The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-06
GARNER WARS
WITH HOOVER
OVER RELIEF
Clashes Openly and Pledges
BattIesto Finish on
Loan Issue.
SMELL FAILS SPEAKER
Appeal Is DemagogiC, Says
House G. O. P. Leader
in Reply.
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ident Herbert Hoover and Speaker
John N. Garner, the latter only
Saturday nominated as Democratic
vice presidential candidate, clashec
openly today over the Wagner Gar
ner relief bill.
The President called house anC
senate leaders to the White HOUSE
for a two-hour conference. He stood
firmly against the provision in the
50, 1O0,0O0,000 measure which Sc
aside funds for loans to individuals
under certain limitations
Garner, accepting the issue, wen
onto the floor of the house wher
that body met, told his associates o.
the conferences results and then
discussing the Presidents stand or
loans to individuals, shouted:
II said to the President that there
is a principle involved on which
won't surrender"
He said that if no adequate relief
bill is passed there will be "riot'
throughout the country"
Smell Defends President
Minority Leader Bertrand Smell
Rep., N. ", came to the defense
of the administration and de-
nounced Gamers speech as a
"demagogic appeal"
The President told him, Garner
said, that he believed passage of a
$500, 100000 appropriation for public
works might cause a panic. If that
is true, Garner said, then the
country is in the worst shape in
its history"
Concluding his speech amid wild
applause from the Democratic side
of the house, Garner cried:
you are going to have a reser-
voir of relief or you are going tc
have riots in this country. With
that in view, I am willing to make
the surrenderS that I have made
Garner maintained that if there
was one clean cut ISSUE on which
he was willing to go before the
country in a controversy with the
President, it was over the question
of allowing the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to make loans
to private corporations and indi-
viduals, as well as ito special in
tereStS."
BOOed by Republicans
The Speakers declaration reused
storm of booes from the Repub-
lican side of the house, and drew
an answering round of applause
from his Democratic supporters.
Recalling that the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation had been Gre
ated four months ago, Garner said:
I'VE took it in the hope that it
would help, although we knew we
were doing something not author
lied by the Constitution. We are
going to broaden the base of this
corporation. We are going to say
there is going to be no more class
legislation. 1 said to the President
today that I am through with class
legislation.
How can you say that it is more
important that the New York Cen
trail railroad should meet it's obi
cations this summer than that aid
should be given to 100000 other
businesses throughout the country?
Why should you take $3,500,0OO, 900
from these people in taxes and say
that aid shall OnlV be given to him.
and to him!"
Smell AsSailS Speech
AS Garner left are rostrum at
the conclusion of his speech, Smell
jumped to his feet to denounce
Gamers appeal as "demagogic."
1.-THE gentleman says he is op-
posed to class legislation" Smell
declared. IT want to say that the
gentleman from Texas has made a
more direct appeal to class distinc-
ton today that has been made in
any speech in the house this year
1t was demagogic appeal"
Smell, continuing, declared the
relief bill issue was not between
the President and congress, "but be-
tween the President and the Demo-
cratic vice-presidential nominee"
IF it wasn't for the Speaker
we would have reached an agree
ment Tuesday night Smell said
HE refused to yield on the one
question whether the corporation
should be allowed to lend money to
every individual in the country.
Rainey Answers Charge
That would be all right if Won
wanted to set up huge central
uper-banking corporation, but that
is not what We want to do. He would
not yield one single iota and that's
where the conference broke I'D.
The President is just as anxious
TO help unemployment as is the
gentleman from Texas, and we are
going to do it if we have to keen
congress here all summer.
Henry T. Rainey Dem, I'D ma
lority floor leader. answered the
chage "demagogery" made by Smell
I had hoped" he said, there
would be no partisanship in the
question of relief. I had hoped that
the man who championed the COM
mon people would not be charged
with being demagogue. We know
now that the leaders of the Repub-
lican party are lined up with the
great interests"