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= LIE DIODOS6u measure
would effect those states that have
not already passed matching acts to
the Connally "hot OIL BILL
Since republicans have raised OBJ
employing publicity men, what will
they say when they find out that the
Smith NLRB investigating committee
has gone in for that very thing in
a big way? =. :. Mr.. Dies says that
columnists who have been criticizing
him are members of "subversiye or
CARNATIONS" that his committee has
been investigating. Why doesn't he
expose them and the "subversive or
CARNATIONS" to which they belong?
. Many relief client could be fed
by Uncle Sam for the cost to the gov
eminent in printing Representative
Thorkelson's Silvershirt speeches.
An "Okie" Protests
Speaking as the son of an "Okie,"
Can Oklahoma tenant farmer) Rep.
Boren, Oklahoma, declared that John
Steinbeck's novel, "The Grapes of
Wrath" is black, internal creation
OF twisted, distorted mind"
Steinbeck's novel deals with the eco
nomic plight of the tenant farmers
of the Dust Bowl, the scene being
laid in Rep. Boren's home state.
81 stand before you today as an
example, in my judgment, of the aver
age son of the tenant farmers in
America Boren told his colleagues
in the House. He failed to say, how
ever, that he can purchase a whole
lot more grub with the $4,000 a year
plus mileage he receives from his gov
eminent than can "the average son
OF the tenant farmers in America"
Are We Heading Towards
A Gestapo?
Are we developing Gestapo in the
United States? This question was |
asked by Representative Marcantonio, |
New York, following testimony by Ed |
gar Hoover, FBI chief, that the Bureau
has compiled induces of individuals |
OF groups who might be source of |
grave danger to the security of this
country in the event that we enter
into the conflict abroad"
The New York congressman sus-
poets that persons are being indexed
because they happen to have views
contrary to the views of Mr.. Hoover"
and fears that a foundation is being
aid ''for Palmer raids, for a Palmer
system, and for a Gestapo system In
he United States" "This innoya-
los in the FBI" Marcantonio says,
lis the index-card menace to Amer
can liberty
ohiIIy "Skrts" Need Not Apply
On the House floor:
Rep. Charles l. Faddis, Pa, 1--WE
ire deeply concerned about the con-
,ern of the gentleman (Mr. Ditter) +
rom the outskirts of Philadelphia :" I
Rep. J. w. Otter, Pa, 81 recent that
eference to skirts. l have nothing +,
whatever to do with the outskirts of !,
nor with the skirts of
for that matter. | rep
esent the county of Montgomery" G
Rep. Faddis, "Mr. Speaker, ask I
unanimous consent to withdraw the t
words, outskirts of Philadelphia and 7
o substitute therefor the county of !
which we understand is f
ut of debt entirely on account of the F
ublic works relief program of the
in Washington "A
There are at least some people who 9
re concerned over the problems of o
legislature has announced that he will i
itroduce state youth bill, which n
ill include the setting up of an
gency to study the needs Of young
eople, schools, job opportunities, etc. r;
similar measure is being drawn up +,
y youth leaders and legislators in fl
ew York state. Liberals in Mime
)ta tried for several years to put n
trough state youth act, but con-
.rvative-controlled legislature always W
their efforts.
gnificant Court Opinion
In a decision upholding the govern d,
ent in an injunction action brought l.
Z number of California citrus as ID
citations to prevent enforcement of sc
e fair labor standards (wage-hour) | to
t, Judge Yankwich of the United
ates district court made the follow III
6 pertinent observations: sc
cf ie rhaf
ay readily be conceded to be rad M
II departure in the realm of Ameri-
n federal government activity-con-
d working conditions, hours and co
lges-by the federal government ge
rough the power to control inter- pl
lite commerce, the fair labor STAN di,
rds act of 1885, mi
Federal legislation is giving rec
gnition to the relentlessness of trl
lets. The interest of the general
pod, the need to equalize oppor- ~
mites, and to prevent oppression,
ave led to interference on the part mi
the state. The state is becoming SCI
1 instrument of social welfare" I'm
Ivan "The Terrible
Daniel was one of the lawyers rep Oh
enting the plaintiff. Ivan has been rec
lshington representative for the Del
'iculture producers labor commit OF
the legislative arm of the so-called mol
ISOLATED Farmers, which is now be- pal
investigated by the LaFollette
il liberties committee.