The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

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Administrative Review
Il Is impossible for Congress 70
administer the laws Il passes or for
r. 20 work out In detail the pro-
cedure 70 be followed IN administer
iae It's laws II must delegate this
supervisory authority 70 depart
ments o. bureaus and must auh0r-
ize these agencies TO make rules and
regulations 70 carrY out the viii OF
Congress During the past ten or
twenty years. as the activities Of the
FEDERAL Government have become
more and more complex. these bu-
reaucratic rules and regulations
which have the force and effect OF
law have multiplied. and a good
many complaints that these bureaus
have abused the authority delegated
70 them by Congress bY setting up
arbitrary or unreasonable rules have
Il has been charged IN some
cases that various agencies have
gone beyound the power granted
them b. Congress or have interpret
ed the intent OF Congress TO SUIT
their WI ideas. As a result. there
has been an increasing demand for
some standard provision for re-
view Of these regulations, some gen.
eral procedure for appeal A bin
designed to carry out this purpose
was introduced last year BY the late
Senator Logan and By Representa-
tive Walter. and II has recently
passed the House. The bill is op-
posed by the Administration. how
on the ground that II would
cause delays and interfere with ad-
ministratiye efficiency. and II Is i'm
possible to q what disposition viii
be made OF the bill.
Wages and Hours
Again this question Of wages and
hours is before the Congress. Ever
since the beginning Of the operation
Of the Law there has been a CRY for
so-called necessary amendments.
Even the Administration. which
sponsored this legislation in the he
ginning is in favor Of some amend
mentS The hue and CRY has re-
suited II the erystalization OF senti-
ment in three sets Of amendments
the Norton amendments. the Ram
speck amendments and the Barden
amendments All three Of the pro-
ponents Of these amendments are
members Of the Labor Committee
Mrs Norton being the chairman Of
that committee, The amendments
Of Mrs Norton are the least drastic:
the amendments proposed BY Mr.
are a bit more far-reach-
ing The purpose OF all amendments
is mainly TO further relieve agricul-
turai workers from the provisions of
the law. Each Of the proponents OF
the amendments were Jealous Of the
other. and Mrs Norton. as chairman
Of the committee, refused { appear
before the Rules Committee TO seek
q rule All wanted their own bills
considered, however. In this d.
lemma. the House Rules Committee
took the matter into its own hands
and granted an open rule so that
the House might have an oppor-
tunity to pass on all amendments
This. OF course was the logical and
democratic thing 70 do. After con-
siderable and sharp debate the rue
vas adopted and the House Is nov
in the process Of considering these
various amendments.
However. the concensuS az opin-
ion Is that. regardless Of the action
the House takes. there Is likelihood
Of any amendments 70 the Law be-
ing enacted at this session This Is
based upon the assumption that the
Senate viii not consider the legis-
lation al this session. regardless Of
the House action and because Of
the further fact that II anything
more than the Norton amendments
are adopted the President viii veto
Il.