The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 22, 1933, Page 6

By. Mg wit CHIEF EXECUTIVE WILL.CON-| NEW -YORKER’S ‘RETURN TO MANY. ARGUE, |MANY SPECULATE |CONGRESS STILL | ON WADSWORTHS TINUE PROGRAM ‘WITH NATIONAL POLITICAL =e MUCH BACKING DESPITE POLITICAL OPPOSITION ‘By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, Associated Washington) ‘ GUESSING By ‘HERBERT ‘PLUMMER | WASHINGTON, June 22.—! When James W. Wadsworth, of; ‘The sudden bold challenge” ito| New York, one-time senator anda! President Roosevelt’s ‘l¢adership @S congress was*about to ad- journ made political ‘history of a Wery interesting order, It portrayed the legislative branch of the government in @ hew and unexpected’ attitude ‘of f defiance; proved that the repub-| independents who ‘bolted their party to support “Roosevelt last year are still independents and gape the country its first glimpse of Mr. Roosevelt himself at Armagaddon, forced ‘to assert @ mastery which a month ago shad been. taken for granted. Ina and -emphatic way it demonstrated several things be- sides: . ‘Thatthe sweet honeymoon days of the Roosevelt political harmony. That the republican organiza-|ership of the republican forces, tion in ‘congress, battered and di-|there was simply nothing to it. vided as it is, is capable of mus: tering, on occasion, ‘a militant .re- York, was the titular leader of his “Bat, finally, amy a he was concerned he intended to about as he pleased. “Teal way to remove that power' this reawakening of the oppasi- tion, the powers already voted the president, give him a governmen- administration| the house afforded him excellent embraced no guarantee for future} opportunity to serve his country. recognized power in republican politics of his state, came back in- to.the national political pigure as a member of the present héuse of representatives, Washington ob-! servers immediately began to! speculate. ! It wasn’t very long :before po- litical analysis put him down. -as one of the real contenders for the | Lrepublican presidential mnomina- tion in 1934. Wadsworth didn’t do much to substantiate such a belief on their part. He was -rather reticent about the whole thing. As a mat- ter of fact, he scotched rumors that his reappearance in the na- tional spotlight had any signifi- cance. It was his belief, he said, that As for trying to contest the lead- Bert Snell, his friend from New party in the house and as far as be a loyal man in the ranks, Silence His Policy -He held to-his word. Rarely did tal dominance for the present,.at|he make a speech. If he had any. least, greater than many members| plans for the future, he kept them _ of congress themselves realize. Lost at the Start : Impressive and important as the last-minute rally against the 5 Veterans’ cut actually was, it ied apparent from the »start t the. odds were against the res ‘The reason was that ‘the win- ning were in the hands ot: t-—put there by con- gress, itself. The economy bill was law. It Mr. Roosevelt to make ‘the cuts in veteral allowances The only ‘was to repeal or amend the econ- ‘omy act, and that would take two-thirds over a veto. It did not meet the situation to ‘write new restrictions into separate appropriation bill whieh ~ carried money to pay the ances. .Veto of that bill would take two-thirds to .over- ride... ‘Neither. would it do for the majority standing in opposition to “bill the 1; 4 alie| ial! sane 232 paag aeaeal of Hughes and Justice- Brandeis were -) paraded before the senate by Wag- to himself. So far as is known, his most intimate friends have} never heard him express himself on such things. But the fact remains that he does occupy an important, place in the republican party’s, hopes and plans ‘to stage a comeback either in the by-elections of 1934 or in the still ‘greater: push-of 1936. Campaign material was rather slow in the making during the first part of ‘the special session of the seventy-third congress, . but along ‘toward ‘the end it ‘was ap- parent ‘to everybody tha definite lines of ‘battle were being formed for future party conflicts. In perhaps no.battle:of :the:ses- jion was this more clearly shown than when the fight was on to write the administration’s indus- ‘Looking To 1936? Wadsworth’s voice was heard while this legislation was before the house. What he said was brief, but to the point, and in the opinien of many was one of the } | (| TURE STARTS OFFICIALS| | 'York and Borah of Idaho on the} | constitutional phases of the presi- phard ‘since he first came to the ‘New York senator's pet target in SHOWS TRACE OF | STATESMANSHIP HOWEVER, THAT PRESENT-DAY MAKE- UP OF SENATE IS NO COM- PARISON TO FORMER DAYS By HERBERT | PLUMMER (ity Axsoeinted Press) WASHINGTON, June 22.— Many argue ‘that the make-up of the senate at prseent can, in no! way, compare with the senates of; the past—that no longer is that body graced by the statesmen and} mental giants of past periods, Which may or may not -be.true. | But those who listened to the de- bate between Wagner of New! dent’s industrial recovery bill must have been forced to admit that at} least some semblance of the-golden' days of statesmanship still re-| mains. | For Wagner ‘the industrial re- covery bill was the climax of his! senatorial career to date. He had; more to do with drafting the bill! than anyone else. It represented: much for which he has striven so senate. Unemployment has been the his. attack on the depression. ‘Oth- ers have concerned hemselves about this question from time to time, but for him it has been at. all times a problem of paramount concern. Digging Into It Thus, when the bill was report- ed to the senate, it was not enough |' ‘for ‘him ‘merely ‘to explain in a}; broad sense the various provisions, He went into great detail and, what was more important, he took; up the constitutional phases of the legislation. Wagner left the bench to come to the.senate-and those who listen- ed to his speech were strongly re-! minded of that fact. pointed out ‘that his argument of | Borah, might well be classed as a} supreme court brief. The whole argument centered around the question of whether the industrial recovery-bill permits business to operate in accordance with the real intent of .the anti- trust laws. A Legal Parade Wagner’s contention was that it! did. Borah was gloomily not so sure. Court decisions of Chief Justice, ner. Those of Justice Brandeis; were favorites of both, i Senators listened eagerly as the battle went on. That debate seems certain to be pointed to from now on as one of the classics of the Some. have || = s “ALFALFA BILL” GOES - SLOW GIVING PARDONS (By ‘Associated -Frens) OKLAHOMA CITY, June 22.4 In-nearly*two and one-half years} as governor of Oklahoma; wile {liam H. (Alfalfa Bill) ‘Murray = sued only 40 full pardons, Dard ing that :period, however, .he tes! leased 611 conyicts on (parole and | revoked 131 .paroles issued by himself and previous governors. ,f The governor says he works ‘ofl! the theory - that few pardons. should be issued, but that ‘deserva’ A) ing convicts should be selensed i Spee on paroles which may be revoked if they are arrested for other; offenses. of Murray has not ‘attempted td commute death sentences oncé| they have been upheld by courts}: of haere 4 TODAY'S HOROSCOPE 4 ee Ob acecosameeisinss The person born this day shoul have enough of the comforts o: life and will make good use 6: |them. The attachments’ are’ strong and the sympathies tender; A happy marriage is probable and| jthe social life is predominant? 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