Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 31

PRESENT HOUSE RULES HIT BY REPRESENTATIVE CRISP Georgian Tells of Amendments Planned in Address Radio ‘The text of the speech of Representa- tive Charles R. Crisp of Georgia on “Liberalizing House Rules,” delivered last night in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast net- work of the Columbia Broadcasting Bystem, follows: Under our archaic rules, the House of Representatives ceases to be a repies: tative body. It no longer repr:sent constituents back home. It has bocome & Tubber stamp to approve the affirma- tive decrees of its mastrs, the auto- cratic _triumvirate—the Speaker, majority leader and the chairm the Rules Committes. Its masters, in proventing consideration of legislation, exercise veto power more effective than can the President of the | United States and do not <ven con-| descend to consider the wishes of the |have a hearing on these bills. At last| goyse. membership of the House. The: Teduced the Hous: to a mere cipher— &n impotent legislative body. Under the | rules, 80 per cent of the members may desire to consider a bill, but, unl'ss the t, there is no for con- is_drunk way to get the mreasur sideration. Our tiumvira with power and defies tha |44 Congressman to vot lize the rules of the next House so as to_insure his having a vote and voice on legisla- | tion affecting his constituents. Und:r the present rules, the ave has neither, Plans to Offer Changes. T am not a radical and am often | with being | ave determined | 10 do all in my power to have the rules | smended so a numerical majority of the | members of the House, irrespective of | political party afiliation, can_function | and legislate as contmplated by the | Constitution. It is manifestly impossible, [ man will not call his committee to-| with our large membership, to have | unlimited debate as is the case in the | Senate, but it is a travesty on popular | government that, when a majority of | the House desire to consider a biil or, vote on a vital public question, four or five members holding similar ‘commis- sions to our own can prevent it. " what meat doth this cur Caesar feed | that he has grown so gr-at?” I propose | to exert every effort possible to corr this mockery on popular government. i I am conscious that there is no pos- sibility of having the present House | amend the present rules. Under the | Constitution of the United Stetes, each | House in every new Congress adopts its | own rules. It is my purpose, before the rules for the next House ,are adopted, to offer several amendments to them which will not clog busin-ss but will restore the House to its former| ition of a representative body and enable a majority to work its will. Iam whole-heartedly in favor of the Tules | I shall sponsor wh-ther my party con- | trols the House or is in the minority. I believe in fair play and a democratic form of government. | Obviously, it would be futile for me to | @iscuss in detail with a radio audience | vote would settle all controversy as to | business. It v the techniqu: of the proposed amend- | ments to the rules, but be assured they | will accomplish the object sought. Be- | fore discussing the amendments, let me | {llustrat: how the present rules work, | ghowing the absolute necessity for | liberalization. The indefensible Smoot- Hawley tariff bill was passed under a gag rule. The bill contained 434 pages, of which only 4 pages were read to the House for amendment. Of the 727 paragraphs, only 6 were read and considered. Of the 435 members of | the House, only 15, the Rcpublican members of the Ways and Means Com- mittee who originally prepared the bill, could authorize the offering of a single amendm-nt to the bill when it was being considered in the House. Not a single Democratic member was permit- | ted to offer an amendment. The Scnat® ted 1,253 amendments to the bill, Under the House gag rule, the House adopted all but s:ven of them, in block, by one vote. The triumvirate permitted the House to vote individually on only seven of the Senate amendments. Can any red-blooded, unbiased, patriotic citizen who subscribes to our form of rernment and desires well considered legislation by Congress approve this legislative policy? Conferees Defy House. Let me call your attention to several dmportant bills pending in the present | Congress on which our “bosses” will not permit the House to vote: The dis- position of Muscle Shoals. The tax- payers have invested at Muscle Shoals over a hundred and fifty millions of dollars. The question before Congress is not one of putting the Government in business at Muscle Shoals, for the Government is now in business there | generating a small amount of electric | energy and selling it to the Alabama | Power Co. The power developed by the | Government is sold to that company at an average price of 2 mills per kilowatt hour and resold to the consumers by | - the company at from 5 to 6 cents per | kilowatt hour, or over 25 times its cost | to the company. Maj. Gen. Brown,| chief of the United States Engineers, | testified before a committee of Congress that the Alabama Power Co. had the Government at its mercy and that, un- der existing condition: the Govern- | ment could not obt fair price for the power. For 10 v he power and fertilizer interests hav Jation on this subject tional disgrace and farmers and taxpa day of June, 1930, this subject-matter he ence between th~ Hou the Senate an agreement with { use to report back ferees, and even cei to the House u disagreement, which would permit the House to appoint other conferees ot take other action on the subject-mattcr. A large majority of the House would teach an agreement with the Scnate if permitted to vote. The House conferees defy the House. Under the present rules. without the consent of our triumvirate, tk House 45 powerless to act. COne of the rules I she) propose would correct this monstrous condition and permit the House to deal with the subject The Scnate last Spring pas Joint resolution to postpane year the authorii* of the Int Commerce Commiston to _~onsol the railway systems ¢f the Nation or twelve Western Stales are interested, and their Governcrs Representatives in Congress begged and pleaded that the House should consider the resolution. Our masters were ob- durate, and the resolution has act been considered by the House up to this date One of the rules I shall propose woulé correct this tyranny and place it within the power of a majority of the House 1o consider this and similar resolutions. Compensation Action Blocked. There are pending today before the Ways and Means Committee about fity bills providing for some cash set- tlement of the adjusted service insur- ance certificates issued by the Govern- ment to our ex-service men. Business is prostrate and needs some stimulation to speedy economic recovery. Can there be a more conservative or equitable way to provide a needed inflation than to make some equitable settleraent on these policies? The cash_proceeds of RESORTS. | happy | record how in National Forum. such settlement would be distributed to every cross-road hamlct in the United States. It would not be a gratuity, but an equitable settlement by the Govern- ment of its own obligations before ma- turity, and, with the low rate of in- terest' now prevailing, the Government would save three or four hundred mil- lions of dollars by the transaction and |at the same time relieve the f i distress of millions of our peopl the ex-scrvice men, but the un- unemployed and their hungry families, the merchants, the banks, the lawyers, the labor class_of citizen indirectly benefited by the release into the chan- nels of trade of this amount of money. The Ways and Means Committee, through the autocratic power of its chairman, is not permitted even to have | Tuesday’s session of the committee the | the bill and desires to kill it behind minority leader, Mr. Garner, endeav- ored to make a motion that the cor mittee have hearings on _these bills, and the chairman, Mr. Hawley, re- fused to entertain the motion, saying the committee wes not called for that purpose. ay Mr. Hawley House only on T upon the 11 of the have regular the commi call of standin meeting Gays pr of House, if tent members of 33 of our 44 committees desire a_meeting to consider a pending before them. unless the chair- man agrees to call the committee to- gether, the meeting cannot be held. This is “bossism” run mad and exceeds “Cannonism.” I shall propose a rule that would correct this destruction of representative government and place it within the power of a majority of any committee of the House to meet when- ever they desired and as often as they desired to consider any bill pending before the committee. The rule will provide that when a recalcitrant chair. of the gther at the request of three of its members then a majority of the cos mittee can file with the clerk of the committee & written request for a mecting at a specified day and hour, and the committee is thereby automat- ically called to meet at that time. thus the right of the committee to t Dry Record Vote. It is my conception of a democracy that a majority of the duly elected Rep- resentatives should have the right to vote on any public legislation pending before the pody. Whether they favor or oppose the legislation, they should be willing to express their views on it.