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SOCIALIST LEADER BACKS COURTPLAN Would Vote for President’s Bill, but Sees Amendment Essential. B5 the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 27.—Socialist Leader Norman Thomas, in a pre- phred address on President Roosevelt's cpurt reorganization suggestion, as- serted tonight: «tIf I were a member of Congress I sfpuld vote yes on the President's pr_pposal with a genuine feeling of ragret that he raised the constitu- tifinal issue at this late date in this form and with & lively insistence that the issue cannot be properly settled without a constitutional amendment. “I do not believe that of itself the President’s proposal is a blow to De- mocracy,” he added in a speech over a C. B. S. radio network. “I believe that it was a blow to the ideal con- ception of Democratic functions that the President should have refused to discuss the issue during the campaign only to raise it as critical after the campaign. I did my best to make the issue of a particular kind of amend- ment to the Constitution vital in the last campaign. That was when it should have been discussed. Then a meandate might have been given to expedite an amendment. I was com- plptely unsuccessful in bringing this issue to the fore. I got no help from a:public which was resolved to vote 18 Mr. Roosevelt with untroubled mind.” Thomas contended at least three amendments were necessary ‘‘to make the Constitution reasonably workable 14 this day and generation.” Advocat- ing an amendment to make the Con- stitution easier to amend as the first, he added: *The second desirable chance is a provision for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States with some guarantee of the right of minority groups to get o the ballot. ~“Pinally, it is necessary that there sBould be a carefully framed amend- nfent positively conferring power upon Oongress with concurrent though slibordinate power for State Legisla- tures to legislate without danger of judicial veto for the economic and social well being of the people.” Judiciary tContinued From First Page.) citien will be heard. But I think two more weeks will wind them up.” Although barring compromises, he disclaimed any intention of “ramming anything down anybody's throat.” “Ample time for thorough consider- ation will be given,” he said. “I eourt dela he added. “Time is my invincible ally. There will be more votes for the bill in May than in April, more in June than in May and more in July than in June. “The bill is & wholesome reform. President Roosevelt will be remem- bered for it far above any other re- form he has brought about. I am not afraid to have the searchlights played upon it for weeks. Time Fights for Him, He Says. “A man with time as his ally would have a leaky brain pen to hurry along a matter in which time is fight- ing for him all the time.” He grew oratorical. “Why pick s fruit that i now slightly green when in Midsummer it will be fully ripe?” he sald. “When the vote is finally taken it will be as though we are on a ship sailing ma- Jjestically into port. So why should we jump overboard and try to swim ashore now?” How the opposition would react to an effort to close the hearings a fort- night hence remained to be seen. All its leaders would say last night was that they had many witnesses yet to be presented. It would take a month &b least, they thought. % LABOR HITS LOWELL PLEA. - —_— *Bourbon” and “Brahmin” Influences Claimed in Counter-Wires. “BOSTON, March 27 (®).—The Massachusetts Federation of Labor efld the New England Committee for Ifdustrial Organization tonight ques- tiened the good faith of Dr. A. Law- rénhoe Lowell and six other Bostonians who demanded the Government sup- press sit-down strikes. ‘The A. F. of L. and C. I. O. bodies stioke in similar tones through tele- grams to President Franklin D. Roose- wvelt and Vice President John N. Gar- | ngr, respectively. Becretary Robert J. Watt signed the fifst and Chairman Thomas F. Burns safid Secretary Powers Hapgood the sscond. Dr. Lowell, president emeritus of Harvard University, and the six oth- em last night telegraphed Garner and | tfe United States Senate that the problem of sit-down strikes “is rapid- 1. growing beyond control” and “drmed insurrection—defiance of law, order and duly elected authority—is spreading like wildfire.” Both telegrams by the labor groups, punctuated with words like “finan- cial Bourbons” and “Brahmin mouth- piece,” charged Dr. Lowell spoke of de- fiance of law and forgot, they said, that Harvard University for eight years defled the Massachusetts mini- mum-wage law by paying its scrub- women 35 cents an hour, or less than decreed by State law. Lowell's Philosophy Hit. Declared Watt's telegram: MIn seeking advice for the solution of labor difficulties, we hope that yau (Roosevelt) will consult men and en who believe in representative democracy, in justice for poor as vi? as rich. The A. Lawrence Lowell “He’s My Granddaddy” Refreshed by his stay in th turned to the White House yesterday. Among the members of his family who met him at Unio Sarah, daughter of James Roos a seat on his lap. pickets as targets for the merciless fire of their hired thugs as dis- closed at the La Follette hearings?” Lowell Group Held ‘“Mockery.” The C. I. O. said the Lowell group's appeal was “a mockery,” and de- clared: “These are the same men who de- cry