Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-22
Leader TiISon Reluctant to
Allow Any Action After
Veto Intimation.
LEHLBACH TO REOPEN
MATTER IN COMMITTEE
Cooperating Organizations Call
Conference to Study Changed
Retirement Act Situation.

AS a result of the Presidents state
ment late yesterday declaring he de-
sires action on the new Lehlbach civil
service retirement measure, and strong
ly intimating that a veto awaits the
Dale bill. if it is rushed through, House
Leader Tilson declared that he is ex-
tremely reluctant to allow action by the
House on the Dale bill if it is reported
out of the House committee.
"As the situation now stands" said
House Leader TilSon, unless the matter
is thrashed out in the committee so as
more nearly to meet the wishes of the
President, it seems to me very improb-
able that the Dale bill will be allowed
to come up for vote in the House.
ut must have privilege status to get
action in the House at any time in the
near future and quite naturally the Re-
publican steering committee and the
House rules committee would not grant
privilege status on a bill which the Pres
ident has declared does not meet his
views"
Back Where 1t Was.
This attitude of the House leader
seemed to close the last door against the
Dale bill for the present. It places the
measure exactly where it was before ID
was held up by party leaders due to the
opposition of former President Coolidge,
who finally gave it pocket veto on The
day he left the Executive Office.
With the President thus conspicu-
ously declaring against the Dale bill.
party leaders and many friends of the
employees on the House civil service
committee said today that it would be a
futile effort to try to pass the Dale bill
now
Chairman Lehlbach said today that
he was not aware at the time he issued
ms statement yesterday announcing his
intention to temporarily withdraw the
Lehlbach bill that the President had
any intention Of declaring himself at
this time.
Situation Is Altered.
The statement from the White House
considerably alters the situation, he
pointed out. and he now proposes to
lay the entire situation before the House
civil service committee when it meets.
1t is scheduled to meet next Tuesday.
IL viii then be for the committee to
determine what they think is for the
best interests of the employees" said
Mr.. Lehlbach. However, he said that
he would leave the decision with the
committee on Tuesday
In the meantime, a conference was
called today of the various organiza-
tons cooperating with the Joint con-
ference on retirement, of which Robert
II. Alcorn Is chairman, and which en-
gineered the drive for pushing through
the Dale bill without change while 9TH
er remedial legislation was being con-
sidered in committees.
Both Mr.. Alcorn and Luther c. Stew
ard, president of the National Fedora
ton of Federal Employees, who sponsored
the Lehlbach bill, issued statements last
night prompted by Mr. Lehlbach's state
ment earlier in the day that he would
ask the committee at the next meeting
to report out the Dale bill.
Wants Proper Adjustment.
1t is thought doubtful that President
Hoover will approve any Civil Service
retirement legislation unless it embodies
the principles contained in the Lehl-
bach plan.
Mr.. Hoover gave this impression at
his newspaper conference yesterday
afternoon when he voiced strong oppo-
Sition to the retirement plan contained
in the bill of Senator Dale of Vermont.
He expressed himself in such candid
manner against the latter that there
is every reason to feel that he would
resort to a veto rather than see this
legislation enacted into law.
The President said he is anxious for
a proper readjustment of the retirement
act and from the favorable manner in
which he spoke of the plan of Repre-
sentative Lehlbach of New Jersey it
was taken for granted that the Presi-
dent wants to see legislation of that
nature enacted. While praising the
Lehlbach plan in principle, the Presi-
dent said he was not concerned with
any one plan by name so long as it
takes into consideration a proper read
juStment.
In his opinion the principal objection
to the Dale plan is what he describes
as the great injustice it inflicts upon
those employees, who, as the result of
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