Evening star., 1926-06-01
MOTHERS AID BILL
TABLED BY SENATE
BIease to Move to Reconsid-
er Vote by Which District
FIan Was Beaten.

Although the Senate, by d margin
of one vote, sided with the advocate
of the New York plan of administer
ing mothers aiG in WashinGto on, th
! bill did not reach a final vote ant
| was laid aside at O'Clock this after
noon after Senator Blease, Democrat
of South Carolina, had served notice
| that he would move to reconsider tn,
| vote by which the District plan wa
defeated.
A unanimous consent agreemen,
| was entered into under which the
question will be taken up again Thurs
day for Il vote both on the Blease mo
ton to reconsider the action taker
today and also on the final passage OF
the bill.
The roll call vote today came on an
amendment offered by Chairman Cap
per of the Senate District committee
by which he sought to strike from the
bill the New York plan for a separate
mothers aid board.
Capper Would Change
After the session Thursday nigh,
the Senate, on a standing vote, suS
tanned the New York plan, acting in
committee of the whole. When the
question came up today in the Senate
proper, Senator Capper moved t
strike out the language which would
create a separate agency, but his mo-
ton was beaten, 81 to SO.
On the roll call the vote was as fol
lows:
For the District of Columbia plan
Republicans: Bingham of Connect
cut. Butler of Massachusetts. Cam
eron of Arizona, Capper of Kansas
CouZens of Michigan. Deneen of Hi
nois, Ernst of Kentucky, Gillette OF
Massachusetts, Goff of West Virginia
Gooding of Idaho, Jones of Washing
ton, KeyeS of New Hampshire. La
Toilette of Wisconsin. Mclean of
Connecticut, McMaster of North Da
kota. Means of Colorado. MetCalf of
Rhode Island. Norbeck of South Da-
kota, Oddio of Nevada. Pepper of
Pennsylvania, Phipps of Colorado,
Pine of Oklahoma. Reed of Pennsyl.
vania, Robinson of Indiana. Short
ridge Of California, Watson of Indi-
ana. Weller of Maryland, Williams of
Missouri.
DemOcrats-Bruce of Maryland
George of Georgia. King OF Utah
Neely of West Virginia, Steck of Iowa
Underwood OF Alabama. Walsh OF
Total, Sc.
Vote for Separate Board.
Those voting to sustain the sepa
rate mothers aid board were
d e m ocrat s--Ashurst, Arizona
Blease, South Carolina: Bratton, New
Mexico: Caraway, Arkansas: Copeland
New York; Dill, Washington Ed
wards, New Jersey; Ferris, Michigan
Glass. Virginia; Harrison. Mississippi
Helm, Alabama; kendrick, Wyoming
Mayfleld. Texas; Overman, North
Carolina; Pittman. Nevada; Ransdell
Louisiana; Reed. Missouri, Robinson,
Arkansas; Sheppard Texas: Simmons,
North Carolina; Stephens. Mississippi;
Swanson, Virginia. and Trammell.
Florida.
Edge, New Jersey;
F'ess, Ohio; Frazier, North Dakota
Hale. Maine: Howell, Nebraska;
Johnson. California; McNary. Oregon;
Norris. Nebraska; Schell, Minnesota
Stantield, Oregon; Wadsworth. New
York; Warren. Wyoming; Willis, Ohio,
and Shipstead. the Farmer-Labor
member. Total, 81.
For 80 minutes before the vote
was taken on Senator Capper's
he. together with Sena-
tor Bruce, Senator Sackett and Sen
ator CouZens, argued in favor of plac-
Ing the administration of aid for de-
pendent children under the newly
created Board of Public Welfare,
rather than creation of a separate
agency TO handle this one function.
Senator Copeland defended the idea
of having a separate mothers aid
board as advocated by his colleague,
Senator Wadsworth.
Senator Bruce told the Senate that
this is nothing but a contest between
New York interests and local inter
ests." Senator Bruce described how
a commission appointed by the local
authorities had made ii thorough
study OF all phases Of welfare work
in Washington, after which they rec
commended the consolidation of all
such functions in one board of public
welfare The people of the District of
Columbia. Senator Bruce asserted
were practically unanimous in urging
the Capper plan, and that he believed
the will of the District of Columbia
should prevail over the will of New
York.
Wants Experiments Ended.
THE time has come to cease the
practice Of making the District an ex-
perimental station in the matter of
Senator Bruce concluded.
Senator Sackett, member of the
District committee. questioned Sena-
tor Copeland to bring out the differ
ence in conditions as between New
York and Washington.
How many people do you have on
the New York Board for Mothers
Aid?" Senator Sackett inquired.
Il think it Is nine" Senator Cope
land replied, and added that there are
about 10000 children to be aided.
do you know how many children
there will be in the District of Colum-
oia to be aided?" said Senator Sackett.
II understand between 300 and 400.
Senator Copeland answered.
Senator ess'kett asked these ques-
tons to show. he said, that while New
York has a board of only nine mem
bers to handle 10000 children, they
are asking to establish in the District
Of Columbia a mothers aid board of
five members to assist few hundred
children. Senator Willis of Ohio
again cited as argument in favor of
the New York plan that 40 States
have adopted mothers aid legislation
and that great majority of these
States have segregated this problem
from the local agency handling
charitable and poor relief work.
Senator Capper, answering Senator