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HOUSE PASSES WALTER-LOGAN BILL; VETO FORECAST
By a three-to~one majority the House this week passed the Waite r-Logan Bill designed to restrict drastically the author^ity of governmental administrative agencies, Including the Federal Communications Commission, and sent it to the Senate.
Although the House spent three days discussing the measure, many members admitted they didn’t understand just what it provided. Majority Leader Rayburn sought to have it returned to the Judiciary Committee because of its confusing features.
There was only an occasional passing reference to the FCC during the debate. Most of the members’ ire against "bureau¬ crats” was directed at the New Deal agencies.
The bill was sent to the Senate, which last year passed almost an identical measure before the Administration leaders realized its full significance. They recalled it from the House and a motion to reconsider its passage is pending. Few believe that the Senate will consider the Walter-Logan measure this session and even if it finally is sent to the White House a cer¬ tain veto faces it, in the opinion of many.
As it passed the House, the bill requires public hear¬ ings for all rules and regulations issued in the future by administrative agencies, and, upon request of anyone "substantially interested”, for all rules now in force if they have been in effect less than three years.
Once the rules have been issued, they can then be appealed by anyone to the United States Circuit Court for the District. The court can invalidate them if they conflict with the Constitution or a statute, or if the agency exceeded its authority.
In addition to any person who is "aggrieved” by a deci¬ sion of an officer or employee of an agency is guaranteed a hearing before a special three-man board. If he is still "aggrieved" by the agency's final decision, he may appeal to the Circuit Courts.
The bill covers the 100-odd executive departments and agencies with some exceptions, such as the State, War, Navy and Justice Departments, Federal Reserve Boa^rd, Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal lending agencies. Federal Trade Commission, Railroad Retirement Board and National Mediation Board.
Mark Sullivan, newspaper columnist, in a review of the bill suggested that the bill, if it had been a law at the
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