The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22
CONGRESS TAKES A HAND
BY j. II. Jones

BY j. Il. Jones
Washington, d. c., October 18-I
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs has named subcommittee
that will hold public hearings, and
the first witness will be business
men, small and large. Senator James
E. Murray, chairman of the commit
tee, says that an Executive session
was held with representatives from
the War Production Board, the War
Department, the Navy Department,
the Maritime Commission, the Trea
sury Procurement, the Smaller War
Plants Corporation and the Depart
ments of Labor, Justice and Com
merce, for the purpose of obtaining
their views on all points which each
agency feels should be included in
CONTRACTS Termination LegislaL
tion.'
The Senate is, convinced that the
time has arrived for the Congress
to obtain complete understanding
of these problems. Senator Murray
promises that his committee will fol-
low through and sit will go a long
way toward determining how our
productive economy will emer g e
from the war;" and he says Congress
will therefore need 1.-THE active as
sistance of industry, labor, and the
executive Departments in helping to
form National policy on this sub
lject."
Proffting by the experiences of
the first World War and in obedience
to public pressure, the Congress
seems to have decided to assume its
share of responsibility over war and
postwar problems and to bring or
der out! Of chaos when the war is
over. These forward steps by the
Senate are of major Importance, par
ticularly inasmuch as the program
of the committee headed by Senator
Murray was announced few days
after five U. s. Senators returned
from "trip around the world and
made non-partisan report.
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i Senators Tell Tales
Don't let anybody convince you
that five Senators who few more
than 40 thousand miles around the
world are trying to pull any politi-
cal, or phoney stuff on the American
public. The Legislative body has set
administration and backed the war
. to the limit. In the second place the
Legislative branch Of the Govern
ment has just as much business to
express it's opinions about the man.
lagement and conduct of the war as
the President or anyone else. That's
} what they are elected for.
The nub of the whole matter is
that the Senators are substantially
agreed that inasmuch as the United
Estates has been furnishing most of
the money, and playing a onesome
hand in the war that it is time Great
britain and Russia be treated as
equals, and not as "bosses."
The accounts given by the Sena-
tors in secret and public meetings
have treated our Administration
very fairly and without very much
severe criticism In fact the Sena-
tors have made it plain that they
disagree with the Administration in
some important particulars. There
fore, they are demanding recogni-
ton in all matters relating to the
conduct of the war. They especially
emphasize the fact that they will in
sist on place at the peace table,
and at every other spot which has
Ianything to do with postwar plan
ming.
The Senate appears to be insisting
on it's rights ito remain an "indepen-
dent branch" of the American Gov
ernment.
Macarthur
General Douglas MacArthur's pro-
test against specific strategy invol-
wing island hopping" against Japan
has received the endorsement of
President Roosevelt. Don't worry
about MacArthur-he is too valu-
able leader to lose.
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Sales Tax Gains Favor
After lighting the Ruml Plan for
almost q year, Congress passed q
modification of it. But it does not full
fill the hope that it would make re-
ductions in taxes, or ease the way to
pay them.
Secretary Morgenthau recently
stuck his neck out and asked for the
passage of the measure that would
impose new taxes amounting to $10,-
500, 100000. The Administration
rushed ito the defense Of that propo-
sition and tried to assure the Ameri-
can people that it would prevent
real imitation" Congress got its