The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-07-15
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TO-DAY
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TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
By DON ROBINSON
BureaucratS

HOPE Bureaucrats
Maybe this country isn't going
to the dogs after all.
That was my reaction after
hearing two congressman, one a
Republican and the other Dem
ocrat, tell about the job they are
trying to do to preserve the econ
omic system which made Ameri-
ca great and the form of govern
ment which is the envy of all the
world.
From what have been reading
in the papers since the war start
ed, had formed the impression
that congress was SO busy playing
politics that the people couldn't
expect their legislative depart
ment to protect them against the
growing threat of a government
of the bureaucrats, by the bu-
reaucrats and for the bureaucrats
Congress seemed to have traded
in it's backbone for the votes of
pressure groups.
But 1 have new hopes for con-
gress now after listening to Rep
resentatives Charles Halleck and
Lyle Boren give new life to those
rallying cries of our ancestors
about free enterprise, business
competition, free speech and the
need for preserving our Constitu-
ton. My hopes aren't based on
the oratory of these congressman
but on the fact that they are
actually doing something about it.
HALLECK Boren
One of the impressive things
about Mr. Halleck and Mr.. Boren
is that, although one is leading
Republican (Mr. Halleck was the
gentleman from Indiana who
nominated Wendell Willkie for
the presidency and the other is
a strong Democrat (the fact that
Mr.. Buren, comes from Oklahoma
is evidence enough) they both
vote the same way on matters
which are vital to the preserva-
ton of our form of government.
Mr.. Halleck introduced a res
olution in the house asking for
an investigation of activities by
war agencies. When the resolu-
ton was passed, Mr.. Boren was
named to head the committee to
carry on the investi~c J.
Both of them wantc (, i inves-
tigation made - not b-tause it
would be good for them POLITICAL
ly-but because it could help to
throw back those forces which
are working to substitute regi-
mentation for freedom.
Just because two congressman,
out of the 435 in the house, hap
pen to put their country above
their political party, is not much
reason to renew our faith in the
national legislature. But when
you listen to Mr.. Halleck and Mr..
Boren talk you can't help but
feel that they may herald the re-
birth of a congress which will
once again become the champion
of the peoples rights.
BACKBONE Opposition
Come to think of it, there have
been other signs recently to in
dictate that congress may be shak-
ing off its political trance.
It must have taken some back
bone for congressman from in
dustrial areas to vote for the an
ti-strike bill when they knew
that millions of union members
opposed it.
And, as I recall reports on
speeches made in congress recent
ly, there seems to be a growing
attitude of ''fed-upness" with all
plans which are over flavored
with politics or call for more bu-
reaus and expenditures of more
billions for non-war purposes.
1t may be the hot weather that
is giving me this feeling of hope
fulness about future events in
Washington-but, unless the COM
ing presidential election of 1914
interferes too much, I think it is
possible that we may end the
war with fighting congress.
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