Milford chronicle., 1939-03-17
FROM CONGRESSMAN
GEORGE S. WILLIAMS

the Congressional office this week.
Mr.. Warren has received an appoint
ment as second alternate to the U. S.
Military Academy from Senator
Townsend. and was in Washington
4 few days this week undergoing the
Physical examination required of
these appointees.
IMMIGRATION e. EMIGRATION
Surprising as the facts may seem,
during the past eight years. 1000
more persons left the U. S. than en-
| tered. The two major factors re-
| sponsible for this rapid decline are
restrictive legislation and the recent
economic conditions. Under the 1924
| immigration law mo alien likely to
be a public charge shall be admit
ted" However. since Gerlnany's sei5-
/ ure of Austria last March and the in
| tense racial persecution in Europe,
| immigration has increased, but under
the 1924 law. this can add only a
few thousands of population which
will not be sufficient to Offset the loss
from emigration during the past few
years. The typical American of the
future based on the present distribu-
tion of racial stocks brought about
by the past century of immigration,
will be 81 per cent English. including
small admixture of Welsh. 8 per
cent Scotch IL per cent Irish and IL
ger cent German. and the rest will be
a mixture with no country predomi-
mating. France, Italy and Poland
will each contribute about per
cent. the Netherlands, Russia, Czech
cslovakia and Sweden about per
cent each, with Norway is per cent.
o.
THE NEW DEAL-The summation
of a six-year search for recovery by
New Dealers, under the leadership
of President Roosevelt, who is now
starting his seventh year in office.
establishes the following conclu-
sions; /. A sure-fire remedy for in
dustrial recovery has not been pro-
duces by six years of experimental
ton. Q. The New Deal has effected
no fundamental change in the CEN
ter of control of the nations econom-
ic machinery, although il has caused
come shift of power from large-scale
private capital to the government and
from management Of organized labor.
3. Experiments of recent years have
an Importance for showing the coun-
try that ventures in controls OF
money, crops. NRA prices and others,
are not cure-alls for nations prob
lens. The president in the begin
ming of his final two years in office
is emphasizing business and govern
inent cooperation and giving assur-
ance that the period of experiment
is over for the time being.
MEASURES INTRODUCED-Th
has been a slight slowing down in
the introduction of new measures in
the House and Senate recently.
Among those introduced were: Sena-
tor Wagner's bill TO make federal
grants to states in connection with
national health program; Senator
Walsh's bill curbing subversive ac-
tivity in the Army and Navy; twelve
senators introduced the Constitution
al amendment asking for national
referendum before any declaration OF
war. The Railroad Aid bill which
was drawn up by the special man
agement-labor committee appointed
by the president last fall. was made
public by the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee.
o.
SAVE NOT SPEND-The Admins
tration's announcement that IL is re-
solved to halt spending is a relief.
if IT can be believed. This is the only
way to save and balance the budget.
and bring about recovery. Mr.. Hop
kins, however, didn't seem to favor
this policy when he made his recent
speech at Des Moines. He defended
the Eccles spending policy with no
regard to the fact that six years OF
pump printing have brought no re-
covery. The fact that the national
debt is becoming a continuous colos-
sal burden on the younger genera
tion, and is liable to bring about the
governments insolvency, meant very
little to MIR. Hopkins. He insisted
that the government must bring
back prosperity by spending. There
is only one thing that will take effect
on the people of this country and
ON business. That is the will to
save. The president must convince
the public that he understands he
was wrong and has really changed.
There must be teamwork between
legislative and executive. Congress
is willing if the president is.
HOUSE ACTION-The most inn
portant issue taken up by the House
of Representatives lately is the
one dealing with larger War De-
partment appropriation. The meas
ure, appropriating half billion dol
lars to be spent chiefly on new
equipment for the Army-7S4 new
combat planes, new anti-aircraft
guns, new semi-automatic rifles and I
of the seacoast defenses
was approved by the House. Another |
appropriation bill approved by the
House was the TreasuryPost Office !
supply measure. This bill would |
give $780,. 100000 to the two large
WAR REFERENDUM-A group of
twelve senators are asking a Consti-
amendment which would not
allow the u. S. to engage in a war
overseas without first getting the ma
lions approval by popular vote.
This referendum would not be used
IN a case where the U. S. would be