any and all attempts of the Fed- eral Government to regulate the evils now prevalent throughout the country. These men represent a school of thought that feels that Government should be dictated to and controlled by their small, select, smug group of financial Bourbons. “Furthermore, we submit that there is not one sit-down in the State of Massachusetts at this time, nor has there been & single sit-down strike that lasted over four hours in this State and in no case has there been & deflance of the forces of law and order by the workers.” The telegram said the C. I. O. wel- comed an investigation because it “would disclose that the presence of armed guards and detectives oper- ating for private industry, the ease with which injunctions are continu- ally granted against peaceful picket- ing and the exorbitant sums asked in labor cases for minor offenses would be proven to be some of the funda- mental causes of sit-down strikes. “We pledge to you (Garner) our support in any program for removing the causes and necessities of sit-down strikes.” S p@pheu have no conception of prob- lems involved. =Mr. Lowell considers himself an oracle on everything from street light- g and traffic control to court re- fgtm and fancied regimentation of youth. But the workers of Massa- cHusetts know him as a man of prejudice and inconsistency. “As one who has frequently heard the Brahmin mouthpiece of the reactionaries rant querulously against Federal standards in social security and child labor legislation, I am amazed that he telegraphs Federal authorities for suppression of ‘armed insurrection.’ “Why does this ardent ‘States rights’ advocate want Federal intervention in & State where employers and em- ployes have been steadfestly making intelligent efforts to adjust their dif- ferences without cessation of work? “Is it because reactionary employers are using him as a front in their drive to preserve their vested privi- lege to use peaceful men and women A. B.C. BOARD POWER. FACES COURT TEST Suspension Over Violation of Credit Limitations Brings Injunction Action. The question whether the Alcohol | Beverage Control Board can legally | suspend the licenses of liquor dealers who do not conform strictly to its credit limitations, was raised in Dis- trict Court yesterday and will be argued April 9. Justice Peyton Gordon ordered the board to show cause in court on that day why it should not be enjoined from enforcing a one-day suspension against William 8. Martin, proprietor of Martin's Tavern, 1264 Wisconsin avenue. This action was taken in a suit filed by Martin, a former Georgetown University athlete. Through Attor- neys Harry T. Whelan, William B. O’Connell and William A. Gallagher Martin told the court he had owed a wholesale concern $21.13 for 40 days. Cafes and restaurants are allowed 15 days to pay such bills, and hotels, 30 days. Martin was in the habit of paying his bills when goods were delivered, but was not in the store when one load was brought in, thereby giving rise to the debt, the suit explained. His attorneys contended that the credit limit should be flexible in order to conform to the legal provision that it be “reasonable.” They claimed the action of the board was unrea- sonable and punished an unintentional violator. _— Engineer Dies at Throttle. SUDBURY, Ontario, March 27 (Canadian Press).—Stricken ill in his engine cab, E. A. Williams, Northern Ontario Railway engineer, died with his hand on the throttle yesterday. Fireman William Antler eased Wil- liams to the floor and guided the en- gine for the last two miles of its run to Markstay from Sudbury. No cars were attached. W.P.A. Demonstration Projects To Employ Domestic Workers| | Mrs. Samuel Herrick Named Resi- Domestic workers trained under a W. P. A. program initiated last Feb- ruary are to be given employment at Government demonstration centers, it was announced yesterday, to teach housewives and maids household work as a skilled art. Household occupations, the largest fleld of work open to women, is the only avenue of employment for women where the demand for trained workers far exceeds the supply. Training centers established by the W. P. A, in 17 States, the District of Columbia and New York City pro- duced a small army of skilled domes- tic workers. Nearly 6,000 of these found employment speedily. Under the program, the girls and women received no compensation dur- ing their training period and many desirous of preparing for household employment could not enroll because they had to work on regular W. P. A, projects to support their families. Ellen S. Woodward, assistant admin- istration, conceived the idea of turning these training oenters inte demon- stration oenters, mrm ‘women . e South, President Roosevelt re- m Station was his granddaughter evelt, shown as she happily took —A. P. Photo. 