Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-13
CONGRESS on Vacation

AOUSI ESS I'll oSo&ISI,
THE Congress of the United States has voted itself
two months vacation at time Of grave crisis and
vital decisions in great war.
The Congress will be fortunate if the people Of the
United States do not react violently against this aban-
donment of its post of duty as they did earlier
occasion when the Congress voted itself pensions
The people of the United States particularly the
FIGHTING people are not only carrying the with
out respite but insist upon others doing so
The government Of the United States should not have
interest in the war the people-and of course,
the Congress is very important part of the government
IOWEVER Congress has made its decision in the mat
ter and has indeed taken page from President
Rooseves book of by presenting the country with
an accomplished fact thus rendering protest futile
This being the case, is to be hoped the Congress
will refresh itself for the stern tasks ahead.
1t is especially to be hoped the Congress will inform
itself about the aspirations and desires of the people and
the problems and pights of the people.
Perhaps if the Congress returns in September more
refreshed and better informed vacation will have been
justified
1t is true as Speaker Rayburn told the House of
Representatives the present Congress has done many
constructive things and thus has much to commend 1t
But it is precisely BECAUSE Congress has become
alert to its responsibilities and has many good things
to its credit that the people think it should stay on the
job
THERE still many important things left for Con-
gress to do.
1t has not done duty to the people Of the United
States regarding the desperate food problem.
1t has not done anything effective about restraining
the rise of arrogant bureaucracy and the wasteu diver
he
exravagant expenditure of wealth for political purposes
unrelated to the condition which Senator Byrd of
Virginia bluntly and properly called GOVERNMENT BY
FRANKENSTEIN.
Until the American people assured against hunger
and are assured against dictatorship and bankruptcy
democratic Congress cannot be said to have done its
democratic duty.
In short while Congress is entitled to credit for much
that has done it is still accountable to the people for
what it has left undone.
WHEN Congress returns to Washington in September
w it will find federal bureaucracy more firmly en-
trenehed in government than ever before.
1t will be confronted by many more of The Presidents
accomplished facts
1t will find its own tasks made difficult because
executive power will have been welded without restraint
by Congress without consideration for Congress and
even with contempt for Congress.
There great peril in creating additional opportu
mites for executive authority to be independent of Con-
gress.
s SENATOR VANDENBERG of this state said just
n before the summer recess, with reference to inerna
tiona commitments by the government in defiance of "a
Congress which was consulted in respect to the
commitments
ITO what extent is il safe-or wse--or constitutional
for executive authority to proceed independent of Con
gress with respect great decisions impending
or in determination of the problems growing out of this
war;"
The Congress is too easily content with job only
partially done
1t should have remained in continuous session until
the job is wholly done
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