Evening star., 1932-06-09
Leaders Plan to Separate
Economy Program and
Appropriation Bill.
SANDLIN SEES SPEEDY
END TO DIFFERENCES
Prominent Members Indicate They
Will Oppose Any Pay
Cut Plan.

The House today disagreed to Sen
ate amendments to the general economy
bill embodying the furlough plan and
savings estimated at from SIPS 200, 900
to sl50,000,000, and speedily sent the
measure to conference for differences
to be ironed.
At the same time, it was learned the
House leadership plans to separate the
controversial economy program from
the legislative appropriation BILL about
which there is little controversy. The
economy program, under a special rule,
was Joined with the legislative appro-
priation bill in the House and went
through the Senate as a part of the
legislative appropriation bill.
Under unanimous consent, the House
sent the entire measure to conference
shortly after noon with statement by
Chairman Sandlin of the subcommittee
In charge Of this bill that all differ
ences between the Senate and House
can be adjusted within 80 minutes.
Among the differences is a desire on
the part Of the House to continue in
service several veteran employees whom
the Senate thought should be retired
resentatives Sandlin, Louisiana. and
Ludlow, Indiana, both Democrats, and
Hardy, Colorado, Republican
Representative La Guardia, Republic
an, New York, who has led several sue
cessful campaigns in the present Con-
gress, today declared against the fur
Tough plan. Some prominent members
of the House declared they will vote
persistently against any pay cut for
Government employees.
Passed by 38-to-35 Vote.
The vote by which the Senate sub
stituted the administration furlough
plan for the fiat 10 per cent pay cut
Just before the economy measure passed
late yesterday was 38 to 35. Only "a
hours before the Senate had rejected
the furlough idea, and it looked then as
| though the 10 per cent cut would stay
in the bill as finally passed
Senator La Toilette, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, had entered a motion to
! reconsider. however, and that motion
carried, 36 to 33. This brought the
| issue back before the Senate. and also
was an advance indication that a
| change had taken place since Tuesday
sufficient to write the furlough into the
bill in place of the fiat cut
The furlough plan is equivalent to
| a salary reduction of 8.3 per cent. 1t
means that annual employees who re-
ceive more than 1900 a year would
be required to take furlough of one
calendar month during the coming
fiscal year. or for such periods as shall
in the aggregate be equivalent to that.
1t states that "a working davs Count
ing Saturday as half a day. shall be
considered the equivalent of a calen-
dar month. An amendment by Senator
Lr Toilette stipulates however, that no
employe shall be required to take more
than five days for furlough in one
month without his consent.
Rights to Leave Suspended.
The plan provides that all rights to
annual leave with pay are suspended
during the coming fiscal year In other
words, the furlough plan contempates
taking one month of leave without pay.
For per diem workers who get more
than $1,000 year, the furlough plan
means fve-day week, with compensa-
| tion fixed at ten-elevenths Of that now
received for week of five-and- half
days
1t provides that no officer or employe
shall be exempted from the provisions
OF the furlough plan. except where the
| pubic service requires a position to be
continuously filled. and suitable sub
stltute can not be provided, and then
only when authorized in writing by the
| President
Members of the House and Senate,
| including the Speaker and Vice Presi-
dent, would receive a 10 per cent nav
cut. in lieu of the furlough. and en-
ployes in the legislative branch of the
Government would be cut 8.3 per cent.
the equivalent of the furlough.
Police and Firemen Exempt.
Members Of the police and fire de-
partments of the District were exempted
from the furlough plan.
| For rural carriers in the postal SER
| vice, it provides that their payments
1or equipment maintenance shall be
three-eights of the present allowances.
AS to employees generally, the fur
Tough plan is limited to the fiscal wear
beginning July l. but for the members
OF number of Government boards and
| commissions the plan calls for perma-
nent salary reductions that would bring
them down to $4,000 a year.
The plan also authorizes the Treas
ury Department to accept voluntary re-
mittances of portions of pay from those
officials, such as judges. whose COM
| pensatlon cannot be reduced by law
during their tenure of Office under the
Constitution.
While the furlough plan applies
only above 1900 and is equivalent TO
reduction of 8.3 per cent. the plan
which it displaced in the Senate bill
would have applied a fiat 10 per cent
pay cut to all employees receiving 81 900
or more a year.
House Rejected Plan.
Members of the special bipartisan
subcommittee that worked on the econ
cmy bill with the fiat pay cut as its
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