The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS MUCH
 MORE WORRIED
Three Problems Confront House = Rus sian Im- ports, Relief Funds and Soldiers Bonus - Any One of Them Puzzles
United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press StafY COrrcspOndent) Washington. Jan. 27.-(UP).- The problem of Russian imports was added to-day to the worries of house
 republican leaders. already perplex- ed over relief funds and veterans compensation proposals.
 The ways and means committee opened hearings on various bills de- signed to ban Soviet Russian imports
 produced by forced or convict labor.
 These are aimed particularly at
 those imports which come into com petition with American products. in- cluding oil, manganese, coal, wheat, 1 lumber and pulpwood.
 As the agitation for the Russian embargo was brought up for an air
 ing, the appropriations committee continued it's hearings on the most disputed domestic issue now before the country, the $25,000,000 Red Cross relief fund rider, attached by the senate to the interior department appropriation bill.
 Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of army engineers, Surgeon General Hugh s. Cummings and representa- tives of the presidents emergency employment committee were called before the appropriations commit tee to discuss various phases of the unemployment situation in connec- ton with the proposed direct appro-
 priation which the administration opposes.
 Democratic members of the com
 mittee went into the second session
 to-day highly critical of the whole l procedure, which is holding up &C., tion on the bill. Several times yes- terday they interrupted proceedings | to charge the hearings were resort ed to in an effort to delay the meas
 ure. This was denied by Chairman i Cramton of the subcommittee con-
 ducting the hearings. Red Cross of- l ficials have been called to appear tomorrow. Another relief measure scheduled for house action is the Capper reso-
 lution to turn over 20,000,000 bushels of wheat now held by the federal farm board to feed the na- | tion's hungry. The resolution comes 1 to the house as result of the sen- l ate's adoption at last nights session.
 The plan has been approved by Chairman Legge of the farm board, | as uncertain.
 The resolution directs that the
 wheat shall be furnished, delivered l and distributed by such organiza- | tions as may be designated by the l president, and under rules and reg l ulations promulgated by the farm 1 board and approved by the presi-
 dent. The agency designated by the president may arrange for conver- version of the wheat into flour. The farm board would be credited with the cost of the wheat.
 Chairman Hawley of the ways and
 means committee yielded suddenly to pressure by opening his committee
 for hearings on the veterans com pensation proposals and the Russian import bills. Hearings will be held Thursday on about 50 pending bills l to pay all or part of the adjusted service insurance certificates now | The senate finance committee began similar hearings yesterday.
 There is a real movement in the house to bar Russian imports pro- | duced by forced or convict labor.
 Last week, a committee of 25 mem bers was appointed to take up the
 question with treasury and state de- partment officials and to consider legislation.
 There is a provision in the pres- ent tariff law which bars goods pro- duced by forced labor, but 1t does not go into effect until next Jan-
 uary l. There are bills pending, largely supported, which would move this date up to April 1, 1891. But even this provision is defec- tive, according to Hawley, who sug- gested an amendment to place the burden of proof upon those who bring in the cargoes instead of upon treasury agents.