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confronted them during the last three
weeks with so many members absent
and at home"
At this writing, the bill had not beer
re-introduced, but one can hardly
blame the lawyers for trying again
since it's enactment would mean mil
lions of dollars in fees yearly in adj
ditional litigation. That is why II
was caleld a lawyers relief meas
ure" It's real purpose, of course, was
to hamstring New Deal agencies and
make operation of progressive laws
more difficult
Says Senator O'Mahoney, Wyoming
chairman of the TNEC, eff the dem
ocratic world had succeeded in dis
tributing the products of industry
among the masses, there never would
have been such thing as the rise
of the totalitarian states"
Wallace to Latin America
That Henry A. Wallace is going to
be more than an ordinary vice presi-
dent is seen by the fact that he has
been booked soon to make goodwill
tour of the Latin-American countries.
Although not generally credited
with being the author of the Good
Neighbor policy, it is fairly certain
that he had quite bit to do with it.
He has constantly urged and promoted
cultivation and understanding of our
Latin neighbors to the south. He
speaks Spanish fluently and was more
in his element when he represented
the President at the Camacho inaug-
ural in Mexico than most people be-
lieve
The office of vice president is gen
orally regarded as a loafing job. Wal
lace isn't the kind who can do any
loafing, not even on a loafing job.
Furthermore, there is much work for
him to do these days. He will have
plenty of opportunity to show his
stature-and many are keeping their
eyes on him.
Scrambling for Defense Contracts
The large industrialists are trying
very hard to make the people believe
that they are doing lot of sacrificing
going far out of their way to render
the country a patriotic public serv-
ice-when they accept defense con-
tracts.
Funny, though, to see how they are
all scrambling for these contracts, and
how some of them yell bloody murder
when they do not get them. Some OF
the states, through pressure by their
business organizations, are hiring full
time laison men in Washington to see
that they get their "proportionate
share of defense contracts" Evident
ly these contracts are pills that are
not so hard to take.
To Oppose State Bills
Labor is going to make a deter
mined fight to prevent enactment by
the various state legislatures Of the
so-called model state bills" drafted
here by the federal-state conference
on law enforcement problems in ma
tiona1 defense. While ostensibly aim
ed at sabotage of the defense program,
the laws, as drawn, it is pointed out,
would give local reactionary officials
an excellent weapon with which to
destroy labor unions. The conference
was held under the auspices of the
FBI.
Little Fellow Gets Ak
The big fellow hasn't had very much
o complain about to date in the way
ne has been treated in this period Of
rational emergency. He has been re-
,eiving billions of dollars In defense
contracts, with handsome profits guar
lnteed. His government has adj
yanced money to build plants for him,
md Uncle Sam is permitting him to |
write off plants which he builds by |
axation within period of five years, |
which means that the plants are given |
o him as outright gifts.
But the little fellow isn't faring so |
we'll, 1t appears. According to the |
tory brought to Washington by two |
Arkansas officials of the Farmers I'm
on, some 1,200 farm families in that |
tate have been "dispossesed" OF their |
arms, with no place to go, because
he army has taken over their farms |