The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-12

Washington
Snapshots

Out of the storm clouds sur
rounding the issue of federal re-
lief has emerged the first definite
sign that compromise between
President Hoover and the Senate
will be struck by agreement upon
an S15,000,000 federal food loan
fund to be available to the Red
Cross only if its ability to raise
relief money from private contri-
buttons should fail. A White
House breakfast attended by Sen
ator Watson of Indianana, Repub
lican leader, and others, and fol
lowed by issuance of concilia-
tory public announcement by the
President, paved the way for end
ing the furious battle that threat
el.ed to force an extra session of
Congress. Leaders on both sides
in Congress are at work or details
of The compromise.
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Blocked by the Senate IN every
move for funds to operate the gov
ernment after July l, President
Hoover has turned to the country
for support in his stand against
Federal appropriations to feed,
clothe and otherwise aid the des-
titute in the current economic en-
Urgency. In long public state
ment of conciliatory tone, the Pres
ident declared that the American
method Of mutual self-help in en-
ergencies was at stake in his con-
flict with the Senate. Confronted
with a Democratic Senatorial ulti-
matum that he must permit Fed
eral appropriations for the pur-
pose or submit to an extra session
of Congress, he appealed for a
chance for the American people
to respond to the present situation,
as in the past, by public subscrip-
ton to the Red Cross and similar
agencies. "The whole business
situation would be greatly streng-
thened, he asserted, if further
Congressional activities after Mar
Oh could be avoided.
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Relations between the Senate
and the House, strained for months
over relief legislation, reached the
breaking point when Republican
members of the House bitterly de-
nounced attacks made on them III
the Senate and demanded immed-
late revision of the rules to per
nit equal freedom in the use OF
personal criticisms at both end:
of the Capitol. Although resent
ment has been growing for weeks
over the way Senators have t.
tackled the House leaders for OPP
posing food loans, the storm broke
as a direct result of the speech OF
Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway
Democ rat, Arkansas, in which h,
plaihl, inf FRED that Representa-
tive Louis !. Cramton, Republican
of Mi-hi gan, ranking member o
the Appropriations Committee, anC
Representative John Q.Tilson, !
Connecticut, majority leader, hat
obtained person al advantage
through their influential positions
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Despit rising acrimony betweeI
the Senate and House, still dead
locked on the food fund, it appear
ed, following President Hoover
reaffirmation of opposition, tina
chances are heightened that com
promise may be affected and d
extra session of Congress avoided
There was more hint of this pos
sibility than direct evidence of
but the Democrats, who have bee
insisting the President has bee
stubborn and unfair in his oppos
ton, viewed his statement toda
as conciliatory in tone and openin
the way for an end to the comba'
Later Senate and House conferee
considering the Interior Depart
ment Appropriation Bill on whic
the dole proposal is attached, RI
ported disagreement.
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President Hoover has define
his views on the relief appropria
ton controversy, adhering to hi
contention that funds should b
raised by voluntary contribution:
but in the course Of a review o
the efforts to counteract distress
made a suggestion which is widel,
interpreted here as an expression
of willingness to compromise wit
the Senate by having Congress
provide funds if the Red Cross i