New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-12
500, 100000 Bill
For Relief Goes
TO House Monday
Rules Committee Releases 1t
on "Only U. S. Share of
Pool'' Plea; Republicans
to Know Where Aid Goes
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE $780,
100000 which the President has cabled
for Congress to appropriate Tor
European relief is part of pool OF
$3.50 900 900 in which Great Britain
France and Italy will participate.
Chairman Sherley of the House APP
propriations Committee told the
House Rules Committee to-day
As result of this statement Rep
rcsentativo Schall. of Minnesota, the
blind member of the House, declined TO
vote against special rule eXpedltlng
the bill. with the result that two
Democratic absentecs having come IN
since the committee turned down the
special rule on Thursday. 1t was APP
proved to-day by the committee.
On Monday the House will receive
the committees report. and at once q
battle viii be precipitatcd.
The attack, which IS expected to be
led by Representative Bertrand II.
Smell. Of New York. one cf the mem
bers Of the Rules Committee. Will take
the line that the war Is over, and the
Administration must row take Con
cress into its confidence as to how 1t
proposes to spend the peoples money
Not one of the Republicans object
ing to he bill bases his opposition on
any objection to appropriatlng money
10 feed starving people. They insist,
however. that they do not wish, now
What the war is over, to appropriate
money blindly. or to give the President
carte blanche TO do as he likes.
''If the President has bound us to
this thing | may not be opposed to 1T.
but do want to know just what 1T is,
said Representative Louis I. McFadden.
of Pennsylvania, in explaining his OPP
position 10 legislating without informa-
ton. at may be that the Allies think
because we got into the war so late
we should carry this burden alone
that it is our task. That might not
meet with so much opposition. but the
A ercan people should understand it
clearly.
Must Know Where Money Goes
IF the other nations are to take part
IN relieving this distress, that also
ought to be made clear. We ought not
10 take any action in the dark. and
thing the Republican members of the
rules committee were perfectly right
in refusing TO grant special rule for
the expedition of this appropriation
without any knowledge as to why the
money was required. what obligations
edents were being made which might
rise to plague us. and how the money
was to be spent.
Personally, | regret that the com
mittee did not persist in its refusal to
sanction expedition Of this measure,
until the President should be asked to
cable the information desired
The Administration was saved to-day
by the appearance of Representative
Daniel J. Riordan, of New York. and
Dr. Martin D. Foster. of Illinois. They
reinforced Representatives Pou. Gar
lett and Cantrill, while Representative
Schall withdrew his support from the
Republicans. leaving only Smell. Roden-
berg and Fess voting against the rule.
Campbell. ranking Republican member
was present, but paired with Repre-
sentative Harrison. of Mississippi.
Schall's Status Question
The action Of Mr. Schall caused more
gossip around the House than any
thing which has occurred for some
time. When, after the 1916 election,
the House was so close that it was not
sure who would be elected Speaker. Mr.
Schail. who had been elected as an in-
dependent. voted for Champ Clark, al