0, 0FC CONVENES HERE ON APRILZT Employer-Employe Relations [ to Be Dominant Theme of 25th Session. | ‘With employer-employe relations a | dominant theme, the twenty-fifth an- | nual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States opens here April 27, it was announced yes- terday, when the partial program for the three-day meeting was made public. No less than three of the sessions are to be given over to this theme as business men from all over the coun- try gather here for what the chamber designates as its quarter-century an- niversary. Round Table First Day. Supreme Decision Anxiously Discussion of this problem will be launched at & round-table conference on the opening day, at which one of the speakers will be B. C. Heacock, | president of the Caterpillar Tractor | Co. of Peoria, Ill. The general meet- ing the following day will take up the | same subject, when Edward F. Mc- Grady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, addresses the chamber, and at the annual dinper, winding up -the .con- vention, April 29, “The Responsibility. | of Business Management” will be the | topic of Sir Edward Beatty, G. B. E,, | of Montreal, chairman and president | of the Canadian Pacific Railway. | Taxes, currency, trade, transporta- | tion, agriculture and conservation will be among the other issues treated. Councillors to Meet. As is customary, the day preceding the opening of the convention will be given over to a meeting of the na- | tional councillors, annual dinner of the American section of the Inter- national Chamber of Commerce and | presentation of awards in fire waste | and health contests Two associate groups, the American Trade Association Executives and the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries, will hold | their annual dinners here on the first | day of the chamber meeting. At the latter, Sir Willmott Lewis, correspond- | ent of the London Times, will speak | on “An International Viewpoint on American Problems.” The principal sessions will be held at the chamber, with group meetings there and at downtown hotels. The annual dinner will be at the Willard. BANKER WILL BE HOST TO 45 YOUNG DEBTORS Oklahoman Finds Hobby of Lend- ing to Farm Club Boys Well Worth While. BY the Associated Press. CYRIL, Okla, March 27.—Forty- five young debtors of banker T. D. Call | will be guests at his annual party | Friday. Call’s hobby is making loans to farm club boys and those he has helped have selected the dav to pay their loans. This year they will return $3,700 he loaned them last year. But no sooner is the annual affair over than Call begins loaning money again. “It doesn’t matter how poor & boy is”” he said. “T'll help him. “Helping farm boys is the best way I know to help a community grow.” who had received certificates from the former to show others how the work is done. They will receive prevailing rates of pay in domestic service for & minimum number of hours each week. Junior demonstrators may be transferred from other W. P. A. proj- ects for periods of two months. It is expected a great many of the women will be placed in private jobs and thus be removed from W. P. A. rolls. Any persons interested in house- work or the problems of household employment may attend the demon- stration centers. A housewife can herself attend or send her maid to witness & demonstration in biscuit or cake baking, proper methods of clean- ing, ironing, dusting or other related subjects. The demonstration projects are to be set up on a State-wide basis and any State may initiate them locally as W. P. A. projects. Mrs. Woodward has designated Miss Anna Marie Dris- coll, who served as national supervisor of the household workers’ training program, as consultant for the new ' LABOR AGT RULING LIKELY TOMORROW Awaited—5 Suits Attack Wagner Measure. ‘With the attention of the Nation fixed on its attitude toward New Deal legislaion, the Supreme Court tomor- row may hand down its most impor- tant ruling of the year—a decision on constitutionality of the Wagner labor relations act. Five suits attacking validity of the labor legislation were argued during the week of February 8 and will have been under consideration by the judges six weeks tomorrow. The opinion of the court on this legislative effort of the Roosevelt administration to regulate industrial strife is being awaited with particular interest in view of the effors of the President to obtain passage of a bill empowering him to name six new justices to the high court unless incumbents over 70 retire. This bill has been under consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will resume its hearings Tuesday. Heavy Industries Affected. Three of the five Wagner cases awaiting decision involve labor diffi- culties in the so-called heavy in- dustries. These suits, filed by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., the Frue- hauf Trailer Co. and the Friedman- Harry Marks Clothing Co., contend the act is an unconstitutional attempt to regulate intrastate commerce. In the past the Supreme Court has held the Government can regulate only matters having a direct effect on interstate commerce. In these cases it was argued that labor trou- bles in the three concerns affected interstate commerce substantially, but indirectly, and the court must decide whether an indirect effect comes within the Federal regulatory power. All three of these cases were lost by the Government in the lower courts. The Government, however, has been successful so far in the other suits, which were filed by the Asso- ciated Press and the Washington- Virginia-Maryland Coach Co. The bus company contends the order of the Labor Relations Board requiring reinstatement of several employes vio- lates the due process of law clause of the Constitution, while the Asso- | ciated Press is resisting the act on the | dual ground that it invades the free- | dom of the press and that the activi- ties of the press association are not | interstate