Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. €., Sept. 11. The Boston police strike, the unionization of the Washington police in affiliation with the Federation of Labor, and moves to unionize the police in fifty other cities have raised the fear in congress that a! general plan to sovietize the gov-! eminent under organized labor control is afoot. The senate . agricultural committee is considering the adoption of a resolution submitted today by Senator Harrison providing for appointment of certified accountants to examine books and records of the packers to get at the truth about the business of marketing meat and profits connected therewith. The house appropriation committee cut requests for funds for high cost of living investigations to the bone. Taking the position that the only effective means of dealing with the situation is through prosecutions, the committee recommended that the department of justice be granted about what it asked for, that the federal trade commission be given a limited amount, but that nothing be given the departments of agriculture, commerce, or labor. Postmaster General Burleson was denounced in speeches in the bouse during the consideration of a resolution calling upon him for lists of vacancies in postmasterships and lists of candidates certified by the civil service commission.