THE CONGRESS: Spectre Raised

When Administration stalwarts sidetracked the Frazier-Lemke farm refinancing bill to a House Rules Committee pigeonhole year ago, they thought they had safely laid the spectre of $3,000,000,000 worth of greenbacks contained in that prime inflationary measure. Last week the bogey rose again to haunt them after 218 Representatives had signed a petition to discharge the Rules Committee. First by a vote of 220-to-153, then by a chorus of “ayes,” the House this week took the two parliamentary steps required to bring the measure to the Floor. Pooh-poohed Speaker Byrns: “The bill has no more chance of passage in the House than anything in the world, and you can bet your bottom dollar on that.”