commerce. Other Rulings Possible. Other important steps that may be taken by the court tomorrow arc an- | nouncement of its decision on consti- tutionality of a Washington State law fixing minimum wages for women and a ruling on a petition for rehearing of a case involving the validity of the New York unemployment insur- ance law. This statute was, in ef- fect, upheld several weeks ago by a 4-to-4 vote of the justices, Associ- | ate Justice Stone being absent be- cause of illness. Soliciter General Stanley Reed yes- terday filed a petition asking a speedy review of an Alabama suit attacking validity of the Federal social security act. The suit was filed by the Charles C. Steward Machine Co. in an effort to recover $46 paid as un- | employment insurance taxes. -The - company lost -in -the lower courts, and Reed asserted an early | ruling by the Supreme Court is im- | portant to prevent & ‘“multitude” of similar suits. o WHEELER INDORSES ROOSEVELT AIMS Montanan Says, However, Court Plan Is “Dangerous Pro- posal.” BY the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 2a—Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana said today he was “in accord with President Roosevelt's efforts to | obtain economic freedom for the small wage earner, the small business man and the farmer,” but termed the President’s Federal Court reorganiza- tion plan a “daggerous proposal.” ‘The people “should have the final say” in any change made in the Supreme Court, Wheeler said in an address. “I have not changed my views with reference to some of the decisions of the Supreme Court but I do not want the court to be changed by packing it,” he asserted. “A great deal has been said about the three horses of Government pull- ing together, but the trouble is that one of them wants to get in the driv- er's sea.” Wheeler said he favored a con- stitutional amendment that would give a succeeding Congress power to over-ride by a two-thirds vote any legislation of the prior Congress, not involving the bill of rights, that had been vetoed by the Supreme Court. “There can be no more democratic way than this,” he said. “The people should have the final say. “It is not & question of years. Under article five of the Constitution, Congress can call electoral conventions. It can set up either its own electoral machinery or use that of the indi- vidual States. The people can vote on the amendment and the whoie thing can be accomplished in a matter of months.” COMMITTEE HEAD NAMED FOR DRIVE dential Group Chairman for Goodwill Industries. Mrs. Samuel Herrick has been ap- pointed chairman of the Residential Committee for the Goodwill Indus- tries drive to be launched April 13, Ernest H. Daniel, general chairman of the campaign, announced yester- day. “Great interest in Goodwill Indus- tries is being shown in homes through- out the city,” Mrs. Herrick asserted yesterday, ‘“consequently I shall need 350 volunteers to work under my 32 vice chairmen to put the job across.” Mrs. Herrick is one of the founders of the Woman’s National Democratic Club and a past president. She has also been active in the American Association of University Women. Daniel yesterday styled her as “having long been identified with civic enter- prises here.” Mrs. Karl Fenning, general vice chairman of the campaign has called & meeting of the organization Tuesday A—4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 28, 1937—PART ONE. 5 The President, the People and the Court Issues in Controversy To Mr. La Guardia of New York. To the Editor of The 8tar: Mr. la Guardia at the Rialto Theater, speaking out of an abysmal ignorance of our institutions and of their historical background, vented his spleen upon the Supreme Court, charging it with “hampering and re- tarding progress.” I beg to remind him through The Star that the Supreme Court is the keystone of our institutions, and the guarantee that our Government will be one of laws and not of men. Furthermore, ours 'is the oldest gov- ernment in the world today, all pre- ceding governments having crumbled into the dust. I do not except even the British government, as it is not the government it was at the time our Constitution was adopted. T would like to tell Mr. La Guardia that our Constitution provides a gov- ernment of balanced powers with an independent judiciary that stands as the guardian and protector of the liberties and the property rights of the citizen. It was designed to hold public officials and legislators within the bounds prescribed for them by the Constitution, which is declared the supreme law of the land, to which all owe loyalty and allegiance. Destroy this balance of power and the inde- pendence of the courts, and the road to dictatorship will be wide open and unobstructed, and the time will soon come when some ambitious and un- scrupulous President will arrogate unto himself arbitrary power. Let us not forget that a government is more easily overthrown from within than from without, and it is this danger that confronts us today. haps this is what Mr. La Guardia de- sires. If so, I suggest that he return to Italy, his native land, where he will find & government already in operation in harmony with his heart's desires. