Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
Administration Group in
House to Act as Delaying
Tactics Continue.
COL. WOODS TESTIMONY
CITED BY LA Toilette
Government Measures for Jobless
Said to Be Inadequate by Wis.
consin Senator.

The administration leaders In the
House decided today to force the
drought relief appropriation bill to con-
ference under special rule.
The decision was reached at a meet
ing in the Office of Speaker Longworth.
Chairman Wood Of the House Ap-
propriations Committee advised the I'M
official Steering Committee that II he
failed to obtain unanimous consent
today to send the measure to confer
ence he would ask it be given special
legislative status.
Chairman Smell said he would call
the House Rules Committee together
Monday and order out a rule to give
the measure right of way.
Would Break Deadlock.
The agreement promised a break in
the several days deadlock which has
held the $50, 900, 900 loan measure in the
House, after the Senate addition of a
$l5,OOO,OOO amendment for food loans.
The Appropriations Committee chair
man has tried daily for several days to
obtain unanimous consent to send the
Dill TO conference. Representative La
Guardia, Republican, New York, OBJ
Jected. Wood had insisted before to-
DAY that he would not consent to the
seeking OF special rule for consider
alton.
Wood did fail again in the House to
obtain unanimous consent for a con-
ference. Democrats, led by Repre-
sentative Parks of Arkansas, Joined
La Guardia in objecting.
Wood Serves Notica
Wood then served notice he would
ask for special legislative status.
The onslaught of those who contend
that widespread human suffering is
beyond the resources of the Red Cross
continued yesterday in both branches
OF Congress In the House It met an
equally determined counter attack led
by Chairman Wood, who claimed Com
mun1stS and anarchists, human vul-
lures" were responsible for the food
loan agitation and had staged" dis
turbanceS.
Uses Woods Testimony.
Senator La Toilette, Republican, Wis
consin, used the testimony of Chair
man Woods of the Presidents En-
ployment Committee before the Senates
appropriation group as base for his
argument that the Governments re-
44cA AuedSuTeS were uGC6Ily INADEQUATE.
Only 10000 men, he commended, could
be helped, while Woods had estimated
100000 unemployed.
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar
kansas, who introduced the $15,O0O,-
600 food loan amendment to the Houses
S45, 100000 appropriation bill for other
loans, sought to sidestep the deadlock
over that bill by lacking the same food
item onto deficiency appropriation bill
the House has passed. The Senate has
yet to vote on the new plan.
La Guardia Blocks Bill.
Representative La Guardia announced
he viii yield only when there is agree
ment to extend any food loans that
may be voted to all the needy, in the
cities as well as the country.
The Democratic leaders meanwhile
insisted the Speaker should send the
bill to committee. Speaker Long
worth maintained a conference with
the Senate was the proper and Eek
peditiouS" procedure.
Woods charges of Communist inter-
ference, in which he involved the re-
cent England, Ark, incident, were be-
Titled by the food loan supporters, who
argued most of those involved in dis
turbances over food demands never
heard of Communism