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HOOVER REFUSES SENATE DEMAND Charges Foes of Three Power Commissioners Tried to Raise “False” Issue. —_(Continued From First Page) erats who supported the power com- missioners’_nominations. Senator Wheeler of Montana, Demo- erat, gave formal notice that when the independent offices sppropriations bill, earrying the salaries for the power commissioners, comes before the Senate, he would offer an amendment to pre- vent any money being expended to pay salaries to the three commissioners in questio) n. QoA AT, iy o, the oo ed to agree finally e taken by Sel::rwr Walsh that the eourts oould not be called upon to pass upon validity of the appointments of the commissioners. ‘With biting sarcasm the California Senator, an old antagonist of the President, said: “T waited with bated breath to learn what the course of the President would was _in doubt what he would do. the President would see the error ways and send back the nomina- to the Senate. Although I have tion now, I do not wish to what Senator Walsh of said. I wish the Senate a position to take whatever consider te.” Moses of New Hampshire Senator Johnson what action 'he ht would be a) ite. mind is con! because of my at the President's message,” the Californian. Moses replied that he sup- whatever action the Senator had mind would be “another of the futili- ties of the Senate.” McKellar Wants Vote. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, Democrat, said he, for one, thought the Benate should vote on the three power eommissioners and reject them. “T hope to be able to vote them down @ second time,” he sald. Beveral of the regular Republicans, Senators Bingham of Con- of California and of Indiana, expressed the opin- that without “the papers” the Sen- should not place the nominations upon the executive calendar. But “coalition” rode roughshod over the statement to the press, is- the President, reached the Sen- ate floor Senator Wheeler of Montana, Democrat, quickly challenged it. He the President was favor- 2 3 £ 2 ] g R 1 | I E? 5 E- 55 i oL sfigg ot ly made, are not subject that the request cannot Defends Commission’s Right. President sald that much of the debate showed that those Sen- favoring the removal of the com- were intent upon doing so, because they are unqualified but te's own selec- He up- right of the Power Commission g own employes without con- “Many Presidents have had to meet this particular encroachment upon the in some form,” said the Mld':n‘t" 3 ‘Every repelled it, and every President h: :ad on this authority unimpaired. The President praised highly the of public service of the three commissioners attacked by the ooalition and assertd emphati- ly: “Not & single member is in the re- t way connected with the power D the action of three com- missioners by which Charles A. Rus- sell, the solicitor, and Willlam V. King, the chief accountant, and F. E. Bonner, one of them |the THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 11, 1931—PART ONE. Text of Hoover Statement President Sets Forth Reasons for Refusing to Return Nominations of Power Commission Officials to Senate. President Hoover's statement, issued at the White House his action in refusing to ruu?mlt the appointment of t) plaining the Federal Power Commission, “I have today notified the Senate that I will not accede to their reso- lution requesting the return to the Senate of the mo:'l;:wnl ldvu:x‘xlx" and consenting to appointms of Messrs. George Otis Smith, Col. Marcel Garsaud and Mr. Claude L. Draper, members of the Federal Power Commission. “I am advised by the Attorney General that these appointments were constitutionally made, are not subject to recall and that the request cannot be complied with by me. In any event, the objective of the Sen- ate constitutes an attempt to dictate to an atiministrative agency upon the appointment of subordinates and an attempted invasion of the suthority of the Executive. These as President T am bound to resist. “I cannot, however, allow a false issue to be placed before the coun- try. Therd is no issue for oregainst power companies. History of Commission. “It will be recalled that on my recommendation the Federal Power Commission was reorganized from the old basis of three ub:n:t‘ n‘\;r;; bers giving a small time ‘é a full wmmr:on of five members, in order that adequate protection could be given to public interest in the water resources of the country, and that I further recom- mended that the commission should be given authority to regulate all interstate power rates. The law es- tablishing "the new commission be- came effective last June, although legislation giving it authority to reg- ulate rates has not yet been enacted. “The resolutions of the Senate may have the attractive political merit of glving rise to & legend that those who voted for it are ‘enemies of the power interests’ and, inferen- follows: and it may contain a hope of sym- bolizing me as the defender of power administrative board the appoint- ment of its subordinates, and if I refuse to allow fundamental en- es from the people the maintenance of which is vital to the protection of public the integrity of the tion. “The President is nsible to the people to see that and capable officials are employed by or appointed to the various adminis- trative agencies of the Government. I do not appoint nor recommend day, ex- members of ‘any subordinate of the power commission. Under the law the commission appoints these officers untrammelled. If the power com- mission shall fail to employ honest and capable officials, it is within my power to remove such officials as well as the members of the commis- sion. I have not and shall not hesitate to exert that authority. The House of Representatives has the right to impeach any public official and 1f the power commission shall be derelict in the performance of its duties, the orderly and con- stitutional manner of ure by the legislative branch would be by impeachment, and not through an attempt by the Senate to remove them under the guise of recon- sidering their nominations, or any attempt to force administrative agencies to & particular action. Fitness Was Investigated, “In_July last, I nominated to the Senate . Col. Garsaud and Messrs. Draper and Williamson as members of new commission. Their char- acter and fitness for its duties were inquired into by a committee of the Senate and favorably reported. Ow- ing to the press of business in last session, these nominations were for four months and in December renominated: them to the Senate to- gether with Mr. George Otis Smith and Mr. Frank R. McNinch~ The qualifications of h:ll]nv‘o mamb;r; were again searc! investiga by the commif e, X public service, head of the Geological Survey for 30 years through Democratic as well as Republican administrations. He has himself as an inde- pendent devoted public official with & larger kno-ladso of water power resources of the United any other man. He was chosen as chairman of the commission. Col. Garsaud is an eminent engineer and had a distinguished service as colonel in the Army during the World War. Mr. Draper served for 10 years as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of his State with the universal approval of the citizens of that State. Not a single member is in the remotest way connected with power interests. “Upon confirmation, official notice was forwarded to me by the secre- tary of the Senate in accordance with the precedents of many years. I thereupon ,issued the commissions and the appointees were duly sworn into office. 7 Notice to Employes. *“Messrs. Smith, Draper and Gar- saud, the only members who were then in Washington, met and as- sumed the responsibility of office, and I understand, notified all em- ployes of the old commission that under the new law their employ- ment was automatically terminated. Arrangements were made with the Civil Service Commission to tem- porarily continue the clerical em- ?luyu and further action was de- lerred upon the secretary, a solici- tor and an accountant, and others, ‘until & meeting of the full commis- sion, including Messrs. Willlamson and McNinch, which was held early in January. “At that time all employes, includ- ing the three men whose dismissal has been the subject of controversy, were informed they could apply for reappointment and their ica~- tions would be examined. am in- formed that the solicitor and ac- countant have applied for reappoint- ment, but no action has been taken by the commission upon their appli- cations. The chairman of the com- mission has, however, expressed dis- approval especially of the former secretary and the solicitor because of long-continued bickerings and controversies among employes of the old commission. “I regret that the Government should be absorbed upon such ques- tions as the action of the Power Commission in employment or non- emfl]cyment of two subordinate offi- clals at a time when the condition of the country requires eve con- structive energy.” - Interior Department. When Senator Brookhart of Towa was so informed, he announced he would offer an amend- ment to the Interior appropriation bill denying Mr. Bonner any salary under the bill. The text of the President’s message to the Senate follows: “To the Senate of the United States: I am in receipt of the resolution of the Benate dated January 5, 1931, “That the spectfully requested to return Senate the resolution advising and con~ senting to the appointment of George Otis Smith to be a member of the Fed- eral Power Commission, which was :g;:ie‘d to on Saturday, December 20, “I have similar resolutions in respect to the appointment of Messrs. Claude L. Draper and Col Marcel Garsaud. “On December 30, 1930, I received the usual attested resolution of the Senate, signed by the secretary of the Senate as follows: ‘Resolved, that the Senate aé~ vise and consent to the appointment of following-named persons to the office named agreeably to his nomina- tion: “ ‘George Otis Smith to be a member of the Federal Power Col n.” .