The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-31
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
By j. e. Jones

by d. III. JONES
Washington, d. c., March 27-The
White House and the United States
Senate have been playing parts i'll
latter you" and you first" since
Dear Alben" became Leader of the
Senate instead of the staudard-bearer
and spokesman for the President. AS
much as politicians like fight, they
are always ready for truce.
In the honeymoon days of the New
Deal the Congress bestowed more
discretionary power upon the Presi
dent than had ever been granted be-
fore in the history of the country
whereupon Mr. Roosevelt eventually
changed so many rules of govern
ment that he held Congress under
Administration control
When Senator Barley rebelled
and declared my cup runneth over
most of the 533 members of the two
Houses of Congress joined the re-
volt against policies of White House
control that had been steadily built
up for a dozen years.
Just how far the reconciliation will
go, nobody knows!
Manpower
There is shortage of manpower
on the railroads, in private business
establishments of all kinds, and on
farms and in factories. Production
Of synthetic rubber is slowed down.
Statements that say that very little
nas been done to cut into the soft
cushion" of civilian life here at home
IRE not supported by facts. One
powers to transfer men from unes-
sential to essential jobs have not
been used "and we are suffering the
consequences today" That old boy
ough ito stir around little and no.
ice who runs the elevators in big
ouildings-the operators are not
white men and boys, but women and
girls and negroes. College students
are waiting on tables in college
towns. Fine young married women
are working part time in offices, and
the girls they replace won't even
condescend to work at drug store
lunch counters. The person who says
that there is not manpower crisis
in the United States doesn't know
what he is talking about. Some OF
them don't even seem to know that
there is a war on. Naturally the war
comes first and the manpower and
womanpower is required to carry on
that tremendous job. Incidentally,
sven the village loafer has disappear
I'd from his accustomed cracker-bar
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Congress And The President
When Congress defeated the Pres
ident's tax bill veto there was good
deal of rejoicing over the claim that
the legislative branch of the Govern
ment had reclaimed its ''indepen-
dence" Now the trouble is that Con-
gress is running into complications
On grants of authority to the Pres
ident that when many questions are
brought UP the Congress discovers
that it passed this and that" law
which transferred wholesale legis-
lative powers to the President That
being the case the President gets the
Oest of most of the new arguments.
All of which adds up: Earth bears
no balsam for mistakes"
A World Full OF Good Neighbors
The scheme to extend the Latin
American good neighbor policy" to
5ther countries of the World has
reached the point where Congress
man Bloom of New York has intro
auced a measure to authorize the
President to develop and maintain
such cultural cooperative programs
Of other countries of the world as he
may consider justified in furtherance
If the purposes of the United States
n the present war and the peace to
.ollow." 1t is doubtful whether any
action will be taken by Congress on
Blooms blooming bid for increasing
he numbers and expenses of neigh
oors."
Flying Through The Clouds
The airplane business is big bust