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. Oaths and Duty to the Constitution. To the Editor of The Star: The President expresses regret for the Supreme Court controversy. It is a controversy yes, but it can- not assume the just place of an argu- | ment. To be a just argument it must have two legally just sides. This is precluded by the fact that the Con- stitution is a law, the supreme law of this land. Then the Supreme Court is the only authorized means of | ascertaining the legality of laws, de- crees, actions and procedures as to whether they conflict with the mean- ing of the supreme law. | ber of the Supreme Court entered upon his duties by taking an oath to fulfill these duties in a prescribed wa Yet what is an oath? It is this: If & man makes a vow unta the Lord, or if he swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do ac- cording to all that procedeth out of | his mouth. Then the justices have vowed before God to do according to the best of their understanding. No one disputes that up to this point the | whole matter has been kept within the law, and the Constitution. This the President states is what he wishes to do. From this point the controversy | assumes the personal and not the | legal view of the interpretation as | shown by the following: A school posted a rule that states: Boys chewing tobacco must be pun- ished. A teacher charged one boy with ehewing tobacco. The boy Per- | Each mem- | Are Considered in Light of Past, Present and Future by Star Readers. pleaded not guilty, and the principal of the school requested the boy to exhibit what he had in his mouth. He had chewing tobacco in his mouth, yet he claimed he was not chewing it. Thus what interpretation should be used. Then the boy appeals to his classmates to exert sufficient col- lective force to compel the school to use their views of the interpretation or have them appoint a committee of students to make the interpreta- tions before punishment can be meted. Now this is just what the President and his aides are doing. If the At- torney General, and members of Con- gress, after binding their souls with an oath, can conscientiously appeal to the populace to organize sufficient mass influence to set aside the pre- scribed legal ways of government and on the pretext of a mandate of the 27,000,000 voters’ wishes, place the interpretation of this bond with which they have bound their souls up to their Creator, then let us plead to God for mercy. R. D. WARFIELD, East Falls Church, Va. Where Is the Sportsmanship? To the Editor of The Star: Justice McReynolds makes a plea for “sportsmanship.” To whom does he make that plea? To the children in mines and factories? These chil- dren know little of sport. progeny of women forced to excessive labor in order to support life? These generations did not get their day in | court, To fathers of families, driven to | beg of charity because the economic system has forced them outside the pale of its protection while they must continue to pay it tribute? The word | would ring strangely in their ears. Or is it perhaps to Mr. Roosevelt in person that he makes the plea? But Mr. Roosevelt never undertook to make & game of the government of the Na- tion entrusted to his care. To Mr. Roosevelt the welfare of the people, the security of democratic govern- ment and of the Constitution, which in a game, to be won or lost with equanimity. When, last November, | Mr. Roosevelt assured the people that | he intended to keep up the fight, that | he had “only just begun to fight,” he | could have meant nothing else than | that he would use to the utmost every | means in his power—every constitu- | tional means—to carry through to ‘comple!mn the mandate—the New Deal mandate—given him, and that | he would do it “now and not later.” thing a game, and treat it as such, where is the sportsmanship in trying to stop the game when it comes the other side’s turn to play? If itisalla | in the game, and it is pretty unsports- | manlike to want the game stopped | when it becomes evident that he holds an invineible hand and knows how to play it FLORENCE A. CARPENTER. Sees Down Strike Link. To the Editor of The Star This is a call for all housewives, farmers, laborers, men of small busi- ness and men connected with large business to write. their Representa- tives in Congress to vote down the President’s plan to “pack the court.” The cat is out of the bag. Secretary of Labor Perkins encourages the “sit- nnouncing i THE NEW 1937 LAUTER PIANO “One of America’s Fine Musical Instruments” And... Introducing the MODERNE... Styled for the Home of Today and Tomorrow! * Deferred Payments, of Course__ 3 95 E ARE proud to announce our appoint- ment as Washington’s exclusive agent for the new Lauter pianos. Since 1862, this company has continuously maintained a reputation for instruments with a superla- tive tone of liquid purity . . . moderately priced. We invite you to visit our show rooms to see thé beautiful new line of these splendid grand and upright pianos. at Goodwill's plant, 1214 New Hamp- shire avenue. f 97/ 1330 G Street In the Middle of the Block To the generations yet unborn, puny | ne has sworn to protect, are not pawns | But if you want to call the whole | game, then Mr. Roosevelt’s action is | the next move, the next logical move, | down” strikes. Chairman James M. Landis of the Eecurity and Exchange Commission gives it a boost. Ferdinand Pecora told a Senate committee “That labor could not be blamed for their actions in regard to “sit-down strikes.” The latter two are mentioned as new