Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-17
BY GEO. R0TmwELL brown
INASHINGTON Dec II. N

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w New Deal viii be- subjected
in tho ScvcntN-clChth Congress.
10 the most searching scrutiny
bl Congress since II came I'M
hcralded into political power in
midsummer 1888
The vast bureaucracy which
has lowered from tho seeds first
planted IN Washington by RcN-
ford Guy Tugwel, Harry Hop
klns. Henry ~ Wallace and
other Visionary social rcformCrS
Of the original brain Trust" has
nov grown TO such luNuriant
proportions that like some huge
tree i'm Jungle II oNcr>hadows
everything beneath II
Congress itself. I'm tho closing
days of the war Congress which
granted such extraordinary pow
erS Ia President Roosevelt that
in the end II became almost
paralylcd by the contemplation
Of what it. had do1r. now realizes
that there has bcEun a struggle
in this capital CiD Ter survival
either Of Co9Grcss or OF the bu'
rcauCracy. 4
TlIE new Congress Is in an un-
Il miNtakablc mood ~ face
the bureaucracy. Wlrlcn It's pred
cCe~SOrS have ClUatCd. IN 4 final
showdown for supremacy, # nee
eSSary. FOR a knock-doWn-and-
drag-out fight to regain. AT least
measure OF the constitutional
power 50 lightly di>Sipated
The principal handicap under
which Congress. laborS is that Of
ignorance II does not know the
facts
II has ShoWcrcd power on
bureaucracy IN sue n vast
NUMBER of statutes and in such
obscure language, susceptible Of
being perverted from it's OStenSi-
bic mfelnlngE Nat the task Of
tracing this. power 10 It's source
Of origin is 4 bewildering one.
The first thing the new Con-
greSS viii have ~ do. will he
10 set up investigating commit
toes IN both Senare>and House
10 force the. facts and expose
the truth
The bureaucracy is deeply on
trcnched i, IL guided by Shrewd
left wing lawyers. and il has
proved that IT is As cunning as
il is contemptuouS- and I'M
ScrupulopS.
A start at getting at the facts
already has been made by Ger
tain corDmltIcc> such As the
Dies committee in r%e House,
and the. Truman Byrd and T>-
dlngS committees a the Senate.
IN THE new ConficSs theln-
Il vc>tigatorS Who want The
facts will be in better&poSlAnn
10 obtain them. owing 10 the
largely Increased Republican,
membership III both bodies,
No longer in hopeless minor
itN. House Republicans after
January s viii be IN position
10 demand and obtain A com
plete,cNpoSure Of tho my SteriouS
mancuvcTS IN secrecy Of tho vast
Sprawling HYDRA headed bureau
cratic monster
In the House. the Dies COM
mittee Will he continued. with
ample funds 10 prosecute Nlgor-
Gus inquiry into the ramlica-
lions Of Suhver>ive and left-wing
radical elements within the very
government itself
The appropriations committee
is considering the employment OF
experts to approach The same
problem from di fcrent angle
and make complet9 adherence 10
sound American political and
economic doctriT a fequSlte for
the employmenIof any person IN
tho governmcT service.
JUS yfci tho Senate adopted
- a resolution wlping out of
\ existence all present Nnccial
Nommt4ceS on January II, II
Should. n~1 be assumed how
! over that his means that any
essential special COMM t+At is 10
,/hc pat out Of buslnc>>.
The Senate merely acted 70
wipe the slate 1clcan for fresh
start IN January Some OF I ne
Special committees. thus abol-'
lShed date back a. far AS 1928
and have been inactive for years.
Not only VIII tho Byrd com.
mittcc and ibe Truman and
TNdingS committees be con-
tinued but probably others will
be added Congress i laying m
long telescope and magnifying
glasses for Sornc important re-
-a,,gh rprr.,.l.