Evening star., 1932-06-20
M'DUFF|E OFFERS
GRADUATED SCALE
OF PAY REDUCTIONS
Cuts Would Range From 10
Per Cent on 1900 to 20
on $40, 900 Upward.
HOUSE VOTES APPROVAL
OF CONFERENCE REPORT
La Guardia and Shafer Assail Ala.
baman's Amendment to General
Economy Bill.

"A graduated scale Of pay cuts f,-
Government employees ranging from
10 per cent on salaries of $1,000 or
mere TO 20 per cent on salaries in ex-
cess OF $4,000 was recommended TO
the House today by Representative Nc
Dufiie Of Alabama, as substitute for
the fur!ough plan.
McDuftie's amendment was offered
Immediately following adoption by the
House of the conference report on the
general economy bill. The vote was
ZIG to SO.
The McDuf1e scale of salary cuts
follows:
Salaries from $1,000 to less than
$4,000, 10 per cent; salaries from
$4,000 to less than $4,000, II per
cent; salaries from $4,000 to $4,000,
IS per cent, and salaries Of $4,000 or
more, 20 per cent.
McDufie's new pay-cut proposal i'm
mediately was made the object Of points
of order bv Representatives La Guardia
of New York and Shafer of Wisconsin.
They were promptly overruled by the
chair.
Calls Motion Improper.
Securing the floor before McDufie
could speak after his plan was read,
La Guardia protested that the motion
was improper, as there was nothing to
show that the attitude Of the House
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plan. The only two propositions before
the House, he claimed, was its own pro-
posal for a S2500 exemption and the
furlough plan
The gentleman seeks to have the
House concur in the Senate plan with
ar amendment that is not to remain"
he said.
La Guardia protested that the con-
ference chairman was seeking to force
an entirely new proposition on the
House. Shafer's point of order declared
that the proposal went beyond the
range of the differences between the
two houses.
With the favorable ruling from the
chair, McDuffie declared that his plan
would save the Government sll2,5oo,ooo.
Granted an hour to debate the
amendment, McDuffie said:
serious question. 1t is an unhappy task
to either think or act upon the reduc-
ton Of salaries, but the people Of
America are demanding that We cut
down Government expenses"
McDuffie Scores Steward.
During debate on his amendment,
McDufle unloosed a bitter attack on
Luther c. Steward. president Of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes. describing him as highly paid
propagandist whose salary probably
won't be cut" Steward has been con-
sistent in opposing a fat-salary cut.
McDuffle declared Steward wants
Congress to get away from a business
proposition on which his proposed sal
ary reduction is predicated.
We regret to see wages come down"
he said, but We are face to face with
facts"
Before the House had convened the
galleries were packed with hundreds of
request for unanimous consent 10 have
a statement Of the conferees read. ex-
planning the various compromises reach
ed in the bill, Immediately precipitated
sharp controversy. Representative La
Guardia, whose desk was piled high
with volumes in view Of his plan TO
fight drastic pay cuts, insisted on re-
serving the right to make points of
order against various provisions Of the
conference report.
Representative Bankhead of Alabama,
who was presiding in the absence Of
Speaker Garner and Majority Leader
Rainey. abruptly shut him off. In the
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