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HOOVER JOBLESS
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AT ONCE BY SENATE

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the United States that the relief OF
human suffering in this emergency
should take precedence over the con-
sideration of the interests of wealthy
income tax payers" was still pending
1t being Senator La Follettes purpose
to call it up as soon as possible.
The La Toilette resolution seeks to
make the issue between the administra-
ton and its critics in the Senate one OF
taxation VS.. relief of the UNEMPLOYED.
Some OF the Republican leaders in
the Senate, exercised over the threat
which has arisen to corporation in
that body, conferred together today as
TO the course which will be followed tc
meet the Democratic attack and those
OF insurgent Republicans.
Republicans hitherto have been SLOW
to rise and respond to the criticism OF
the President and his relief program
due to the fact that they have been
anxious to get action rather than de-
bate on these measures.
When Senator Jones called up the
emergency appropriation bill in the
Senate today he was Immediately ques-
TONED by a number of the Senators
regarding the position of the bill. Sen.
ator Copeland of New York and Sena-
tor Harrison Of Mississippi both wanted
to know whether it was the purpose
later to appropriate another $40 900 OOC
to meet the request of the President
for $150,000,000, shaved down to $1IO,-
100000 in the pending bill. Senator
Jones replied that it was expected that
S4O,OOO,OO0 would be provided after
there had been more opportunity tc
consider various items requested by the
Government departments.
We accepted the House proposal
for $4,000, 000," said Senator Jones
feeling that this measure could be
put through quickly"
Senator Mcclellan interrupted, saying
that IN his opinion the unemployed
! would wait long time before they re-
celyed any benefit under the provisions
of the pending bill
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin de-
clared that he considered this bill a
small measure of relief for unemploy-
ment.
Senator Jones would not agree to this
but insisted that the bill really would
aid in the present situation Senator
Bingham of Connecticut quoted officials
of the Government to show that the
money proposed to be appropriated
could be spent Immediately on many OF
the projects. Senator Smoot of Utah
ACod ~ d lUllB llSG Oh river
and harbor projects upon which he said
immediate and added employment could
be given.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, objected to a pro-
vision Of the bill which specified that
the money must be expended during the
remainder Of the fiscal year, 1881, end
ing next June. He pointed out that it
might not be possible to spend a good
deal of this money by that time.
L know that the purpose of this
language S to indicate that the
emergency situation will be over at the
end Of six months" said Senator Rob-
inSon
Senator Jones said that if the money
was not expended, provision could be
made for reappropriating it, but Sen
ator Robinson said that unless President
Hoover should call the Congress in spe-
cial session, it would not be here at the
close of the present fiscal year.
why force a call of a special ses-
sion?" demanded Senator Robinson.