The Washington herald., 1918-03-15
Efforts to Add to Proposed
$120 Flat Raise Was
Voted Down.
! LEADERS PREDICT
SUM WILL BE NAMED
Crucial Test On Today, Pre-
ceded by Debate on
Eight Hours.

centering their attention upon the
Borland eisht-hour amendment and
every indication that a vote Will
be taken on it In both the Lower
and Upper House before ad-
journment. today Will probably
prove the crucial one in the life
of this now famous measure.
Immediately after the disposal
of morning business the House. it
is expected. will devote one hour
to the discussion of Mr.. Borland's
amendment. which he injected
into the fiat wage increase com
mittee amendment to the lessiA-
tive. judicial and executive appro-
priation bill just before adjourn
ment yesterday evening.
] FEcoA0N Sl<S fN2AhG VIII carry
Leaders in the House admitted last
night that in all probability the sls1
fat increase as originally recommend
ed by Chairman Byrns would be se-
cepted and no increase over this
amount allowed.
! Several attempts were MADE yester-
day to increase this $50 nat increase
or to at least make the increase
greater for those salaries under Sl.5s-i
but each time these proposed amend
ments were voted down. Prominent
among these was RepresentGtiv,.
Hesting's amendment which would
have granted the clerks an $50 fsJ
increase. Representative Hsulin, OF
Missouri, after urEinE upon the Houss
that the s1so nat Increase was insuf-
! fiCient, introduced an amendment
which would have given all clerks re-
I ceiving between $50 and tSto a ssOo fat
7 increase and all clerks receiving be-
tween 1900 and 81 so a $50 hGt in
crease.
Fsvors Married Men
Representative Cox. Of Indiana. In
troduced an amendment which would
have given the Sl2O fat increases only
10 clerks who were married or who
had dependents upon them and a 50
fiat increase 20 single clerks with
out dependents This was voted down
by vote Of e. nays TO 4 ayes.
Losing this point, Representative
Cox then introduced another amend
ment. asking that the $50 hat in
creases apply only TO those who are
receiving Sl.s00 OF less, but this also
failed Of adoption.
Miss Rankin Take CudEel.
Miss Rankin was permitted two
minutes in which TO take up the cud-
gel in favor OF the clerks. She made
a forceful argument for the Fedora
employees, bringing evidence 10 prove
that the $50 fat increase was insult
ficient in that IL was not commen-
surate with the increasing high cost
of living and would not permit tbs
clerks to live up to American stand
ards"
Representative Nolan. OF CsIifor-
mia made the opening address in
favor Of a higher fat Increase lie
told the House he did not believe thcv
were giving the clerks square de8r"
and that I'm his opinion they should
fix basis with a minimum Of s.
day
Show Can They Buy BOndss-
II Uncle Sam does not treat these
clerks fairly how can he expect them
TO respond with the same patriotic
fervor with which they have been
How can he expect them to buy lib-
erty bonds as they have been II thCv
are now hardly making enough 90
keep them out Of debit
Applause of friends OF clerks in
the gallery mingled with that Of
some members on the floor after
Representative Nolan concluded,
whereupon the Speakers warned lis
teners in the gallery that they must
refrain.
Representative Rainey, Of Illinois,
who led the opposition to the In
crease. which he pleases to call -
raid on the Treasury" caused mer-
riment when he prefaced his address
by saying what he had 70 say would
bring no applause from the galleries.
Sees Injustice 20 Soldiers.
Representative Rainey and others
who opposed the increases made ad-
dresses which were intended TO prove
that Il was an injustice to the SOL
diers over there in the mud trenches
Of France TO spend such a gigantic