| The United States Constitution says that one-fifth of the Congressmen present in the House can demand a | yea and nay or record vote on any bill | | acted upon. This is intended to let the voters know the views of the legis- lators. Today the most discussed, the most controve! American people is prohibition. ‘I am constrained to think that the electorate | is entitled to know the position of Con- gressmen on this vita] issue. A record how the House stands. I believe the knowledee would be helpful to the Na tion. The amendment I shall offer would permit a hundred members to force a record vote in the House on this question. Most Important Part. Under our present code of rules, any public bill in which the people are vitally interested can be smothered in a committee and thus killed, and it is most frequently done; and by the same means the membership of the House may be prevented from going on record as to how they stand on the measure. This system of gag rule plays directly into the hands of the special interests and is a favorite method used in pre- venting legislation opposed by them. I believe that a man or woman elected to the bhigh cffice of Congressman should have the courage to vote on any pubiic legislation pending in Congress and to let his constituents, who have a voice on the legislation only through their Representative, know how he stands upon it. Under the present gag system, this is circumvented. If a member refuses to commit himself to his constituents and writes non-com- mittal letters, under the present sys- tem, his actual position remains un- known. One of my amendments to the | rules would obviate this and make it | | possible for the House to place on each of its members stands on pending legislation. The rule that would accomplish this is, in my judg- ment, by far the most important amendment to the rules that I shall propose. It will be known as a dis- charge rule legislative procedure may I say that, when a bill is presented to the House for action, the House refers it to one of the committees for consideration, contemplating that the committee will | k promptly consider it and report it to the House with such recommenda- tions as the committee de proper. TOUR EUROPE Clarks Norih Cape Cruise, June 29, S, Calgaric, July 4 It » E Yher's S8 & Frank C , for every | at | it 2 ent_rules | bill | ass lo whenever a majority desires | ial question before the | To those unfamiliar with | THE Forum Speaker | 4 3 __REPRESENTATIVE C. R. CRISP. The House does not consider any bill until it has first been referred to & committee and reported back to the If the committee is opposed to closed Goors and to prevent or protect the members from voting on it, it re- fuses to report it back to the House at all, but buries it in the archives of the | committee and kills it in the darkness | of the committee room. Before the ¢ on the bill it must get e committee and back cf the House. T nherent power to do th but, on of the bill, nt rules, there is no way | ish it if the triumvirate Il. I shall offer a rule, to be led a rge rule, which will correct this unhappy state of af- | fairs. In my judgment, the rule would | be a conservative and workable one, but |it is harsh and drastic and should be | used only to deal with a stubborn and recalcitrant committee. No discharge | rule should furnish to a mere handful | of disgruntled members an_opportunity to interfere with the orderly procedure of the House 100 Members Necessary, The question then arises, how many desiring action on any special legislation pigeon-holed in a committze should be Tequired to make this rule operate and | to require the House to vote on the mo- | tion to discharge? I have sclected 100 | members as being necessary to perfect | the m-tion and g:t it in order for con- ideration by the House. Why have I | selected a hundred? When you have a | | code of rules, is it not wise to have form to each other so far Under the rules of the ed members is a quorum o tec of the Whale House State of the Union for the con- n of tax measures taxing the lions of dollars. One hundred is a quorum authorized to consider ap- | prepriation bills appropriating approxi- ~v five billions of dollars yearly. ‘Th(‘l('hu if a hundred members are | competent to ,.~< on tax and appro- | priations bills, are u.: = hundred of sufficient importance to iuat~ a mo- tion to discharge a committee frem v consideration of a measurs, that mo- y to be in order to be called people b During an entire long session’ of Con- gress there would probaby be only 10 or 12 days when the motion cmfld‘l | operate. It would not in any wise clog uld not in any w | chaos. It wculd not. ome of my distinguished opponcnts | say, provide for legizlation on petit | It would do nothing of the kind. hundred members weuld simply initiate the motion, and the motion could not be | filed until the bill to which it was di- rected had becn before one of the stand- ing committees at least 30 days. Then, | when the motion had obtained & hun- | dred signatures, it must go on the cal- | ender of motions to discharge com- ! mittees and remain there at least seven days_before it could be called up. It | could bz called up only on the second 7; __ STEAMSHIPS S TO 7 e W LS K 11 l AVE win- try New | York. Sail into sum } shine. 14 ports vi.itc | days. Bermuda, South America | and Panama included. Be per- | fectly entertained by the Duch- ! ess of Bedford — luxurious cruising liner. Make reserva- tions at once. Fares from $306. Apply local agent or CRUISES C.E. Phelps, General Agent, it. at New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. RESORTS. AUGUSTA. GA. extra days of rest AUGUSTA is hundreds of miles closer to you than the semi- | tropic resorts yet here you find { twice the sunshine of the Riviera, y and an invigorating, stimulating elimate. 