Evening star., 1932-04-28
Retention of HOli-
day Provision =
Approved.
ALTERNATIVE TO PAY
FOR TINE REJECTED
Measure Taken Up After
Two Other Bills Are
Considered.

BY teller vote of 141 to 118,
the House this afternoon ap-
proved the Mccormack amend
ment to the omnibus economy bill,
which retains the Saturday half
holiday for Government en-
ployeS, by striking out a pro-
vision in the bill which would
make the half-holiday law inop-
erative during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1888.
With galleries packed by Gov
eminent workers, the members
promptly took up their raid on the
economy bill where it had been
interrupted last night by panicky
adjournment forced by the Demo-
cratic leaders.
Action Had Been DELAYED.
Action had been delayed for COOLING
off period while the naval appropriation
bill and the tariff bill were considered
In the House In the meanwhile, those
In charge of the economy bill made
desperate efforts to regain control while
the coalition in opposition planned
strategy to continue their onslaught to
tear the highly controversial legislative
proposals to shreds and tatters
Representative Loring Black, Demo-
crat, OF New York. offered a substitute
to Mr.. McCormack's amendment which
provided that if the employees were
forced to work an extra half day they
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Representative WaNen of North Caro-
lima, chairman of the committee as a
whole, sustained the point of order
made by Representative Douglas, Demo-
crat, OF Arkansas, member of the
Economy Committee
Black Attacks Proposal.
In discussing his proposal. Representa-
tive Black said: THE law giveth and
the law taketh away, accursed BE- the
name Of the law. That Is the text for
this bill. For years by law we have
been building up for Federal employees
livable status and overnight we would
reduce them to slavery. We cut them
In salaries II per cent and then force
an extra one-haf days work without
pay, in effect giving them 20 per cent
cut.
President Hoover in his speech of
acceptance promised the workmen plen-
ty Of leisure. That promise he's kept
too well as far as the jobless are con-
cerned. As far as the Federal employe
is concerned, he would take it away.
THE Government is aiding in the
fallacy of all work and no play by max
ing it all work, no pay and no play
The House temporarily laid aside the
economy bill to dispose of the S327-
100000 naval supply bill and the Demo-
cratic tariff bill before taking up the
half holiday problem.
Speaker Garner said the House would
meet again tonight to expedite action
on the economy measure.
Faces Bitter Fight.
Despite desperate overnight efforts by
both Democratic and Republican lead
ers to thwart the will of the House, as
expressed in the approval last night of
a s2.5oo exemption on all Government
salary cuts, the House faces another
bitter fight over slashing the Federal
pay roll.
Party chieftains claim that they will
be able to put through some modifica-
ton of the Presidents compulsory fur
Tough plan.
While these bipartisan leaders were
endeavoring to muster a sufficient force
to save something out of the wreckage
of this first and most important Of the
II pages of the economy proposal, the
other coalition group leading the fight
against the bill had conference to de-
termine their strategy toward prevent
ing the routed leadership from regain
ing control.
Rural Carriers Exempted.
The hope of securing approval Of the
Presidents furlough plan is based on
the fact that the rural postal carriers
have been exempt from the 30-day fur
lough without pay provision in the
latest modification of the furlough rec
ommendation, and instead as their con-
tribution to the economy program are
written down to lose three-eighths Of
their allowance, which is les sthan half
of the original estimates of SIT 100000.
The real strategy in this modifica-
ton affecting the rural carriers Is
that those sponsoring the economy bill
hope thus to win over the members
of the House from rural districts to
support the Presidents furlough plan.
TO meet this situation. the opposi-
ton group, under the leadership Of
OR airnan Mead of the Post Office,
Chairman Connery of the Labor and
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