Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
Capital SideIights
Eu Will p. Kennedy.

1lle soclldIe has puUllSIleQ timely ana
exceedingly valuable document of in
terest to all the people and indispensable
to historians, covering the legislative and
executive background of domestic stabil-
ity, national defense and the prosecution
of World War II. 1t is the legislative
history of the past eight years sum-
married and condensed into a pamphlet
of only % pages. The first portion con-
talns the greatly beneficial domestic and
national stability measures enacted by
Congress since 1888 Senate Leader
Barley explains. In order to make this
a comprehensive record he had included,
in two additional sections, the congress
sional legislation and executive and de-
partmental orders and regulations,
strengthening our national defense be-
fore Pearl Harbor and those laws, orders
and regulations which have been passed
and issued since the war declaration,
providing for the full cooperation Of
individuals agencies and alliances in the
vigorous and successful prosecution of
the war. The Congress is to be compli-
nented, Senator Barley says, "on its
foresight in authorizing a common sense
program OF practical preparedness since
1888"
In the domestic stability section is a
summary of legislation for protection of
agriculture: Agricultural Adjustment
Acts, the Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment Act and amendments, Farm
Credit Acts, Commodity and Exchange
Act, Rural Identification Act and the
Farm Tenant Act: Prohibition of Price
Discrimination Act, the temporary Ma
tional Economic Committee and the APP
preparation Acts of 1933-l942. the Emer-
gency Banking Relief Act the Banking
Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
the Corporate Bankruptcy Act, the Rail-
road Banking Act. the Stockholders Liza
bility Act, Direct Loans to Industry Acts
OF 1884 and 1910. Investment Companies
Act, Civil Service Extension to Post
masters 1888, the Civil Service Retire.
ment Provisions and Extension of CLASH
fed Civil Service Act of 1910. Communi-
cations legislation embraces the Com
munications Act of 1894. the Telephone
Inquiry Act of 1885 and the Communica-
tons Act of 1887. Commerce and navi-
CATION legislation includes the Free Trade
Zone Act of 1884. the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act of 1884 and the Ship
Subsidy Act of 1896. Crimes legislation:
The Lindbergh Act of 1884 and the
Poultry Racket Act of 1885 Flood con-
troll legislation includes the Flood Con-
troll Act of 1886 and the Mississippi Con-
troll Act of 1896 Home finance legisla-
ton: Home Owners Loan Corp. Act
1888, National Housing Act 1934
Labor: National Labor Relations Act
1885, Fair Labor Standards Act 1899
Walsh-Healy Government Contracts Act
1896, Railway Labor Act $3.50, Air
Transport Labor Act 1886 and the
Railroad Retirement Act 1885. Power
and public utility legislation: Public
Utilities Holding Company Act Q935) !:
Tennessee Valley Authority Acts 1888
and 1885, and the Bonneville Dam power
project. Relief legislation includes Fed
eral Emergency Relief Act 1888. Ma
tional Youth Administration 1935) and
the Civilian Conservation Corps I93D.
Securities: Securities and Exchange Act
of 1884. Social and economic security:
Children and the Aged, Community
Health, Depositors, Farmers. Home Own
ers and Home 6enters, Investors (pro-
tective laws. Labor: Social Security
Act, Youth and the Handicapped Trans
portation: The Transportation Act of
1910. Veterans: World War Veterans
Benefits Act of 1896.
The section Of national defense is .
month y-month chronology Of admin
istratve and legislative action from June,
1888, through November, ls41
A third section of this compilation,
covering the World War II also is a
monthly month compendium Of adj
ministrative and legislative chronology
of the war from October, 194l. to October,
1912.
This entire document deserves careful
perusal by all persons desiring to keep
abreast Of what the National Govern
ment Is doing for the protection Of the
people and advancement Of the Nations
interests during the present emergency.