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House Decision Expected II
Rider Is Not Beaten on
, Point of Order.
PLANS ALREADY COMPLETE
Trade Organizations Bringing
Pressure to Bear on Con-
gressmen.

The Borland rider. requiring an eight
hour workday OF Government clerks.
probably will be reached in the House
tomorrow afternoon.
There is increasing evidence that the
rider either will go out on a point of
order or will be defeated II 1t comes to
vote on its merits.
The average member OF the House
who has given the Borland rider at
tention believes that a point of order
will be sustained against 1t. II this
should be done the fight for the Gov
eminent clerks will be at an end and
the Borland provision Will 20 out OF
the bill without further ceremony.
II the point OF order should De over
ruled-and this Is not regarded as I'M
probable-the House would vote on the
eight-hour proposal. -,
Congressmen Mondell, Hamill. CALI
van, Austin. and Addison T; Smith are
confident II can be defeated oecislNev
II votb is forced.
Congressman Mondell will make the
point of order on the Borland amend
ment. He has prepared lengthy argu-
ment in support of his claim that the
Borland amendment does not come
within the provisions of the Holman
rule, which makes legislation on an APP
preparation bill in order II 1t reduces
expenditures.
AZ will be commended that there Is no
certainty that the Borland amendment
cuts down Government expenditures;
that the bill itself shows no reductions
because the rider Is included, and that
there is only an assumption that some
time in the future the expenditures for
services in the various departments Will
he cut,
Decision With Crisp.
An assumption of this character. Mr..
Mondell will urge. does not bring the
Borland rider within the purview Of the
Holman rule. and It Is. therefore. sub
ject to a point of order.
The point OF order will be decided by
CONGRESSMAN Charles r. Crisp, parlia-
mentarian of the House. Mr.. Crisp Is
presiding during the debate on the leg
isiative, executive and judicial appro-
priatlon bill. He is well versed in par
liamentary law, and this fact gives
comfort to the friends of the Govern
ment clerks who believe the Borland
rider has no place in an annual supply
bill.
Trade and civic bodies of Washington
are bringing all possible pressure TO
bear to defeat the Borland rider Con-
sideration Of the measure will be special
business of the Board of Trade tomor-
row night. The organization is expected
rider.
Tho resolution suggested by the ex-
ecutive committee declares that the
Board Of Trade believes the Borland
rider would materially disturb business
In Washington.
The Retail Merchants Association, in
addition to adopting a resolution at
lacking the rider and sending a COM
mittee to see the Congressional Rppro-
priations committees, has endeaVored
to enlist the aid of mercantile bodies
throughout the country asking that in
nuence be brought to bear upon men,
bers of Congress.
Called On Congress.
The Chamber OF Commerce, mean
while. has had a delegation calf per-
sonally upon members of the Appro-
priation Committee of the House and
has sent copies of the special report
on the rider recently submitted to the
members of the houses of Congress.
John G.. Capers, chairman of the
subcommittee that prepared the report,
headed the delegation to Congress.
Thomas +. Flaherty. secretary-treas-
urer OF the National Federation of Post
office Clerks, will talk this afternoon
before clerks OF the Department of
Agriculture. in the library of the Blu
reau OF Plant Industry, on the reasons
for the organization OF a union of Fed
eral office employees in Washington.
Mr.. Flaherty talked before the Com
meroe Club of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce yesterday. II
Is considered probable that a number of
its members will join the labor move
ment.