigoot ruins just
across the Verde River from Clark
dale as a National Monument This
is a splendid example of prehistoric
culture unearthed for our study dur
ing the last few years. My office
| is informed by the pr ope
authorities that all arrangements
have been abou t completed
merely awaiting the President
proclamation, to give Arizona an
other National Monument. We liv
ing Arizonians, however proud w
may be of ourselves, need to be ur
and coming to attract more wide
attention than do the prehistoric
Arizonians who occupied this lane
long before US.