WISCONSIN IN THE CAPITAL
Mobley, Radford E.
Wisconsin in the Capital [By RADFORD E. MOBLEY] WASHINGTON, D. C—Wisconsin House Republicans did an effective Job last week in smoking out Republican Candidates Dewey and Taft on the St. Lawrence...
...Senator La Follette's proposed amendment to the trade treaties, setting up a licensing commission to protect American farmers and consumers from war price fluctuations, should come up for discussion on the floor next week...
...Merlin Hull and B. J. Gehrmann, continued its work this week for tw:o measures, one placing dairy products on the eligible list for parity payments, the other reducing interest rates of farm loans...
...They are somewhat vague on the methods to be used to achieve these prices...
...The administration apparently will get $84,-000,000 for its food stamp plan, and is expected to use several millions from this fund to aid dairy product prices...
...Before he took a job with the Northern States Power Co., George C. Mathews...
...funds for food stamp distribution, the Madison forest products laboratory, and parity payment funds was successful...
...Frank Keefe, Oshkosh Republican, has told friends to count, him out of the senatorial race this year...
...He has been a spear-head in the SEC drive to force the giant holding companies to comply with disintegrated law...
...Lawrence treaty and trade agreements...
...Stephen Bolles, Janesville Republican, made himself unpopular with Washington residents this week when he gave his support to a measure imposing a sales tax on the District of Columbia...
...Changed conditions now make the treaties ineffective, he argues, although the state department continues to feel the treaties are the quickest instruments, much quicker than the Hawley-Smoot tariff law, with which to make La Follette's floor fight to restore agriculture needed adjustments...
...Mathews' service with the Wisconsin railroad commission and securities commission sent him to Washington a man as well trained as he was enthusiastic in his work...
...Mellon Progressive, wants to save the CCC camps through economies imposed on the army and supervisory personnel . . . Rep...
...Vandenberg and Dewey have already given the voters their farm program views to the extent that both favor parity prices for dairy and other farm products...
...Wheeler will come into the state for a speech when the time is ripe...
...The committee, faced with raising additional revenue for the capital, avoided the task of working out an efficient income tax system and took the easy way out by endorsing the unfair sales tax...
...Lawrence seaway and opposed to the trade agreements as they now stand...
...The senator probably will support senate ratification of the treaties, but is now inclined to vote against the bill in present form...
...The dairy products parity bill is not endorsed by Wallace and has less chance for action, although it must become law if Wisconsin and other dairy farmers can share in parity funds in the agriculture supply bill for the next fiscal year...
...Martin Torkelson, state planning director, was here to urge federal action in cooperating with the Northern Lakes States Planning Committee program...
...The latter bill, offered in the senate by La Follette and Wheeler, gained the endorsement of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace at this week's hearings and has an excellent chance for approval this session...
...B. J. Gehrmann...
...Wheeler supporters say a Roosevelt victory in Wisconsin will result in potential delegates for the Montanan if the president counts himself out before the Chicago convention...
...Mathews' loss as an experienced utilities expert in the national government will be felt...
...Chances of Senator Burton Wheeler, Montana, to obtain the Democratic presidential nomination brightened this week as it was predicted again that the president will not run unless the international picture changes sharply during the summer...
...Badger SEC commissioner, made an investigation and found the holding company, which operates through two major supply units in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, had done a "good job in cleaning up its structure...
...He has fought the power trust's battle for delay...
...In leaving government service, he expressed confidence that "no sensible person" would destroy needed government supervision entrusted to SEC...
...The replies from the candidates were so readily given that the delegation is now regretful that it did not seek to place them on record on other major issues in order that Republican voters in the state might have full facts when they go to the polls...
...A mass meeting of civic groups backed the house majority which refused even to give consideration to the measure...
...He says he doesn't mean this as a blurb, and he might be wrong, but- this is his opinion...
...That good Progressive warn in the house, Rep...
...If nominated, he would ask for FTOgressive support on the strength of his campaign with "Fighting Bob" in 1924...
...Only strong Republican opposition will stop it now...
...They are unqualifiedly in favor of the St...
...They expect to make strong overtures to the Badger delegates at a later date...
...Bolles is a member of the house district committee, Washington's unofficial group of mayors...
Vol. 10 • April 1940 • No. 14
