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mmi \ T6 : I *,?•' * •* •" -v* r < ' k ' " -'V«vV" f /T;f% -*»--* * Xn'v 4T^>; V •->' ~ * ••••* 11 -• -«•• **»• , *»'. ,a„ M4 <-"••- ~lA.. 4 v r^i • «, *• v '!•%- , - .4'. r' w* %f'" .., -r* /•»,.* .• ,rf • VV-•• . •- rat fcsWM"1 PLAisceiLia ,/ *J 14 Thursday, June 1, ** kj ' i p . . -- Oar Washington Letter ~ ; Washington, May 31--Congress has •t last buckled down to the considers- ;*fion of three major subjects which the folks back home really understand •--relief,appropriations, tax revision pnd the Town send pension plan. Other '•issues, Aich as foreign affairs, have been shoved into the background. The?? domestic controversies make the ftolitical welkin ring so that the echoes Will be heard well into the next Presidential campaign in 1940. Pulses of ;lt»e hard-boiled and ambitious politician* beat a little faster largely because their futures are wrapped up fa. the developments at Capitol Hill 4urin^r the next few weeks. Lifting the blockade on the Town- |*fend bill so that the House could record its vo'te on this highly publicized issue brought chagrin and joy in various political camps. Many newcomers to Congress bore the label of the Townsendites, which left them in the unenviable position of making good on the campaign pledges or reneging with the prospect of incurring the displeasure of the geriial doctor's followers at the next election. The, action of ..the House in disposing of this troublesome problem is expected to pave the way for early action of liberalizing amendments to the social security act. Already many legislators are shivering in their boots as the Townsend lobbyists send out the dope on the House test to the hundreds of clubs throughout the country. The newest Townsend bill promised pensions to all over sixty years, but npt the $200 advocated for many years. President Roosevelt's pronouncement before the retailers here in which he reiterated his philosophy of freefor- all spending will shortly be subjected to the Congressional test tube. Hearings on the 1940 W.P.A. appropriation are underway before the House Appropriations Committee. The one and three-quarter billions demand ed by the White House will probably be drastically pruned. Sentiment is developing to limit the money to January 1 thus forcing Mr. Roosevelt to come begging again with revised estimates and limiting the political benefits which might accrue to the Administration in ladeling out this enormous sum on the eve of a Presidential election. Spirited debate on the need and uses of relief money may delay a final vote for several weeks. Several items in the W.P.A. set-up remain to be settled. The scandals of the 1938 campaign involving this alphabet agency have not been forgotten. Instead, demand is increasing for early enactment of the Hatch bill to prevent utilization of the W.P. A. on behalf of candidates. The blanketing of several thousand W.P.A. administrative employees into a civil service rating without the usual examinations is Opposed because it smacks of permanency for strictly political appointments. The prediction of Col. Harrington, W.P.A. Administrator, that the Federal government will be engaged in work relief for at least a decade makes this aspect more alarming for the patronage boys. Mr, Roose velt is against a plan to turn relief over to states and municipalities and frankly stated that anyone who believes local boards will take the political curse away "is either insincere or is ignorant of the realities of local American politics." . Uncle Sam in his rtfle*>as protector of the public interest has hoisted the "fco slow" sign on the television craze. The Federal Communications Commission just completed a study of this new device of the air waves. The report Compares the present television problem with the automobile indus-. try's situation prior to adoption of mass production. The F.C.C. "considers that from the broadest standpoint television is now barely emerging from the first or technical stage of development." They feel that "practical television service to the , public on a nation-wide scale cannot be exr pected for some time in the future." It is interesting to note that this Federal ^agency believes the high cost of operation will confine the new system to the largest metropolitan centers for several years. The smaller communities will not benefit until cost of receivers make it desirable. The outlook for downward revision taxes has improved recently. The revelations before the Temporary National Economic Commission about idle capital made a profound impression with the solons who are anxious to restore employment to normal. . The resistance of the President has been lessened so that the Senate and House is speeding up internal revenue bills. The various labor bills seem destined to the waste basket after extensive and expensive hearings. The House may halve an dppiorttinity to vote amendments to the wage and hour act. The proposed modification of the National Labor Relations Act is something not in the books for "this session. Reports to Federal statistical agencies show that the retail business picked up during April. The Federal Reserve Board opined that industrial production was down during the same month desite the consumer demand in reflecting shut-downs at bituminous mines and reduction of activity in textile mills. V * Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kimball of Chicago were visitors here