The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-07-11
OH. YES! THEY'LL
COME THROUGH

An appropriation of 100000 Il
was put out of the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill on a point of or
der in the House, made by Repre-
sentative Blanton (Democrat, Of
Texas. Republican Floor Leader
Mondeu and the Chairman Of the
Authorizations Committee pleaded
with BIanton not to do this, to no .
avail But when the bill reached .
the Senate the Employment Service /
provision was restored by an
amendment offered by Senator Rob-
inson CDemocrat, of Arkansas, and 4
the amount doubled, making it
100000, after the Senate Appro-
priations Committee had failed to
report the Employment Service pro-
vision. Senator Warren (Repub-
cam, Chairman Of the Senate APP
preparations Committee, accepted
this, showing conclusively the con-
yiction Of the Senate that the exist
ing Federal Employment Bureau
should be maintained, despite the
coucreted attacks upon itsby such
interests as the private employ
mcnt agencies, the National Metal
Trades Association, and certain
politicians.
AS no vote on the provision was
obtained in the House, and as the
point of order upon which the item
was lost from the bill in that body
was made by Representative Blan-
ton, of Texas, in the face of efforts
to dissuade him by the Chairman
of the House Appropriations Com
mittec, Representative Good, of
Iowa. and the Floor Leaders of both
parties, it is expected that the
House and Senate Conferees will
agree upon a fair provision to main
tain the T. S. Employment Service
until permanent legislation, now
under consideration by the Joint
Committees on Labor in both houses
Of Congress, may be adopted
Representative Blanton's attack
upon the Employment Service, in
fact, according to members of the
Legislative Committee Of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
! ployees, seem to have had the eff
feet of developing actual party ri
J yalry in defense OF the Service. II
/ debate upon the point Of order il
the House, Republican Leader Mon
! dell drew attention to the fact tina
/ came from the Democratic side o
! the House, whereas both the Re
publican floor leaders and the Re
/ publican Chairman of the Appro
priations Committee declared them
| selves in favor of an even large
! sum than the 100000 reported b
the House Appropriations Commit
tee.
4 This declaration of the Reput
licans brought Representative
4 Byrns, of Tennessee, ranking Demo
/ crat on the Appropriation Commit
tee, and Champ Clark, Democrat
| Floor Leader, to their feet with tn
/ charge that if the Republicans real
] ly wanted to retain the Employment
1 I Service they would have been pre-
| pared to use their majority strenet
| in the House to make a special rul
] protecting this item against Nh
Blanton's point of order. The Re
: publican attempt to capitalize Rep
h resentative Blanton's opposition t
n the Employment Service has annoy
h ed Democratic members, it is saiC
and it is noted that Senator Robin
son, of Arkansas, a Democrat, wa
4 the author of the Senate amend
mcnt restoring the item in the Sur
y dry civil Bill, after the Senate Al
4 preparations Committee, with a Re
\ publican majority, had omitted i
h The issue is now up to the confer
i ees, with House Leaders and tn
{ Senate committed to support of tn