The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
NOTES FROM
WASHINGTON

At the request Of President ROose-
Telt, Congressman Lesinski, chairman
IF the committee on invalid pen siOns,
and Senator Sherman MinIOn, OF lndi-
ana, chairman of the Senate pen Gus
committee, called at the White House
10 confer with The president on IN
sion legislation pending before t.ieir
respective committees this session.
After their official confer ence, me
president spoke to Congressman j. v
inski at great length OF his apprec- :
ton of the beautiful handmade Amt :
lean flag presented to him by the HUI
iarian American Democratic club o.
Dearborn. He said that Of the seveli
llags that have been presented TO him
since his first inauguration, the one
given by the Hungarians Of the 10th
congressional district is the only one
that was worked by hand, and that it
was going TO be kept in his private
lauseum which is soon 10 be built at
hyde Park.
While the members Of the House
were considering the general topic OF
agriculture, Congressman Frank Hook,
III IrOnwoOd, Michigan, rose on the
IlOOr 10 plead for his bill to save the
forests in Michigan, so that our peo-
pie will be able To carry on from an
Industrial angle and rehabilitate them
selves, not only from part-time farm
ing and part-time industrial work
through numbering operations, but by
building up of our recreatiOnal facili-
ties for the tourist business"
Also in connection with national for
eSts, Congressman Lesinski introduced
the following resolution, also house
concurrent resolution ) of the LegiSla-
ture of the state of Michigan, memor-
ializing the Congress of the United
states To enact legislation providing
for a tax Of 10 cents per acre on land
held by the federal government, espe-
claly as national forests, which was
referred to the c0mmitte on ways and
means.
Secretary Of Labor Frances Perkins,
in addressing IL conference of women 5
national Democratic clubs in Washing
ton, spoke of her earnest and sincere
desire to help the fOreign-bOrn people
who want TO be good citizens. The
House judiciary committee was busy
al week on the Impeachment proceed
iDgs brought against her by Rep. Thorn
as of New Jersey, and the latest re-
port is that subcommittee requested
the judiciary committee 10 drop the
investigation of Impeachment charges,
but they proposed Miss Perkins be
ccnsured for alleged laXity in enfOrc-
ing the immigration laws.
The Nazis and FaScistS are mOnOp-
olizing the news not only insofar As
press releases from abroad are con
cerned, but also in regard to Washing
ton news now. Congressman Martin
Dies, chairman of the Dies un-Ameri-
can activities investigation committee
has requested from Attorney General
Frank Murphy report on the work
ings of the German-American bund and
ether NaZi and Fascist activities III
the United States.
Visitors from Michigan always like
IT, go to ST. Patrick's church i'll Wash
ingtOn on Sunday noon, in order to
hear their congressman, Louis Z. Ra-
baut of the 14th congressional district,
dO the solo singing at mass.
ApropOs Michigan presidential tim
hrr: Senator Arthur III. Vandenbers
spent his fifty-fifth birthday reiterat,
ing the fact that he is not going TO be
Il Republican candidate for president
in 1910; on the other hand, Congress
man Rudolph c. TenerowicZ, Of the
Isl congressional district, celebrating
the birth of his first son, went around
telling his friends of the brand new
candidate for president at his house