“I have received similar resolutions in respect to Col. Garsaud and Mr. Draper. I am advised that these ap- pointments were constitutionall e, with the consent of the Senate formally communicated *o me, and that the re- turn of the documents by me and re- consideration by the Senate would be ineffective to disturb the intees in their offices. I cannot admit the power executive secretary of the old Power |of the Benate to encroach upon the , were let out of office, the | executive functions by removal of a sa! “All employes (of the old commis- | sion), incl the three men whose dismissal has duly appointed executive officer under the guise of reconsideration of his nomi- nation. I regret that I must refuse to accede to the t. “(Signed) mlm‘ HOOVER.” Vote to Put Names Back. The vote on the motion to put the | names of the commissioners back on the calendar follows: For replacing: | ., Democrats—Ashurst, Barkley, Black, | Brock, Bulkley, Carawa; Smith, Thomas of Montana, Total, 24 construed as Lla sccountant, William V. | Pine. Total, 11. Blaine, Borah, B , Frazier, Howell, Johnson, Follette, McMaster, Norbeck, Norris, Farmer-Labor .for: Shipstead. To- far, 3 President of the United States be re- | to the By BAN ON OBSTRUCTIONS NEAR AIRPORTS ASKED Protection of Public Aim of Reo- ommendation of Commerce Department. Protection of the interests of the blic in the use of air transportation insuring safe avenues of approach to airports for landing and taking off of afrcraft through zoning regulations prohibiting erection of tall buil 5 or other obstructions in the vicinity of airports is recommended in & report fo the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce by a commit- tee on airport zoning and eminent domain created by the. department nearly a year ago. The adoption of ordinances to elim- inate undue dangers to air trafic in the vicinity of airports, the committee reported, becomes a measure directly in_the aid of public welfare. Protection against ic~ tions lrmlan‘d alrports not lolh uld not oul 0 be given to Government-owned air- ports but also to commercial airports which fill a public need through the accommodation of interstate air com- merce, the committee stated. ‘There is precedent for such action, the mnmmeh:mwwdmalmfllr r'lgh" in n given of public utilities. " i ‘The recommendations of the commit- tee, if adopted locally, would permit removal of such obstructions as tele- hone, telegraph and high tension ines along the Alexandria-Washington road joining Washington-Hoover Alrport. Efforts have been made for more than a year to have obstructions removed. e CONGRESSMEN TO SPEAK G Cosmopolitan Baptist Church to Hold Anniversary Exercises. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washing- ton and Representative Joseph A. Gav- agan of New York will be at the twenty-sixth versary exercises of the Cosmopolitan Baptist Institu- tional Church, Thirteenth and Corcoran streets, to be observed Thursday at 8 COURTS MAY HAVE | LAST POWER WORD Next Move in President-Sen- ate Contest Held Up to Latter. BY MARK SULLIVAN. ‘The next move in the controversy between Senate and Executive about ap- pointees to the Power Commission is up to the Senate. Whatever the Senate does next will be sensational, but yet will be terial. The im) will come up relatively immad jportant next step in_the courts. ‘That the question will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court is taken for granted. Just how the question will get into the courts nobody quite knows, although that is what everybody now speculates on. Conceivably, the Senate may assume the Power Board members are not legally in office, and on that assumption may decline to vote their salaries. In that event, the commis- sioners might sue for their salaries. As & practical matter, it is difficult for the Senate to omit the salaries of specific Government employes from the appro- qum bills, which are general in form. Litigant Might Raise Issue. Another way by which the question could reach the courts would be for & litigant before the Power Commission to assume that the commission is not legally in office, and therefore that its ‘c";h‘“ wl%o stated very roughly, is e question, 3 wlm.lm?