last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner daughters, Mary Lou and Audrey, of Elgin spent Sunday with Miss Ana Frisby. LATEST FOR MILADY years. . GILL, of Rockford 17th Judicial Circuit--Winnebago, Boone, McHenry and Lake Counties Tile office of Circuit Judge is one of great importance -- perhaps the most important office in the State next to Governor. Our property rights and our very lives may res^ipsa tbm 4*©isi0a. Two of these candidates, Judges Hady and Pierce, are already serving on the bench of the Circuit and the third was chosen from among the leading Fisher, who was not af candidate for re-election. THE ISSUES ARE CLEAR -- MAKE NO MISTAKE The New Deal is on its way out *»<• A Square Deal will take its place! $ O T E R E P U B L I C A N V T Y T T ? Tf T 2 mim 'tmmm North Carolina's Longest Bridge North Carolina's longest and most expensive bridge is a 3% mile struck - ture across the Albemarle sound, f • \ Reclaimed From Desert Imperial valley, California's rich winter vegetable garden, was reclaimed from the desert. tA - j A Dark prints are chic and practical. This one is in _a pattern of royal blue and white on a ground of black in rayon crepe. POTPOURRI Flags The word flag means "to float" or "fly in the wind." The waving flag as we know it probably originated during the Middle ages. Antedating it, however, were family or tribe symbols for identification purposes. Early national symbols were figures made of stone, wood or metal and carried at the top of a spear. © Western Newspaper Union. Mrs. Margaret Shay of Chicago waS a recent visitor in the James Hughes. Sr., home. Horses Wanted B U Y Old and Disabled Hors%ti?7; Ply from $5 to $14 ARTHUR W. WERRBACK ' Phone 444 335 Hayward Street Woodstock. I1L Phc 43 VERNON J.KN0I ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. « OFFICE HOURS -- Tuesdays and Fridays V Other Days by Appointment McHenry Illinois A. P. Freund Co. Excavating Contractor Trucking, Hydraulic and Gnu# Service ---Boad Building-- Tel. 204-M McHenry, HI, CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS by Congressman Chauncey W. Reed We're Out of the Red! Oh Yeah? On Monday, May 23. I attended the dinner given at the Mayflower Hotel here in Washington by the American Retail Federation. The principal speaker on the program was the President of the United States. To these business men he mentioned the startling intelligence that one billion dollars will be required this year to pay interest on the pubic debt of the federal government. Their fears and apprehensions were, however, quickly brushed aside by his reassurance that, "Our national debt, afte^r all is an internal debt, owed not only by th£ nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay interets on it, they will pay that interest to themselves." This is a brand new theory of business economics and will no doubt be most helpful if applied by these retail merchants to their own businesses. iSo far as national affairs are concerned, we need have no more fears of inflation or bankruptcy. Since the 40 billion dollar national debt is owed by ourselves to ourselves we need only tear out both the credit and debit sheets from our public ledger and start anew. Under the new order of affairs a national debt is now consid* ered a national blessing. Taxes, Labor, Neutrality According to present indictions Conpress will probably wind up its affairs and adjourn about July 8. At the present time it appears that some kind of a tax revision program will considered before adjournment. The latest information which we have been able to obtain is that publics hearings will begin on May 29th. The President is insisting that the present volume of Federal revenue be retained, but it is uncertain at this time just how far Congress will be inclined to follow that recommendation. Apparently much needed amendments to the Wagner National Labor Relations Act will be shelved until next session. No action is expected on neutrality legislation at the present session. - Monopoly Investigation It is reported that Senator O'Mahoney, Chairman of the Monopoly In-' vestigation Committee, has decided that Committee hearings on the in-( vestment banking business scheduled, for the week of June 5 have been post- j poned. Apparently the Committee; d o e s n o t l i k r - t h e i d e a o f g i v i n g p r o m -j inent national business leaders the op- ( portunity to speak their mind about, what i? wrone with the country and' New Deal philosophy generally. The statements of these business men made > before the Committee have been re- j ceiving considerable publicity in the press of the nation, and apparently the: White Hotise doesn't relish it any too well. Waterway Transportation ! On May 25. the Senate passed S. 2009, the Wheeler-Truman transports- j tion bill. The bill provides the re-, codification of the Interstate Commerce procedure and for the first time gives, the Commission authority over, inland water carriers. A motion to exempt water carriers from Interstate Commerce regulations and to retain jurisdiction of them in the Maritime Commission was defeated by a vote of r>7 to 22 despite protests of several. Senators that Interstate Commerce; C omrtiission control of waterway transportation might be the death of the inland waterway system. Quality Canvas Products BEN THONNESON AWNINGS -- CRYSTAL LAKE -- . Across from Poet Office Tel. Crys. Lake 838 -- 129 Main St. Window Shades - . 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