The Coolidge examiner., 1940-04-25

in studying means of solving or
alleviating the unemployment
situation are now making their
reports. The Monday night meet
ings have been comparatively free
from partisan politics. Perhaps too
much is expected from this small
group, but it must be understood
that they meet in an advisory ca
pacity as a study group and they
limited themselves from the be-
ginning to fact-finding rather than
"resoluting" Even so, about
dozen members have called at
tention to certain bills now before
Congress and attempted to have
the group go on record as support
ing them. have asked the group
to give earnest consideration to
II. R. S2O6.
The President of the Arizona
Small Mine Operators, w. j.
(Biliy) Graham of Phoenix, is in
Washington to present arguments
in favor of a bill which | intro
duced at the request of the or
ganization, particularly the last
of three bills, the H. R. S206 re-
ferred to above. Billy Graham
brings a knowledge and an en-
thusiasm which should be effect
i've, although there are tremend-
Gus obstacles to overcome In the
consideration of ever such logical,
who esome and much needed legls-
lation. Graham is thoroughly con-
vinced that this bill enacted into
law would not require one penny
out of the U. S. Treasury, would
save the U. S. Government forty
five million dollars in a five year
period, and furnish employment
to two hundred thousand men now
unemployed. Who wouldn't work
for such a measure?
Congressman John Rankin of Mis-
sissippi got very much peeved IN
the House one day last week. His
Widows and Orphans Bill, H. K.
5000, was on the Consent Calendar
and was objected to. The Con-
gressman warned the House that
if he couldn't get consideration OF
that bill any other way, he would
bring it out of the Rules Commit
tee. where he has been attempt
ing to get rule on it, by the
petition method. In less than
twenty minutes he had petit
ton en- the Speakers Desk, which
would require of course, two
hundred eighteen signatures to
bring the bill, to the floor of the
House. He got the signatures in
record time Also, a petition on
the Towsend Bill has been recent
ly put on the Speakers Desk, and
it, too, received signatures in a
remarkably short time, though
not the required number as yet.
The WalterLogan Biz, designed
to bring administrative agencies
and their rulings under court re-
view, has been before the House
this week and passed. The op-
ponents and proponents of this
measure represent two conflicting
views or schools of thought. Each
recognizes that our government
is very, very complex, and some
body must have authority delegat-
ed by Congress, to carry on the
necessary governmental work. Some
saw the administrative agencies
must have large discretion and
comparatively free hand without
undue court delays. However,
of this bill insist that
there must be a limit, and they
would have it pretty severe
limit placed on the so-cailed
by subjecting their
rulings to court review. I feel that
we haven't yet gotten the answer
to this question.
I go before sub-comittees of the
Anpropriat tions Committee many
times during every session asking
for appropriation of funds for Fort
C.M.T.C., forest roads
and trails, Indian items, dams ana
irrigation projects and the ike
This week it was concerning re-
lief. On apologizing to this same
group of men for facing them SO
often. said, "Gen,emen, since
of the entire area OF
Arizona is owned by Uncle SAM
YOU must see the necessity OF my
coming before you. A Congress
man from West Virginia asked, is J
that literally true that three-fourts
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