members of the Supreme Court. The President by his “say-nothing atti- tude” adds encouragement to Lewis and labor to continue to break the law by “sitdown strikes.” Can it be possible that the President has in mind the legalization of ‘sit-down strikes” if he is given power to “pack the court”? To the housewives—If “sit-down strikes” are legalized your servants can lock you out of your homes. To the farmers—Your farm hands can run you off of your farms. To men engaged in small and large busi- ness—You would not know from day to day when you would be locked out of your office, store or factory. To laborers—You could never count on receiving your weekly pay, as John L. Lewis at any moment might give orders for a “sit-down strike.” His salary continues, but your pay stops. There is no assurance that if the President sent over a “must bill” legalizing “sit-down strikes” that the Congress would not pass the bill. EDWARD P. HUBBELL. Roosevelt and Epithets. To the Editor of The Star: A. Cullen’s efforts (in a recent | issue of The Star) to deride epithet- |ically certain prominent Americans because they do not agree with Presi- dent Roosevelt’s proposed Supreme | Court change, reminds me not only | | of other recent tendencies along that | | line—the dubbing of our successful | business and professional people | “economic royalists,” *“New mer- | cenaries,” “defeatist lawyers,” etc.— | | but also carry me back to my child- | | hood days when, in order to avenge | |an imagined wrong by a playmate, I | | would crawl upon the back-yard \rence, thumb my nose at that pla; imate and shout, “Blabbermouth, “puddinhead” or some other smart and irrelevant epithet. The reason I adopted the epithet to avenge my injured youth, I have since realized, was because I was too stupid to meet the situation in a more sensible and logical way: and may I suggest that there is a possibility that this same reason is responsible for many of the brilliant epithets that are now being hurled so freely at opponents of the Supreme Court change. President Roosevelt may be com- parable to Lincoln and Washington from an altruistic and sincere stand- | point, as A. Cullen contends, but | somehow I cannot conceive these | great Americans dubbing their fellow | citizens “economic royalists” and | “defeatist lawyers.” Senator Carter Glass may be a get- on-the-band-wagoner, as A. Cullen also contends, but after he gets on he at least has enough Americanism to try to get his fellow musicians to pley “America” instead of “God Save the King.” J. J. SPERRY, Woodstock, Va. How to Get an Amenament. To the Editor of The Star Senator Nye says the President's court reform plan ‘“does not touch the judicial power which is standing | in the way of progress.” " This is| | Quite true. That is the great m'm:\-l | back to it. While it reaches the exercisers of the injurious power, the power itself remains with them. But the advantage of it is that it can be applied right away, and, as President Roosevelt has said, time is of the essence. We need legislative power now, right now. We should not even have to wait until the next session of the present Congress. The powers of Congress must be upheld. Yet many Senators feel bad about doing this in what they consider an improper manner. Senator Wheeler says he nominates the American people for dictator. All right, let them dictate, but give them a chance to do it right away. Let Congress submit an amendment of the Constitution giving Congress the power to override a Supreme Court veto, like a President’s veto, by a twoe thirds vote. Let ratification by cone ventions be required, not ratification by Legislatures. Then go further and | call the conventions by act of Con= | Bress, not leaving this important de- tail to the dilly-dallylng of Legis- | latures. In the last amendment some | States did not get to vote on it at all. : Let Congress call the election for | these conventions to take place in |one month. We have had debate all over the country and the people are qualified to decide the question now, right now. Then Congress at | its present session can act in accord= | ance with the vote of the people As for irregularity, the Constitution | itself is ignored in times of war be= cause that is an emergency. The | present also is an emergency, in | which we can well afford to ignore | previous custom WILLIAM C. LEE. Fears “Master” To the Editor of The Star Not very much significance was &t tached at the time to President Roosevelt's remar when he said 1n Madison Square Garden, just prior to the election: “I hope within the next four years to be your master.” Since his recent announcement, that would make the Supreme Court sube servient to his wishes, we see his ate tempt to carry out his threat to be “your master.” This is nothing short of dictatorship, to which he aspires, regardless of the consequences. He has attempted to mislead the peopie all along, breaking faith with some of his original closest friends and admirers. Is it not time for the peo- ple to put a stop to his deceitful methods? ROBERT N. CARSON, Davenport, Iowa. Aims. h 27 old dean of died of pneumo ¥ a little French village near the Spane ish border. He took part in Em ian’s Mexican advent paigned in many far corners of the world When he retired in 1913 he was commander of the 17th Army Corps aé ‘Toulouse. 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