Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Apr 1938, p. 28

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Clearnng for Sprimg? DRAPES. SLIP COVERS., WEARII4G APPAREL Od.rU.ss CleainIng '..Expert. Haid, Pressing Assure youwsolf of th. finest: odorless drv cleaninq.,com- bined ýwith expert hand-Press. Inqi Exceptionai t.undeinq. tool Cune. oute -mon. >On.ý pick-up end one dev witI fte. care of*Il .our needs. Coli Todoyf WýINNETKA 21050 GREAT WESTERN LAUNDRY CO'» Mote: -M Utm liAv** Wtmetka the Reorgaizatiofl Bill. No one cari possibly determine whether this de- luge of messages f romn "back home" in themnselves caused any one member to 0o1ppose the biut wlho might other- Wise have supportedl it. But ýthat theyî have had .soie. eff ect upon the atti-1 tude of the House no onie cati very welh dispute. The average member of Congress keeps bis "*ear to the ground." He keeps,*t especially close- to the ground i» an election year. It miglit'be said, that in the months immediatel-y pre- ceding the time that the people go ta the polis the Congressional ear is un-; usually acute to the rumintgs. espe- cially the grumblings. in th 1e respec-1 tive districts. Bad for Election Year He is:.wehh aware that an alert op- ponenit will endeavor to.take political advantage of theseru.mbhntgs and al the grumblings. He knows. too. it is rather easy 10 eapitali±e upôin an un- popular vote made at "campaign im iie" when public feeling runs bigh on the question. The opponent does not have to gain adherents by manufacturilig issues. One is already made for him. We are speaking of the average mlember of Corigress. There. are the Iexceptions, and they are verv iew mni- deed, who. liste» only to the dictates of their own mind and conscience. It is only the exception who bas> theini-. tellec-îual abihity and the courage to power wltflout sumcien ceccsne ing retained by Congress. It is ýthe fact that il is anotler and îuot just ,»le delegation of powver that concern, the people. Dantevous Procedure. In~ other ivords, if we are tô.under stand what liesbehind the bitter op- Position to the,.-Reorganiza -tiorn i BIII we must look at more than the bill itself. We must look at t'he delega. ftions of power on. other matters which Congress, bas made to the Executive. The people are* aroused to the dangers of a continuation of this Procedure. The, Reorganization Bill itself ivill not destrov our form of government but- the continuous fol1owing of the theor y of theý pro- posal will mean an end'to democratit processes. The Reorganization Bill itsetlf wilI not create adictator. That, is a ms conception of the contents* of the nieasure. But the powers already delegated. the power Ibis bill will delegate and a continuation of that philosophy will most certainly create a complete one-man government. I, interpret many of the communica- ,ions 1 have receveci against the Re- organization Bill to indicat e tluat the people desire an end to the philosophy of government it exemplifies. Êven if this deluge of messages did not change a single vote on the Reorganization Bill, it at least catised., the Congress to proceed with care Ini its consideration of thue proposaI. The, tlters and tehegrams at least caused mariy members of Congress to think twice before thev jinnped. And that is a wholesome' result. The,% also helped dampen the enthusiasm of the me,~ persoa u.MI oi me NDL r anamanyZILVI Ui UiiyUILUi JIPUw4J 1>1 ouctioiib -ti; evideuced oriiWaitu of thought. with the 'Metropolitan Opera com- It is not simply these letters. and panyv. She became associated witli terrams that have ereated the oppo- ' Miss Pratt hast fali, and Wil Co11 sition to the Reorganization Bih. Nor tinue that connection next year. MisS is it the resuit of pressure from home Pratt bas' inited the menibers of ini an electio year. In fact. ii is ne-t.lier classes to bring frienids .to the evýen the, Reorganizatîon Bill as such Iclosiig programi. Il. I Ilh PRY CLEANING

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