“e the Senate, after confirming President, appointees named by the -m notifying the President that con- firmation has made, after the President has issued commissions to the appointees, after the appointees have taken the oath of office and after the appointees have exercised their of- ficlal functions, whether thereafter the Senate can demand that the President return the names to the Senate and can reverse or otherwise act upon the confirmations previously given. The Senate has a rule that it can reconsider & confirmstion within two dmolm' u:zu-lmudwmwn- firmation is made. = “Two days of executive sessions” does not mean two successive calendar days, The “two days of executive ly b 'ge. 3 an‘he ery“the Plalldg\”t is bound by the rules of this body (the Senate).” Fundamental Question Historie. The fundamental question, however, is within the historic qf}lzh‘l of how much power the Senate has over the tenure of holders of office mnhd by the President. _ This qu lies in a shadowy field of constitutional no- man’s-land in which Senate and Presi- dent have fought and won or lost bat- tles ever since the Government began. Apparently, if the Senate under a rule and practice devised by itself can un- seat officials within “two days of execu- tive session” after confirming, it can unseat th‘em after two weeks, or two ars, or two decades. ”’me theory that the Senate has a right to & hand in terminating the tenure of an office holder, while appar- ently new and extraordinary, not. 50 at all. Periodically the Senate fights to assert the right. The latest occa- sion when muuuon én fl;l-lu flncld‘r,-end esent questio E b} tration. Wilson for his salary uj lyr!uidem had 1;’:“ right to remove him except with the ".dvin; and .nonun:, Senate.” The Supreme Cour Sustatn President’s unqualified ocourt, to use Senate where to get off.” Nevertheless, that the broad principle is still controverted, and that the pres- ent case constitutes a real question, is suggested by the fact that in the case just mentionied three justices dissented, Brandeis, Holmes and McReynolds. Senators Interested in Politios This dispatch deals only with the fundamental question involved. That is AT ool i, aspacs wan very le . A wi little in the minds of the Senators who made the fight against the President’s prerogative. During the debate only a handful of Senators listened. The mass of them were in the smoking room dis- the politios involved. The con- stitutional arguments were to & large extent “window . The light- ness of the Senate's care for the con- stitutional aspect was pointed out by one Democratic Senstor, who, falling into a genuinely delicious humor, sald: “Bee how excited are the people in the gallery and yet how silent they sit with closed and nods heads (laughter) e T aesiaty anaine 1o are eagerly anxiously every word uttered in this exciting and peculiarly fascinating debate. (Laugh- ter.) * * * Why not put a radio broad- casting device in this chamber. Mil- 1lions of people outside would sit spell- bound. How the children would throw down their toys and come in from play and sit enthralled and listen.” (Laughter.) ‘What was to the front of the minds of most Senators who made the fight was the presidential election next year. The President's opponents, whether with sincerity in some cases or political strategy in others, insisted that the real uestion to which they wished to attract a\e country’s attention was whether, as they allege, President Hoover's ap- pointees were sufficiently partial to the Government ownership side of the pow- Dill of Washington put it, from his rather radical Government-ownership point of view, “the power issue is here to stay until we place in the White House & President who will insist that the great hydro-electric power sites of this country shall be used in the inter- est of the people.” (Copyright, 1931) HURLEY FIT AS FIDDLE, DOESN'T NEED SYMPATHY War Secretary Working Overtime ‘When Radio Broadcaster An- nounced He Was in Hospital. Secre! Hurley is being deluged tacy Tuer_ booe, dlogid fiddle The Secretary said yesterday that while he was sitting in his office one Wednesday afternoon, working over- time on oichl business, & radio broad- caster was ing he had entered eport, W] was incorrect and without foundation in fact, has caused me a great deal 6f embarrassment and inconvenience,” the Sec com~ plained ot o diaie te- sult was the creation of doubt as to whether or mnot my scheduled New Year reception would be held. This in turn caused my house to be flooded with inquiries’ throughout New Year day. Doubt has arisen P. W. D its in 8 will be Dr. J. L. 8. Holloman, . A J. Tyler and Dr. W. D. Jarvis. Wo;ld Aid Bank Losers. of the rve bl h failures of member introduced yesterday b; u\mu with whom I have appol whether or not 1 can adhere to my ;Mk ule. In messages of A S, ST Fragment i)eltroyt Eyesight. (Opectal Wl pIcking up bones te — u es for chicken Teod at his home near Mathias, this county, John Shipe lost the of one ‘ by Wi among persons mmuwu to 5 AKERSON’S SONS HOSTS TO MRS OOVER e H Akerson, secretary to Pres- George ‘the Akerson’s children at their residence; he Akerson dog, whom also welcomed —Wide World Photo. - DRESS SUPPORTS HODVERS ACTION Solid Opinion He Is Right, Though Some Blame Him for Row. The following digest of editorial opinion on the Senate eflort to recall the Power Commission a; pointed has been received The Star: Philadelphia Public Ledger: The long story of the United States Benate’s attempt to assert its authority over the Executive branch of the Gov- ernment contains many examples of arrogant assumption, but the limit would seem to have been reached with its demand that Prefident Hoover re- turn for reconsideration the names of three Federal Power Board Commis- 3‘&"’"' whom it recently confirmed to ce. No one expected Mr. Hoover to yleld to the Senate’s contention. To do so would have encouraged the Senate to adopt a similar dictatorial attitude toward the poMcies and procedure of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Tariff Commission, the Farm Board and all other governmental bodies ‘whose membership it confirms. His re- fusal will be widely commended. From the practical vie: int the Senate has indulged in an i¢ gesture. But as a symptom of fits increasing spirit of autocracy and disposition to dictate to the Executive it is most disquieting. Baltimore Sun: There 15 not much doubt that the | Prosident has the Senate by the short | hair in this matter of the attempted recall of the confirmation of three members of the Power Commission. ‘The whole affair gives no credit either to the Senate or to the President, and offers no cheering prospects to the le. So far as we can see, nobody deserves any congratulation. The Senate has rather made a spectacle of itself, and Mr. Hoover has won another of the kind of victories that scare sensible men to death. New York Herald Tribune: In undertaking to void its confirma- tion of thres members of the Feder: Power c&n‘:lnhn the Senate ness, stupidity and attempted usurpa. tion of power. For the President to yleld to this dictation would be to weaken the fundamental principle under which our Government is divided into three branches—executive, legislative and Judicial. To assume that the Senate may recall a confirmation after the President has been notified and the officlal commis- sioned is to t it the power to invade the field of executive. It would as- sume & power of recall or dismissal at any time over any official whose ap- g;:ntmam s subject to confirmation by Senate. Such a condition, ng with it the possibility of Senate control over the acts of Presidént's ap- pointees, is unthinkable. If the 44 mem- bers of the Senate who voted affirma- tively on this proposition really believed they were acting within their legal rights it is a sad commentary on their intelligence. We prefer to believe that Senator Walsh of Montana and some others know very well that the only way officials once commissioned after con- firmation may be removed is by dismis- sal by the President or through im- peachment. But what may be said of their stupid- ity? A man may not be blamed for stupidity—although the Senate is no place for such. What must be said of the “public servant” who will waste five days of the all-too-short time before the adjournment of Congress playing the Presi- dent and in & cheap attempt to get a fake tation for guarding the in- terest of the people? Cleveland Plain Dealer: In voting to reconsider its confirma- tion of three members of the Fede: Power e ture of protest. than a gesture of pra 3 asserts a power of senatorial recall. power commissioners’ confirmation can be called back because the Senate does not like what they do after they take ‘what would prevent the Senate from seeking by the same method to oust the ef Justice or any other presidential appointee subject to Sen- confirmation? But if '.hfll Bel}lh‘l nls‘f.lo’r&lan?e“: to 4 on , eliness zllmmre ?fimn will lead many to defend the ators who changed blow at the power lobby, been seeking to direct legislative and administrative ac- tion and to influggge public opinion. San Francisco Gnroniele: One had only to read the roll call | | wrong in this affair. oust three members of the Federal Power Commission, duly appointed, con- firmed by the Senate and sworn into office for more than two weeks. ‘The Senate’s action is pure partisan peevishness, just another exhibition of insurgent ghost dancing, abetted by the Democrats with the hope of annoying the administration. The line-up tells its own story. ‘The action of the Senate in the case of the power commissioners has the unpleasant odor of an attempt at usur- pation. Yet it need not be taken too seriously even in that light. tion itself probably didn't expect Presi- dent Hoover