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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.? As Congress gets into its stride, and old and new members exchange opinions, it is becoming apparenti v/ to observers on Capitol Hill that one of the major themes of this session will be the effort- to curtail the personal authority of the Pre sident. This effort will be Joined in by members of both parties, including sincere followers of Mr. Roosevelt.. It will not be an effort to prevent his renomination in 1940. It will be an effort* to reassert' the auth ority of Congress in its Const itu ' tional sphere of action. How far this movement will get is. of course, problematical. Con gress surrendered many of its Con stitutional .powers to the Presi dent at' th? beginning of his first term, on the theory that the eco nomic emergency could not be dealt wit'h in any other way than by putting one man^in charge. . Some of the actions of Congress ?were held to be beyond its power, by Supreme Court decisions in the N. R. A. and A. A. A. cases; tihey delegated power to make orders and regulations which had the force of law, and only Congress may enact laws. Among the unlimited powers which the President still has un der the emergency legislation are these: Powers of President He can devalue the dollar still further at' any time he so chooses. He Cfin Issue three billion dol lars in paper money with no gold reserve behind it. He can decree the free and un limited coinage of silver, and fix the ratio of the silver dollar to gold at any proportion he sees fit. He can prescribe the regula tions under which gold can be owned, traded in, held or exported. He can operate a "stabilization fund" of two billion dollars in complete secrecy, being account able to nobody for its operatiions. . He can suspend trading on any stock exchange for a period of ninety days. He can raise or lower by as much as 50 percent any tariff im posed. __hy the United Steles on goods imported from any nation which enters into a trade agree ment with this country. He can spend practically at his own discretion funds for relief, farm benefits and other similar projects, totalling more than all previous Presidents lumped to gether have ever been authorized ? wi spend There' have Iwen some talk of the possibility that the President would voluntarily relinquish some ,ol' those broad powers.- - * Some plan .for turning rellet back to the slates maybe put for ward. In any event- the expectation Is that the new appropriations for relief will be rigidly apportioned for specific purposes. To Vote On Hopkins There are expected to be loud echoes of the W. P. A. situation on the floor of the Senate when -the question of the confirmation of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce conies up for discus sion. That' he will be confirmed is generally belisv.ed. It takes only a majority of the Senate to con firm a Cabinet officer, and at most the members of the Cabinet are merely the President's clerks, em ployed to run Our executive de partments according to his Ideas. Id the case of t<he Secretary of State and some others, Cabinet of ficers are In line of succession to ; the Presidency in case the Presl- j dent and the Vice-President should/ both die before their terms expire, but the Secretary of Commerce/is not so eligible, so it makes l^le difference, as most of Congress sees It, who holds the Job./ ? The principal criticism /of Mr. Hopkins' appointment ia/that he has had no business experience. His whole life has been spent as a social worker. The Department of Commerce is the otte department which deals with me problems of business, and to which business men can come with their difficul ties' and get at least sound advice. How business men Will get along with Mr. Hopkins, and he with business men, Is still a question. Those who hold that his ap pointment IS a good one point out that lie Is personally closer to Mr. Roosevelt than any other man in Washington, and that the Presi dent will listen to him when he tells htaf of t#8 tfoubles of busi ness more than lie ever listened to Secretary Roper. There Is no doubt' that those who have business with the De partment of Commerce will find Secretary Hopkins an agreeable " fellow, personally likeable and genial In his contacts. He has a reputation In Washington as be ing perhaps the most "human" of all the highly placed officials. He enjoys sport* and play of every (Continued on Pag* Sis) ^ i ' W ?t . FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL CONDUCT A DOLLARS TO YOU" SPONSORED BY - THE FRANKLIN TINES 'IN CONJUNCTION WITH MANY LOCAL MERCHANTS $300 IN CASH PRIZES CONTEST RULES 1 Any white baby uiitder the age of 6 years Is eligiljflei t<j partici pate in the "Dollars to You" Popular Baby Co/ntest. Any baby having reached its sixt'h birthday is Ineligible. 2- Children of persons connected with this newspaper in any way 1 or directly related to the owner, children of cooperating mer chants, are not /eligible to com pete. This does i not apply to ? newsdealers or correspondents. 3' The winners off the awards shall bf. decided by/tUefreredUe. said fi' edits tTeing/ Represented by - couponli' issued by participating merchants i^iid. upon payments of subscriptions to The FRANK LIN TIMEa. Participating bys-,, iness concerns will issue one coupon upon each 50 cents cash purchase /or upon payment of any account. 4 CREDITS ARE NOT TRANS FERABLE. Entries cannot . withdraw in favor of another participant'. Should the baby withdraw from the campaign his or her credits will be can ceUe 5 Any collusion on the part of c competitors to t-he detriment of other competitors will NOT be /derated. Any baby entering /into or taking part in such com bination will forfeit all right to an award. 6 Cash must accompany all orders of subscriptions where credits are issued. There will be no ex ception to Mils rule. Every cent accepted through the Campaign Department "Dollars to You" Popular Baby Contest' must rep resent a Subscription. 7 Iq. (he event of a tie for any award, duplicate prizes will be awarded. 8 Extension of subscriptions will counti credits according to the regular schedule prevailing Id the period in Which the first snbscrlption was turned in, with the exception of the final week when no extra credits will be given on extensions. FREE JUST STARTING ] CLOSES MARCH 1st I The Merchants to be Listed on This Page Next Week Will Issue BABY COUPONS One Coupon with Each Cash Purchase of 50c or Upon Payment of Account ENTER YOUR BABY TODAY ???????????? ???????????? ' ENTER YOUR BABY TODAY " ???????????? 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During the last period of the campaign the box, locked and sealed will be placed locally where partic ipants and their friends will deposit their final "collections and reserve credits. In this way no one, not even the cam paign manager, can .possibly know the voting strpngth of the participants, which pre cludes any possibilities of fav oritism and insures fairness to all,. 14 The management reserves the right to add to the list of an nounced awards or to give ex tra cash awards or extra cred it*. 15 In becoming a candidate or participant in this campaign. , candidates agree to abide by the above rules. - FREE The publisher reserves the right to add to above list of awards. - PHOTO-ENGRAVING OF YOUR BABY WILL BE MADE WITHOUT CHARG - ? Credits will be issued on the ? i ? ? sale of Subscriptions to The . Franklin Times according to ' schedule of credits appearing on Subscription Receipt books. ?"Dollars To You" Popular Baby Contest Good For ,, " _ . . 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