Evening star., 1943-07-05
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Battle on Home Front
Seen During Recess
BY the Associated Press.

Congress will 60 home this
week, barring last : minute
changes in plans, at greater odds
with President Roosevelt on do
meStic issues than at any time
since the New Deal came into
power 10 years ago.
Predictions vary as to the mood in
which the lawmakers will return
seven weeks hence, but all sides are
agreed that as the hour for sum-
mer recess draws near the legislators
and the President are more hostile
toward each other than ever before
The diversity of viewpoint was
illustrated sharply by passage over
the Presidents veto of the anti
strike bill and the Presidents crac-
king rejection. later sustained. OF
Congress effort 10 kill the admins
tration's roll back subsidies on food
items. And those are only two of a
long list of controversies in the last
six months.
Death Blow to Agencies.
Congress has dealt what amounts
to death blows to two favorite New
Deal agencies, the National Youth
Administration and the National Re-
sources Planning Board. The Farm
Security Administration barely was
saved from House firing squad.
In the tax field, Mr.. Roosevelt was
rebuffed by Congressional cancella-
ton of his order limiting salaries to
5000 after Federal levies. His re-
quest for an additional SIG, 900, 900 900
in revenue largely has been ignored
thus far. and a modified version of
the Ruml pay as you CO. plan,
which he apparently signed reluc-
family, has been enacted.
Two of the Presidents major ap-
pointments-those of Edward j
Flynn as Minister to Australia and
OF James v. Alfred, former Texas
Governor, to the Circuit Court OF
Appeals-failed to materialize. Mr.
Flynn's appointment was withdrawn
in the face of Senate opposition, and
Mr.. Allred's nomination was pigeon
holed by the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee.
Varied Reasons Advanced.
Varied reasons are advanced for
these clashes between the executive
and legislative branches, but Sena-
tor Van Nuys, Democrat, of Indiana
attributed most of them to a grow
ing independence on the part of the
lawmakers.
There's new spirit in Congress,
the Indiana Senator told reporters.
The legislative branch is reassert-
ing its rights as a coordinate unit
of the Government. That change is
not due entirely to the increase in
the number of Republicans, but can
be attributed to growing dlsposl-
ton on the part of Democrats to as
sert their independence Of the White
House"
Senator Van Nuys said he thought
this tendency would be increased by
the visit of the legislators to their
homes, but Senator Pepper, Demo-
crat, Of Florida predicted that the
people will demand that legislators
who have been opposing the Presl-
dents domestic policies come for
ward with alternate solutions Tor
home front problems.
Holds Members Need Rest.
Il think most of this fuss over
domestic matters has arisen from
the irritation of men who are IA
tigued by years on the job without
adequate rest" Senator Pepper de-
clared. Il think rest will do Con-
gress good and it may bring some
of the members back with their
ideas clarified We have been too
much out of contact with the
people"
Senator Pepper said he blamed
not only the Republicans. who he
said are conducting their 1914 cam
paign right now" but men in the
Democratic party who ought to
be honest enough to admit they
are against Roosevelt and trying
to impede his leadership
On the other hand, Senator Ball,
Republican, Of Minnesota said he
thought there is basic disagree
ment" between Congress and the
President on domestic issues, as il
lustrated by the battle over SUBJ
sides, and he only hoped that it did
not extend to the field of foreign