Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-30
MEASURE REFERRED TO MOUSE
COMMITTEE WHICH IS
uNFRiENDLY.
BILL MAY BE REWRITTEN
ALMOST IN ITS ENTIRETY
important Amendments Sure to Be At
taehed and May Endanser Final Pas
sase-some of the Proposals Certain
to Stir Western opposition-other
News.

Washington, March 30.-The postal
savings measure is in the hands of it's
foes. 1t was referred to a sub-c commit
tee consisting of Gardner of New Jer-
sey, Huff Of Pennsylvania, Durey of
New York, Hamer of Idaho, Moon of
Tennessee, and Small of North Caro-
| lima
Gardner. chairman of the subcom-
mittee, admittedly is opposed to a pos
tai savings bank His view is that it
does not accord with republican insti-
tutions, on the theory that it is pater-
nalistic. Huff and Durey are believed
to agree with Gardner Small has given
indications of favoring a postal bank
and Moon probably will follow the
democratic drift against it.
The reference to a subcommittee was
made yesterday by the committee on
postoffices and post roads. Some OBJ
lection was raised in committee, it be-
ing urged that the members ought to
have chance to present their views
before the whole committee. This prob
ably was polite way of expressing
doubt about the attitude of the sub
committee, which, in the opinion of
some. was made up for the specific pur-
pose of hammering the life out of a
postal savings bank.
Bill May Be Rewritten.
The reference to a subcommittee was
urged on the ground that the commit
tee of eighteen members could not
draw bill with any efficiency. while
committee of six could make progress.
This argument is significant, for it in
dicates the probability that the bill as
passed by the senate will be greatly
amended, if not rewritten, by the COM
mittee.
The trend of the amendments can be
only vaguely outlined, but there is rea-
son to believe they will try to make
postal funds more easily available for
the use of the federal government. One
of the republican members of the sub
committee is known to hold that the
bill as passed by the senate does not
provide a real postal savings bank.
the term postal bank has come. in his
Judgment, to have definite meaning
thru long European usage. One of the
definite things which it is said to mean
in Europe is that the people shall turn
their money over to the government
which shall use it for any government
purpose and shall make repayment to
depositors with interest at specified
rate.
To follow the European precedent
would mean that the government would
not only have the power to use postal
funds in case of war or great exigency
but that the executive would be given
the greatest latitude in determining
what sort of exigency warrants the use
Of postal funds.
Would Stir Western Opposition.
Such policy is known to have strong
backing in the sub committee. IT 1t is
followed out it will arouse great oppo-
sition in the west and middle west.
These sections have feared that the
postal bank would be made an agency
for pulling their funds into the east.
Another PROPOSAL which probably
will receive friendly hearing from the
committee would restrict the Sc
curity given by banks receiving postal
deposits. The senate bill gives banks
great leeway in the method of securing
the government.
The proposal to reorganfZe the post
office department also was referred to
a subcommittee consisting Of Stafford
Of Wisconsin, Hamer of Idaho, MUIR
dock of Kansas, Bell of Georgia, and
Cox of Indiana Stafford, chairman OF
the committee, favors reorganization.