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OUT IN THE OPEN Washington, May 14—The great game of politics, which is always going on behind the scenes in Wash ington, is being played more and more in the open now, as the lines begin to form for the election bat tle of 1936. There is a great deal rmore franknesss on the part of the players, more open. admission that they are concerned with their own reelection as much as they are with solving the perplexing problems of the nation in the most effective way. " This is especially notable in the Senate, one-third of whose mem bers come up for reelection next year, and another third in 1938. It is not yet so marked among mem bers of the House of Representa tives, all of whose terms expire next year; but in the lower house, also, many members who have been counted as loyal supporters of the Administration are beginning to echo the remark of one eminent Senator, who expressed a growing feeling when he said; "Roosevelt is going to need us next year quite as much as we need him. We don't have to cling so tight to his coat tails as in the past." Every fellow for himself The reason for this state of affairs is that Senators and Repre sentatives are hearing from back home, and the message they get is that there is a growing coolness among the people toward some of the New Deal measures. How ex tensive and how .serious this is. none of them is quite sure. There are a good many Congress districts and several states in which a switch* of only a few thousand -votes from one side to the other would make a decided difference in the political complexion of the next Congress There is not much doubt in Wash ington, so far, that President Roosevelt will be reelected. All the odds are in his favor. But it would be entirely possible for the President to be reelected by the power of the electoral votes of the larger states, even though he car ried each of them by a narrow mar gin, and still leave a large batgh of Congressmen and Senators of his own party out on a limb. That is what is worrying the boys on Capitol Hill. They want to save their own skins, and so they are showing their independ ence by balking at such parts of the President's program as they think might not set well with the folks back home. It is not quite fair to regard this as a cowardly and selfish attitude. Some of them have never relished taking orders from the White House, having in dependent ideas of their own and feeling that it is their function, rather than that of the Executive to draft and enact legislation. They went along with the President, not only for the sake of party harmony but because there didn't seem to be any other way to get started toward the goal of economic* re covery. As long as there was a practically unanimous sentiment throughout the nation, that was the sound and politic thing for them to do. Now, however, they feel that public sentiment is not so one-sided. The Chamber's Objections The attitude of some members of the President's own party in oppo- Suppose This Was YOUR Home? Don't Delay Longer INSURE TODAY! Paul Gwyn Phone 258 All Lines of Insurance Representing Strong Stock On yni— only No sition to some parts oz tw> yea gram was strengthened by the reresenta tions made by the delegates to the annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. This organization is composed of practically all of the chambers of commerce and boards of trade in the United States. It is, there fore, a reresentative cross-section of the average business men of the nation. Therefore, when its con vention adopted resolutions asking for, the postponement of the Social Security plan, the ending of NRA, opposing the President's plan for regulation of public utilities and suppression of holding companies, against the plan for Federal control of bank credit, the proposed strengthening of AAA and the Wagner industrial relations bill, the Chamber's utterances were taken seriously. Administration supporters, pub licly tried to "laugh them off." The President himself expressed dis belief that business men generally felt the way the convention did; but there is no denying that this first important organized expresssion of disagreement with the New Deal has had a serious effect, although naturally it does not represent unanimity on the part of business interests. Another Meeting Almost at the same time that the Chamber of Commerce was meet ing, there was another meeting of even greater significance being held in the White House. This was be tween the President and a group of Democratic Senators, who served notice on the Executive that they would not go along with him on all of the legislation which he has ear marked as "must." Those who pro fess to know what took place at this meeting report that the attitude of the recalcitrant Senators was very definite. Therefore, because of all that has just been set down, what may fair ly be expected between now and the adjournment of Congress is a few Miss Addie Malone HOME SERVICE SPECIALIST Will Demonstrate the Electric Range I J At The Tribune Cooking School H mIHI TO BE HED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE W. J. SNOW BUILDING ON EAST MAIN STREET FROM 2:30 TO 4:30 P. M. Learn How To Cook In Cool Comfort! Let a Hotpoint Range Show the way to Better Homemaking The Tribune Cooking School WILL BE A SOURCE OF VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HOUSEWIVES OF ELKIN, JONESVILLE, ARLINGTON, RONDA, STATE ROAD, MOUNTAIN PARK AND VICINITY. BE SURE TO ATTEND! I DUKE POWER COMPANY (Formerly Southern Public Utilities Co.) TEE ELK3N TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA COSiprS~* moiifntrM whjch 'Til! not suit anybody, much, and the shelving of several items which the Administration earnestly wants. Congress is definitely much less interested in social reforms than i 3 the White House. It is definitely much more inflation-minded than the President. Mr. Roosevelt is bent upon checking the movement toward currency inflation, but to avert it he will have to accept the verdict of Congress on some of his reform plans. It's anybody's guess, this week, when Congresss will adjourn. GROW MORE FEED ON TOBACCO ACRES New * Ruling Permits Contract Signers to Grow More Food A new ruling for the tobacco ad justment program will permit con tract signers to grow more food and feed crops this year. Modification of the contracts, as ordered by the Secretary of Agricul ture, provides that the clauses which limit the total acreage planted to crops shall be inoperative in 1935. The new ruling also provides that PROTECT YOUR CROPS! HAIL INSURANCE HUGH A. ROYALL the clauses limiting the production of basic commodity crops and live stock shall apply only to cotton, wheat, tobacco, and peanuts. The growers will t*. allowed to plant in food and feed crops all the land which they have retired from tobacco cultivation. These rulings were adopted to help offset the effect of the mid-western drouth in curtailing national pro duction, says E. Y. Floyd, of State College, director of the tobacco pro gram in this State, and to stimulate the production of more food and feed crops for home use. As originally drafted, the tobacco contracts stipulated that the grow er must not increase the production of any other basic crop grown on his farm, nor the total acreage of all crops. Only half of the acreage withdrawn from tobacco cultivation was to be put in food and feed crops. The chief benefit to be gained by the lifting of these restrictions will be the increased plantings of corn permissible, Floyd said. In most to bacco growing areas, com does not constitute a cash crop and the pro duction of a reasonable amount of com is necessarry for a well-bal anced farming system. * There is a family in San Pedro, California, in which the male ten dency is so strong that for four generations no daughter has been born, although there have been 35 sons. GOODYEAR ALL-WEATHER you the famous Goodyear Margin Stops—for 43% More Miles—at NO nS tltra Cw,l! DOUBLE EAGLE SERVICE CO. SHELL GAS AND OIL Phone 43 Elkin, N. C. Thursday. M»v tft.
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