to let the Senate commit an act of usurpation. While throw- ing bricks at the President the Senate }ml?sd he would save it from its own olly. In the meantime the insurgents and their Democratic sympathizers have had a lovely time making swashbuck- ling speeches for home consumption and usi up five days needed for urgent public business. Portland O : If presidential appointments t are legally made, confirmed and put into effect could be upset by the Senate at one time, why not at another? Why would not the Senate have this club of reconsidera- tion to hold over all presidential ap- pointees & month after confirmation, six months or a year? The Senate blundered by sending the names along while there remained a possibility that it would change its mind; no wit asks the President to do something he cannot legally do, for the sake of righting its own mistake. Yet if the commissioners had not ac- tually gone into office, the movement to oust them would not have started. Birmingham News-Age-Herald: The President's statement on the matter gives the Senate as well deserved a dressing down as that body has ever te terms and with scrup- ulous regard for all the facts of the situation. This restraint on the part of Mr. Hoover gives added force to his statement. He patiently explains that he is advised by the Attorney General that he could not return the nomina- tions if he wanted to. But he s on to declare his resistence, quietly but determinedly, to the Senate’s attempt to encroach upon the constitutional in- dependence and authority of the Ex- ecutive., . The Senate has been entirely in the Its actions have not only been spiteful, but petty and childish. It has attempted to dictate to the Power Commission concerning a more or less trivial affair with which it had nothing to do, in the first place. It has attempted to_encroach upon the authority of President. It has acted with indiscretion and poor judg- ment; it has acted unfairly. It was no respect whatever in the right in its attitude. G. W. SCHURMAN DIES NEW YORK, January 10 (#).—George | W. Schurman, prominent lawyer and brother of Jacob Gould Schurman, for- mer Ambassador to Germany, died of pneumonia yesterday at his home, on West Pifty-third street. He was 63 years old. He was senior member of the firm of Hughes, Schurman & Dwight and vice president of the Bar Association of the City of New York for the last two years. He was born at Freetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Ambassador De Luxe Sunday DINNER 5'.50 From 12 to 9 P. M. Room rapefruit or Crab Flake Cocktail Celery Hearts _ Gr CGream of T Broth_Vermioelll Geilled, Fresh W. eam cr_Rissole Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Naomi Pruit Salad, Cream Dressing Burnt Almond Cre Assorted French Pastry Strawberry Ice Cresm ange Sherbet Molis, Biscuits, Corn Bread Cotfes,_Tea or Milk The coali- | DAVIS DEFENDED - BYG.0.P. WORKER | Councilman From Philadel- phia Holds Campaign Ex- penses Not Excessive. By the Assaciated Press. The move to unseat Senator Davis, Republican, Pennsylvania, on grounds of excessive campaign expenditures brought a defense of the former Labor Secretary yesterday from Charles B. Hall, Philadelphia councilman and Re- Ppublican Dlfl& ‘worker. = Chairman Nye of the Senate Cam- g:i[n Funds Committee has announced intends introducing & resolution to Temove Davis. His committee, he says, has found wdlmru of around $1,- 200,000 in primary and election campaign of Davis and others on the same ticket. Hall, in & letter to Nye, & copy of which was made lic yesterday by Benator Davis' office, estim: than 5 cent of the expenditures were in Davis’ behalf. The bal- ance, he wrote, went for candidates for Governor, _lieutenant ,’memr. 36 members of Congress, State Sen- ators, 250 members of the State House of Representatives and more than 8,000 counc! 3 Hall contended the primary race be- tween Davis and former Senator Grundy “never rose to the dignity of & contest” and the popularity of the former was evidenced by the fact that he ran “nearly 900,000” ahead of Gif- ford Pinchot, the successful guberna- torial candiate in the election. ‘The writer sald Senator Davis had expressed before and after the primary campaign a desire to keep expenditures down and he had said he “would not stand for & boodle campaign.’ Foreigners in Hall of Fame. CHAMPAIGN, Ill., January 10 (). The TIllinois’ Editors' Mall of Fame yesterday became international in scope by the action of the Illinois Press Assoclation in electing three national and two foreign journalists. “members” are Benjamin Franklin, Horace Greeley and Henry J. Raymond from the United States and Thaddeus Delane, an editor of the London Times, and Theophraste Renaudot, founder of the Paris Gagette, from abroad. POWER DEADLOCK MAY BE LONG ONE Members of Congress See Possibility of Clash Be- tween Two Houses. With the Senate on record for the reconsideration of the Power Commis- sion nominations and President Hoover standing firm again return of the papers to the Capitol, the prevailing bellef among members of Congress last night was that the stituation is in deadlock and will remain so indefinitely. It is still possible for the Senate to make several more moves in the matter and it is certain an attempt will be made to cut off the salaries of the three commissioners concerned, George Otis Smith, Claude L. Draper and Col. Marcel Garsaud. Senator Burton K, Wheeler, Democ: Montana, gave notice of this in Senate debate yester- d:{. But it is not anticipated the House will permit this and there is a possi- bility of a serious deadlock between the two chambers over this issue. Support Hoover’'s Stand. Senator Simeon D. Fess, Republican, Ohio, ' chairman of the Republican National Committee, commen last night of the President’s statement of the case to the nation, sald: “My opinion is that the President could not have taken any other course. 1 realize, as every one else does, that the Senate’s action was political and noth- ing else. I believe the country will un- derstand this, and that the reaction will be favorable to the President.” Representative John Q. Tilson of Con- necticut, Republican floor leader of the muu, however, expressed his views as lows: “I am glad the President has come back with a good, strong statement. I consider his position entirely right. It was a matter of executive responsibility and he has exercised that responsibility, The commission has started to function, and unless it does something imj it should be allowed to continue. It should be evident that the President has acted as a competent executive should, and the people will -pm course.” o IIP?MVI l."nmuu M. Beck, Re- publican, Pennsylvania, recognized au- thority on the Constitution, commented as follows in discussing the President’s action and his statement: “I think that all students of the Constitution will heartily indorse the President’s vigorous vindication of the executive power, which was in terms vested in the President. Cites Other Cases. “While the President could not make the appointments in question without the advice and consent of the Senate, yet the Senate gave ”lh consent and ‘was uestion. Supreme Gourt held aome years ago. a1 upreme some , & the time of the McKinley un:r“ bill, that it could not the journal its Legislature had ratified an amend- ment. I think it was the eighteenth amendment. Subsequently, ‘the State attempted to reconsider the ratification by a referendum. It was held by the Supreme Court that when the Legis- lature had ratified the amendment, its constitutional function had ended. “While the cases are all similar, yet they justify the conclusion that, when the Senate acts upon a nomination and certifies the result to the Executive, it cannot then take the back track. Any other result would lead to governmental chaos, for the Senate might, if its present contention be correct, adopt a new rule that a reconsideration of a nomination might be made at any time within the sese sion, and in that event the of government would stop because the President would never know within the session whether he could commission his nominee. “Apart from the constitutional merits e case, the President is slowly strengthening himself in = vigorously combating the partisan and unpatriotic attempts of a group of Senators to destroy him.” The deadlock between Senate and President brings up to date an old rivalry, it was said last night by Charles ‘Warren, Washington attorney and author of an article on “Hmor(c .Con- troversies Between the President and the Senate.” Without venturing to comment on the question of where jus- tice lies in the present dispute, he de- clared that it took rank with former deadlocks in the clash of claims over respective constitutional powers of the two branches of Government. ‘There had been no exactly similar dispute in the history of the contro- versies so that there was no precedent for guidance, he said. of Character ‘le not on will be c‘zarsed and The Morris Plan for a persen of sood character, Security for Loans W]men AnTone 'HHL‘ ofl:onowin; moneg, e y considers the rate which !l’IC manner ‘f pay- ment of the oblisntion—ke is concerned with the type of security which he can put up in order to obtain the loan. Under the Morris Plan no pluyticnl property is requirea. has made it possible il dily employed, to obtain money through en- dorsement, that is, the signing of a prom- issory note, by two of his friends. ‘We loan on the reputation and char- acter and earning nbi]it’ of the borrowes and his two comakers. Morris Plan Bank ‘

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