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Last autumn the U. S. Congress met in special session to debate repeal of the arms embargo in the Neutrality Act-a session solemnly heralded as "The Great Debate." But Session II of the 76th Congress went through the motions in a curious air of unreality: the Great Debate didn't come off; the President talked boldly, the Senate debated boldly, on all the secondary points-nowhere could the press or the public find candor, willingness to face or seek facts. The embargo was repealed, Congress went home, Mr. Roosevelt went to Warm Springs-in an atmosphere of somnolent...
Young & old, baggy & neat, bright & dull, the men and women of Session III of the 76th Congress came together last week faced with election year and these issues: 1) renewal of the reciprocal trade agreements (see above); 2) the Budget and taxes; 3) National Defense; 4) proposals to curb NLRB; 5) relief appropriations; 6) amendments to the Wage-Hour...
This week the first political convention of 1940 opened in Washington. It was the 76th Congress, beginning its third session 306 days before the U. S. people elect a President. Its members did not forget that, on behalf of persons yet unknown, they one & all were campaigners whose votes were bound to win and lose many more votes in the great hustings to come. Conditioned by this democratic fact, they had the following work...
January's session of the 76th Congress will be that opportunity. But by January Mr. Hull may not care. Soon the massive Argentine trade agreement will be concluded; hard on its heels, one with Chile; a third with Uruguay. With these 25 in Mr. Hull's pocket-agreements with countries representing about 80% of U. S. foreign trade-the Congress will be ceremoniously locking the barn door after the horse has been led to water...
...Neilson, president-emeritus of Smith College, were appointed co-chairmen of the sponsoring committee to arrange the conference for Protection of Foreign Born. Keynoted Co-Chairman Neilson: "Noncitizens are being denied jobs and are being threatened with registration. More than 70 so-called anti-alien bills pending in the 76th Congress indicate the manner in which the attacks upon the freedom of the noncitizen can be used...