WISCONSIN IN THE CAPITAL
Mobley, Radford E.
Wisconsin in the Capital [By RADFORD E. MOBLEY] WASHINGTON, D. C. — President Roosevelt this week gave the go-sign to the farm debt adjustment bill, telling 23 state Farmers Union presidents that...
...The Badger Progressive team...
...Badger House members are now lining up behind the farm debt adjustment bill...
...William Pinkerton, just granted a Har» vard fellowship, is a crack Associated Press feature man...
...Senator La Follette's re-election campaign received two distinct boosts this week...
...Miss Ellen Commons, librarian for social security, had as visitors recently Professor Ralph Linton, Columbia University, formerly of Madison, and Mrs...
...Pleased, the senator has passed this information along through sources which reach the white house...
...Alexander Wiley lost his fight to protect several hundred state employes from possible income tax claims from the federal government when the senate refused to add his amendment to the reciprocal trade agreement bill, but he expects to continue his efforts...
...A measure to prevent retroactive taxation will be considered soon by the senate finance committee and Sep...
...Gunnar Bach M with Columbia Broadcasting...
...War fear makes the nation turn instinctively to the traditional isolationist stand of the La Fcllettes...
...Julius Edelstein is with the United Press, a foreign affairs expert...
...Arthur J. Altmeyer...
...Sen...
...Stephen Bolles, Janesville Republican, has apparently changed his mind since the Janesville Gazette, of which he is editor, denounced recent shifts in farm credit agencies as a move "to turn the federal land banks over to Santa Clans...
...La Follette as a member will assist Wiley in his efforts...
...The Badger classes of 1930 and 1931 have supplied Washington with some able executives and newspapermen...
...The group of 23 Farmers Union presidents commended the Badger senator highly for his efforts in behalf of the farm debt adjustment bill, and expressed the view that he should be retained in the senate...
...Eugene Duffield covers the capital for the Wall Street Journal...
...The committee turned to consideration of sugar legislation, while the Badger Progressives demanded action, saying their measure should have priority and was at least equally important...
...The first steps have been taken toward taking the land banks and other agencies out of the hands of international bankers and insurance companies, and we must carry-through to attain our objective—real farm credit agencies," said Kenneth W. Hones, president of the Wisconsin Farmers Union...
...McCartney's work, made a generous allotment...
...In its present effort to become a real aid to legislative endeavor the division is drawing heavily on Dr...
...The Altmeyers do not plan to return to Wisconsin before summer...
...Wheeler supporters believe their candidate has gained more during the past month than any-other Democratic possibility, including Hull, who won a notable victory for his trade agreements...
...In a lively capital session, the 23 officials "debunked" opposition to the bill, and approved transfer of farm cred.l agencies to the department of agriculture...
...Wiley says nearly 1.000 state workers paid partly by federal funds may be forced to cough up a sizeable sum in back income taxes if the federal revenue bureau gels tough...
...Reps...
...Former Dr...
...Hones was pleased to find that Rep...
...social security head, is demand at present as a speaker...
...time recently to make talks on his fa\orite su ject before the state welfare group at Wilmington, Del., ana the American Association for Social Security in New York...
...The house had cut the appropriation to the bone during its economy-minded days, but the senare, hearing of Dr...
...Fritz Gutheim is a federal housing expert...
...Linton...
...Wisconsin in the Capital [By RADFORD E. MOBLEY] WASHINGTON, D. C. — President Roosevelt this week gave the go-sign to the farm debt adjustment bill, telling 23 state Farmers Union presidents that the measure partly sponsored by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin should be enacted this session...
...After months' effort they forced it from the subcommittee but now Chairman Jones of Texas, after a brief hearing on the measure, is sitting on the lid...
...A poll made by Kenneth Hones shows the Republicans as well as the two Progressives will support the measu.e...
...McCartney's experience...
...All states are affected by the situation resulting from the reversal of a previous supreme court decision...
...Charles McCartney of Madison, who fostered the "Wisconsin idea" many years ago as he fed the elder Senator Bob La Follette facts from his legislative reference library at the state capitol, was the subject of congressional discuc-sion recently...
...His work was cited as a reason for increasing funds for the legislative reference division of congress, permitted to languish unul recently...
...Stanley Rector, counsel for the Wisconsin industrial commission, has informed both Badger senators about the matter...
...William Phillips is an REA executive...
...Lieutenants this week brought Senator Wheeler of Montana reports from the midwest that Wisconsin Progressives might look with favor on him as the Democratic presidential candidate...
...The Wheelerites are still guessing that President Roosevelt will not run again, although the European situation has strongly revived draft talk...
...He has fou...
...Kenneth Hones is expected to give La Follette active support in the coming campaign...
...Bettors here are confident the European situation will make Badger voters more determined to keep Bob in the senate...
...Hull and Gehrmann, seem stymied again in their efforts to get committee action on the measure placing dairy products on the list of parity commodities...
...Here are some examples: Forrest Allen is Information chief for federal work* agency...
Vol. 10 • April 1940 • No. 16
