Evening star., 1930-12-16
SENATE PRESENTED
|CONFEREES' REPORT
ON JOBLESS RELIEF
5000, 900 Appropriation
Approved in Form Attacked
by Democrats.
FAv0RS EMERGENCY
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
Drought Relief Measure Downed BY
Minority Party Aided by
G. 0. P. Votes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The conference report on the Slis.-
100000 emergency public works bin was
presented to the Senate today and Sem
ator Jones, Republican, washington.
said he would ask consideration to-
morrow.
Conferees OF the Senate and House
agreed earlier today to the s1l6 600 600
emergency employment appropriation
IN the form in which 1t drew Opposition
yesterday in the Senate.
The revised bill contains the provision
giving President Hoover authority to use
the funds as he sees fit If emergencies
arise; This had been stricken from the
bill by the Senate.
This decision of the conferees, reach
ed tentatively last Saturday, was assail-
ed In the Senate yesterday by Derno-
Gratis. Senator Robinson, party leader
agreed to the restoration of this pro-
vision in the interest of Fastening the
legislation, however.
Several Amendments Dropped.
Chairman Jones of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee, will report the
formal agreement to the Senate, He ex-
pressed doubt that a vote will be reach
ed today.
The conference report also eliminated
the amendment of Senator Couyens
Republican, Michigan, requiring that
contractors spending the S1l6 ,OOO. .OOO
iund employ local labor and pay the
highest wage scale prevailing in the
localities
Amendments of Senators BLACK
Democrat, Alabama, and George. Demo
crat, Georgia, making available the IIr-
expended balance Of appropriations for
road construction work in their States
without the necessity OF the States
matching the funds, also were stricken
out.
Meanwhile, the House ARriculture
Committee adopted a motion by Rep
resentative Purnel, Republican, IN
diana, TO invite Secretary Hyde to tes-
tiiy on the Senate's $50, 100000 drought
relief bill. A motion by Representative
Jones, Democrat, Tex, to proceed with
immediate consideration of the Senate
vote.
Representative Aswell, Iouisiana.
ranking Democrat, charged that "the
Republicans are deliberately irving 70
delay the bill until after Christnias..
ChaiFman Haugen said the commit
tee viii meet whenever Secretary HYDE
finds 1t convenient to testify.
Democrats Gain Seventeen Votes.
The House Democrats gained is Re-
publican votes and that of the one
Farmer-Lab0r member to defeat the
maJorityis attempts to rush through the
drought bill without amendments, strip
ped OF authorization for food loans and
cut from the Senate's $60,000.00O to half
that sum-
The Senate measure was being con-
Sl0erGn Q0piY1 ha An.xt ~,sfA
Committee, which studied the possi-
biiity OF offering 1t to the membership
intact as to money, but free Of the
1000 loan provision. Sometime this
week or next a vote will be sought.
:. To no avail Senator Borah, Repub-
Lcan, Idaho, had thrown into the
dispute plea for action, reminding
people were hungry. But at least
President Hoover had received stanch
defense from Senator Watson OF In
diana, the Republican leader. Sena-
tor. Jones, Republican, Washington
last night had taken to the radio to
give the public directly a defense of
the Chief Executive.
President Hoover Defended.
He is an innocent of deceit, of what
is called bunk and Of deception as a
newborn babe" said Jones. "fIe may
make some mistakes-Who does not?
That he is denounced as a deceiver of
the people and a bunk peddler' should
meet with the condemnation of every
good citizen, regardless of politics"
Debate in the House was limited un.
der the procedure by which the meas
ure was brought up, but the brevity
appeared to add zest to the vigor with
which Republican and Democrat match
ed words for and against the proposal.
In the end, the roll call showed
For suspending the rules and passing
the bill: 205.
Republicans: zoo.
Ackerman, Adkins, Aldrich, Allen. An
derson, Arentz, Bachmann, Bacon, BAIRD.
Barbour, Beck, Beedy. Beers, Blackburn.
Eohn, Bolton, Bowman, Brand of Ohio,
Britten, Brumm. Buckbee, Burdfck.
Burtness, Gable, Campbell of Pennsyi-
vania, Carter of California, Chalnnera.
Chindblom, Christopherson, Clarue.
Clancy, Clark of Maryland, Clarke OF
New York, Cochran of Pennsylvania.
Cole. Cotton, Cooke. Cooper Of Ohio.
Coyle, Cramton. Crowther, Culkin. Dali
Iinger, Darrow, Dempsey, Denison,
dickinson, Dowell, Dunbar, Dyer of Mis-
souri,, Eaton of New Jersey, Elliott. Ellis.
Englebright, Estep. Esterly, Evans of
California, Finn, Fish. Fitzgerald, Fort,
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