Evening star., 1932-05-27
|RE[|EF HEARINGS
| TO OPEN TUESDAY
Tentative Draft of Garner
Bill Revised to Cor
rect Errors.
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billion-dollar construction program"
Garner asserted.
"Other relief proposals in another
branch of this Congress do not pro-
vide a means Of meeting the interest
or the sinking fund. Our bill is the
only one thus far presented that car
ries that necessary provision"
Garner estimated the return from
the gasoline levy at $42,500, 900 which.
he added, will be more than enough
to meet the interest and which will not
disturb the budget, but help 1t If any
thing toward becoming balanced"
Acting Chairman Crisp said Speaker
Garner would be the first witness to
testify before the Ways and Means
Committee in support Of the relief
bill.
This will be the first time Garner
has gone before a committee in this
Congress. 1t will be the first time the
Texan has ever testified before the
Ways and Means Committee, Of which
he was a member for nearly q quarter
of a century.
Garner was the ranking Democrat on
the group before he assumed the
speakership of the House last December
Meanwhile, the House Rivers and
Harbors Committee was asked to decide
whether to continue hearings in view
of the rivers and harbors projects in
cluded in the Garner measure to be con-
sidered by another committee.
Mansfield said projects his committee
had not approved were included in the
bill and others his committee had ap-
proved were not IN 1t.
Representative La Guardia, Repub-
lican, of New York leader Of the inde-
pendents, and Representative Mead.
Democrat, of New York, sponsor Of re-
lief legislation. said today they would
support the Garner program.
Mead, La Guardia and Representative
Kelly, Republican, of Pennsylvania, con-
stitute the committee of three desig-
mated by independents Of both parties
to lead the fight against adjournment
of Congress unless relief legislation is
enacted.
Democrats Hear Plan Expounded.
1t was explained at the Speaker 3
Office that because of the quickly called
Democratic conference yesterday, the
confidential prints of the bill carrying
provisions for hundreds of projects
could not be corrected before being
made public.
The information on the projects
came from the Treasury and War De-
partments.
The Democrats of the House met by
themselves last night to hear Garner
eXpound his plan, and to give 1t an
informal. standing vote OF approval.
Accentuating the meaning Of this move
was the simultaneous enunciation by
Secretary Mills Of the administration S
Ro% - lto orlre
gram, and to any further borrowing
whatever as a shock to public con-
fidence''
This relief measure provides spe-
cifcally: 100000, 900 to be spent by
the President. through any agency he
may designate. to relieve destitution
wherever it may occur; capital expan-
sion to $4,000, 900 900 of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation, with provision
that it may make loans TO any private
American interest or any State or po-
liuicaI subdivision furnishing proper Sc
curity: and expenditure of 81 900, 600 900
on public buildings, highway construc-
'ti0n, rivers and harbors and flood con-
trol.
Under the Garner bill the following
new public buildings will be con-
structed in this section:
Maryland - S680,0O0 (post Offices !;
Bel Air, $4,000; Cambridge $4,000;
Chestertown, $4,000: Elkton. $4,000;
Hagerstown. s300,000 Silver Spring,
$4,000; Baltimore quarantine sta
tion), $4,000.
The bill would increase the author
lied construction costs at Huntington,
W. Va, from S390000 to s465,0O0.
The bill would authorize 1000, 900
for public buildings already authorized,
but whichi have not heretofore reached
the contract stage No specific allo-
cations would be made, but the Treas
'aS can be advantageously utilized" in
the following projects:
Maryland (post Offices - Crisfield,
Easton, Baltimore appraisers stores)
West Virginia (post Offices Beck
ley, Huntington, Princeton, Weston.
The Garner bill allots $4,000, 900 for new
post offices in the 100000 cost class.
Sl01 080, 900 for new post Offices in the
$4,000 class and $46,310,00 for new
post Offices in the 5000 class.
Maryland 100000, Woodsboro;
$4,000, Aberdeen. Berlin. Centerville,
College Park, Denton, Elliocott City,
fredericksburg, Havre De Grace. Hyatts-
vile, Laurel, Oakland, Pocomoke City,
Princess Anne, Rockville. Snow Hill !;
SIS 900, Brunswick, Emmitsburg, Han
cock Lonaconing, Mount Rainier,
Ocean City. Upper Marlboro.
West Virginia-S70,0 Cameron,
Chester, Dunbar, Follansbee. Hallidays
Grove, Kenova, Lewisburg, Manning
ton. Marlinton, Mount Hope, North
fork, Redwood. Romney, Ronceverte,
st. Adams, st. Marys, Shinnston,
Spencer, White Sulphur Springs: $55,-
COO, Berkeley Springs. Fayetteville. King
wood, Madison. Mullens, Newell, Oak
Hill. Pennsboro. Piedmont, Ravens
wood, Salem, Sutton, Terra Alta, West
Onion.