The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-08
AS 1T APPEARS TO
Your Congressman

airy 3 the House of Representa-
YES dealt chiefly with the agricul-
ture appropriations for the next
fiscal year. AS | have previously
indicated in this column, an econ
omv wave hit Washington and is
reflected in the Presidents budget
where many sharp reductions ap-
pear. These cuts are made even
sharper in the appropriation bills
when they come before the House
this session. In other words, the
appropriation subcommittee, IN
preparing the bills, seem de-
termined not only to keep within
The budget but to cut under II.
Now. favor balancing the budget
as soon as it is wisely possible ana
bringing our national expenditures
in line with our national income
Correction: Or would you say
bringing our governmental ex-
penditures in line with our govern
mental income?) But personally, 1
am afraid of the possible and prop
able effects of too drastic and too
immediate reductions, and l GER
tainly disapprove of making the
largest proportion of these cuts In
the Appropriation Bill for the
Agriculture Department. Unless
war conditions keep farm prices
up. another recession might be
produced by too violent reduction
on the farmers.
Naturally | have been asked TO
prevent reduction. if possible, IN
various items of the agriculture
bill. AS might be expected, those
in the House opposing the pro-
posed reductions organized III
caucus before the reading of the
Bill for amendments to fight
certain reductions. Although there
were many amendments when
various members wished, increas-
ing the total, we centered fire on
three amendents to be offered py
Marvin Jones, Chairman OF the
House Agriculture Committee. l
went along with Marvin Jones
group on all three of these pro-
posals. but particularly on the
amendment to restore an approprla-
ton for water facilities. There
were some tense moments in the
last days struggle and most
amendments failed, including that
for water facilities.
Yesterday a gentleman in a long
distance call from Flagstaff com
mented highly on my new mining
hill II. R S2O6. This bill originated
with the Small Mine Operators OF
Arizona, and 1 have introduced IL
on the request of w. j. Graham'
head of the state organization. This
measure is intended as a substi'
ute for an earlier bill, H. r 6l51'
offered nv the Yavapai Council OF
Small Mine Operators and pertains
to the same subject matter. There
is no question about the wisdom
the justice, and the imperative
need of one or the other of these
becoming law. Either bill will have
hard shedding" and We mustn
kid ourselves about it; but the
new proposal has better chahce
than the earlier proposal.
Lawyers all over the country
and thoughtful students OF our
governmental structure and func
tions will be interested in the varl
Gus phases of the celebration oi
the one hundred fiftieth birthday
of the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States. The Congressional Rec
ord for February l contains much
worthwhile material in the Senate
Record, in the House Record, ano
in various extensions by Sol Bloom
in the appendix of the Record.
listened with close interest to the
two addresses made in the House
of Representatives and have just
mailed out copies of the day
Congressional Record of certain
teachers of Constitutional Govern
ment who have been associated
with me in that particular field OF
instruction for many years in Ar
zona schools and colleges. These
words from the highest constl'
tutional authorities on doubt will
carry more meaning to all of us
than do the cold words of a text