After farming, if time permits, the special; session may also take up other important "New Deal" legislation. President Roosevelt, in his last radio address to the nation, outlined among his major objectives wages-and-hours legislation, government reorganization, strengthening of anti-trust laws to encourage monopolies.—Guide-post to the President's thought was this declaration: "What you and I want is such governmental rules of the game that labour, agriculture and industry will produce a balanced abundance without waste.
The difficult problem of budget-balancing which now awaits the attention of Congress will be primarily the concern of the next regular rather than special session, but congressional deliberation in the earlier session will probably reveal whether the political trend is for greater or smaller public expenditures., The test will come when decision is reached on the mode and extent to which the farm law may aid farmers at the direct or indirect expense of the Federal Treasury.—United Pres:
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