OFFICIALS & POLITICS
LEGISLATION IN UNITED STATES IMPOSING FAR-REACHING RESTRICTION. MEASURE MAY BE VETOED BY PRESIDENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WASHINGTON. July 21. Congress has passed a measure which will ijiake it illegal for all Federal publiisf officials and employees, except the President, Cabinet officers, and similar persons, to engage in political activities. The law. which ostensibly is designed to prevent self-perpetuation of the political machine through the control of relief workers, is expected to have a drastic effect on the Democratic Party organisation, for the most minor office-bearers will be prevented from acting as delegates to national conventions.
It is thought that Mr Roosevelt may veto the measure.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1939, Page 7
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