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Show -i6o~ This plan has been adopted for the purpose of regulating the oil in- dustry. Granted that the elements of control may not be identical in the bituminous coal and in the oil industry, it is suggested that exploration of this field would not be without reward. The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court holding the New York State minimum wage law unconstitutional also raises a question as to whether the recent labor compacts are effective or not. President Coolidge, early in his administration, pointed out that the compact idea might be applied to another field affecting natural resources. He suggested that such an .agreement might be resorted to among the states in the cotton belt to eradicate the destructive boll weevil- In some sections of the country, the locust and the Japanese beetle do considerable damage to crops. Insects, possibly like the New Deal, do not respeot state lines. They are national, yes international in scope. The problems confronting states where crops, are so destroyed are admittedly regional and can be classified ac- cording to insects. Cooperative state action accompanied by congressional sanction is desirable. Conclusion At a time when practically every subject relating to governmental activity is linked in the meshwork of partisan politics, that of interstate compacts is perhaps the only one which can claim the sympathy and indorsement of the leaders of both of the major parties. No President, of any party, has ever vetoed a bill granting Congressional consent to a compact* During the last twen-ty-five years successive Presidents have urged the adoption of state compacts. Cabinet members, Senators and Congressmen, Governors, and other state officials have more nearly reached a blissful state of harmony on this issue than on any other. It is, indeed, not an issue, for it does not seem to lend i-fcself readily to controversy. But it is admirably adapted to action and to result. INT£HS%A,TE COMPACTS Consent of Name Subject State Ratification Congress Virginia stnd Kentucky Boundary settlement Virginia, 1789 1791 Compact of* I789 (Sup*, and determination of (Not ratified by plemented by boundary rights and interests Kentucky) agreement of I789) in lands affected there- by Kentucky and Tennessee Boundary Tennessee, 1819 1820 Compact of" 1820 Kentucky, 1820 |