Evening star., 1925-02-15
452,0D0,0lO BILL
PASSED IN SENATE
Independent Offices Appro-
priation O. KID After Iona,
Warm Debate.

The independent offices appropria-
tion bill was passed by the Senate
late yesterday, after having been un-
der fire two days. There remain only
the legislative bill, the District bill,
and deficiency bill of the appropria-
tion measures to be passed by the
Senate before March 4. With two
weeks and two days and a half yet
remaining of the session, 1t is be-
lieved that all the appropriation
measures can safely be disposed of
The independent Offices bill, as
finally passed, carried $452, 900 900, Of
which more than s400. 100000 is for
the Veterans Bureau. Many assaults
on the bill were made and many
proposed amendments were defeated
after considerable debate. In fact
1t was charged by both Republicans
and Democrats that a filibuster was
under way, directed against several
pieces of legislation awaiting action
including the Muscle Shoals bill, the
emergency officers retirement bill.
Whfch is due to come up next, the
cape Cod Canal purchase bill and the
french spoliation claims bill
FiIibuster Denied.
Senator King, Democrat, Utah. and
others who have been leading the
night for amendment of the indepepd-
ent offices bill, denied that there was
any fllibuSter. While concedine that
more time had been consumed in the
consideration Of this one measure
than was given to all of the other six
appropriation bills passed by the SEN
ate, they said the bill was important
| and contained many provisions that
challenged attention
Republican leaders, with whom rests
the responsibility for the carrying
out OF the administration program.
would not venture an opinion as TO
the probable effect of the delay on
that program. With only two weeks
more to go, however, they feared that
| a continuation of what they claim Is
filibuster will result in killing sew
eral of the measures they have Sc
! lected for preferential treatment in
the Senate.
Amendment Ruled Out
During the consideration of the in
dependent offices bill the Senate re-
! iterated its refusal to force Shipping
| Board construction and repair work
| into navy yards. An amendment by
Senator Copeland, Democrat. New
York, which would have prohibited q
expenditures until bids had been OBJ
! tanned from navy yards, was ruled out
| on point of order, raised by Senator
Warren, Republican, Wyoming.
Senator Norris, Republican, Ne
braska, appealed from the chair. but
the Senate sustained the ruling, -
| to II, with 15 Democrats voting with
the administration forces.
| The question of whether Govern
| ment bureaus should be required TO
| obtain estimates from navy yards
! upon all marine work has been a live
| issue before Congress for years
! Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia. de-
| clared in debate on the amendment.
In every previous. case, said the
| Virginia Senator, Congress had re-
| fused to put the proposed Limitation
+! on expenditures on the ground that
it was impracticable TO obtain a real
! estimate from the yards. The best
| that could be obtained he added, was
| IAN honest guess" and if the cost of
the work exceeded the estimate the
| ship was liable for the difference.
| Rail Board Fund Stays.
| The Senate also refused to eliminate
| appropriations for the Railroad Labor
| Board from the bill
A motion by Senator Howell, Re-
I publican, Nebraska, to throw out an
| appropriation for the board was de-
| feated, AZ to 81, after a long debate.
The amendment was supported by
| five Republicans, Brookhart, Iowa;
Gooding, Idaho; Johnson, California
| Howell and Norris, Nebraska, and the
! two FarmerLa Dor members of Mir
! nesota, Shipstead and Johnson.
Twelve Democrats opposed the pro-
! posal, while the following Ii voted
| for it: Ashurst, Arizona; Copeland
New York; Dill, Washington; Smith
South Carolina; Harris. Georgia
| Hefiin, Alabama: Jones, New Mexico;
| Kendrick, Wyoming; King, Utah; Nc
| kellar, Tennessee; Sheppard. Texas
Simmons, North Carolina, and Walsh
| and Wheeler, Montana,