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The hundred would not discharge the committee, but the hundred would simply inaugurate the machinery where- by the House itself on those two days in each month would have the privilege of a 20-minute debate (10 for and 10 against) and a vote as to whether or not it desired to discharge the commit- tee. If a majority of the House wished to discharge the commitiee and they so voted. the committee would be dis- charged and the bill would be up for consideration by the House itself. If a majority did not desire the discharge of the committze and voted against it, the motion would be defeated. I repeat it would not be the hundred members who discharged the committee—it would be a majority of the House, voting in the affirmative, a quorum being present. Some may say this rule would place the committees of the House under duress and prevent an orderly consid- eration by them of the measures before them. Such a charge would refl=ct upon the intelligence of the House of Repre- sentatives. If a committee is honestly and seriously having hearings on and considering a bill, you cculd not get 10 members to sign a motion to discharge . nor could you get a majority of the House to di e the commitfee. The rule would nct place the committe der duress, but would have a y to make them more considerate of the wishes of the House, and probably only in rare caiys would it be necessary to apply the rale. The rule is intended to deal with willful committees that are endeavoring to suppress legislation in the committee so that the House may not act upon it. Rules Committee Supreme. In my judgment, the members who are not afraid and are courageous enough to let the pubiic know their cn pending legisi-i how franght with politics clves, will support the e in the conviction that e able, conscien! women and thi t will adopt this disch: rule in the new rules for the Seven second Congress. Under our pi nt code of rules, the Rules Committee is in supreme control of what measures the House shall be permitted to consider. It largely exe- cutes the decrees of the triumvirate. Under the discharge rule which I have just described it would be possible on two days in each month, at the re- quest of 100 members, to vote as to whether or not the Rules Committee should be discharged from any resolu- | tion pending before it providing either a special order of bu: s, or for the discharge of any standing committee from further consideration of any bill SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Apparatus JANUARY 25, pending before 1t, or for immediate con- sideration by the House of any bill fa- vorably reported by a committee and pending on the House calendars. This rule would absolutely place it within the power of the House to execute its will. It would destroy the autocratic and dic- tatorial power of the Rules Committee and make that committee a useful in- strumentality in the House—the servant and not the master of the House. I have watched new members ‘when they report for duty. They are able, outstanding men in their communities. They come full of enthusiasm and a conscientious desire to render service to their people. They soon find themselves “hogtied” by gag rule and unable to have their bills considered or to dis- cuss them either before the House com= mittees or the House itself. They find that they are but small cogs in a vast piece of machinery which runs at the dictates of the few “bosses.” Their en- thusiasm is subdued and hope and am- bition to render faithful service is changed to despair and discontent. I hope the amendments I shall propose will ameliorate this unfortunate and unhappy condition. If the changes I shall propose are adopted. in my judgment the rules of the House will be a workable and good code of rules, and this conviction is based on 30 years of famili with | the procedure of the House of Repre- ntatives. If you, my countrymen, de- re that the House of Representatives shall once again perform the duties of a representative body, s our forefathers who wrote the Constitution intended, I agein appeal to you to request your Representative in the next Congress to co-operate in the proposed changes in the rules of the House. Good-night. TALKIES TO BE PLACED ON WARSHIPS OF U. S. will Films to Give Sailors Replace Silent Latest Form of Shows. By the Assoclated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif,, Uncle Sam’s _sailors, who viewing silent plctures aboard while their friends on shore listened to the talkies, are to have sound films in the future. Advices were reccived today saying that on April 15 sound apparatus wiil be delivered for motion picture machines on the warships. 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