Evening star., 1932-07-07
HOUSE NEARS VOTE
IN RELIEF FIGHT
Warfare Renewed by Debate.
Senate G. 0. P. to Seek
Early Veto.
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the two houses.
They hoped to pass the bill in its
present form and let President Hoover
veto it in an effort to get a new bill
satisfactory to the President without.
undue delay.
Leading the opposition to the measure
in the House, Representative Treadway,
Republican, of Massachusetts,, said
THE worst type of political bunkum
and demagogery is any effort to align
the masses against the classes. am
proud to think that in this free country
of ours there is no distinction under
the Constitution or laws on account OF
race, creed or political afflliation.
"If any member on this floor questions
the sincere desire of the President or
any other official of the Government or
any citizen to relieve the present dis
tresS among the people of the United
States, he, of course, is seeing red.
I'VE are absolutely in harmony that
distress must be relieved and that prac-
tical and proper legislation must be
passed before there can be any thought
of adjournment of this Congress.
Denies Speakers Charge.
"The Speaker intimates that the
President has said there was a panic
just around the corner" Treadway said.
Il deny that the President ever said any
such thing in the presence of the con-
ferees or at any other time.
Our Speaker has always had fac
ulty Of putting words into other peo-
Piles mouths that they never uttered.
His worst offense in yesterdays speech
was the last paragraph wherein he
stated he wanted to see legislation
passed and that he would like to give
assurance that Congress desires to
serve the whole people Of the United
States. Following these statements, the
Speaker quoted the President as say
ing, I will take my select clientele or
you will take nothing in the way of
relief
II cannot too emphatically say that
the President never said any such
thing and that it was not in his mind
to conceive of such thing
THE actual opponent of relief is the
Speaker, when by his obStinacy and
persistency for a lost cause. he insists
on sticking by sinking ship in an
effort to have his own way" Treadway
said "If pride in the Speakers leader
ship causes this House to prevent suit
able relief legislation, the blame VIII
rest on the Democratic party and not
upon the Republican minority.
THE practical outcome is that veto,
when received by Congress, will be sup
ported by the good sense of the House.
Not even the Speaker himself can
honestly say that in his opinion 1t is
possible to override veto message"
Rainey Scores President.
Representative Rainey, the Demo-
cratic leader said the conference re-
port had been signed by every con-
feree, Democrat and Republican alike,
except Treadway
who then was it that entered the
discordant note?" Rainey asked. "It
wasn't the Speaker, 1t wasn't the Demo-
| lican conferees.
"It was the President who was the
disSenter.
Under those circumstances who's
the stubborn man, who's the man who's
not in step? It's the President"
Rainey said Hoover had issued to the
country statement "bristling with er-
| rors."
THE people during the Wilson ad-
ministration accustomed themselves to
correct statements from the White
House." Rainey said. Il regret to say
the present occupant of the White
House has not always followed the ex-
ample Of President Wilson"
Points TO Wilson.
What about wilson's statement, 7
kept you out Of war" Smell asked
Theodore Roosevelt, the greatest leader
this country ever had, stumped the
country in favor of war;
Rainey said the Presidents applica-
! ton of the term pawn broking estab-
lishment" to the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation under the Garner
plan was a misstatement unparalleled
in the history of press releases from
the White House
He said he would not call President
Hoover a demagogue, but that he. was
not fighting the fight" over relief with
the dignity that goes with his Office.
The Democratic leader cited high
salaries he said were received by heads
of big railroads that have received loans
from the Reconstruction Finance Cor
! poration and added:
These are the types of men the
President wants to help"
The open break between White House
and Speaker came yesterday after two
conferences failed to bring agreement.
Garner went back to Capitol Hill with
others who had sat in the meetings and
took the House floor to insist that the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation be
allowed to make loans to any individual
with security
President Hoover, in a statement, i'm
mediately retorted pawn broking busi-
ness" and stuck by his intention Of
vetoing the bill if Congress approves it.
The Chief Executive and the Speaker
charged one another with responsibility
for failure to compromise, Garner eX-
planning he had receded from his stand
on other sections of the bill.
II believe you have got to have some
reservoir of relief Federal in its ma
ture," Garner told the House. Il am
willing to make a surrender, and then
would like to give the assurance that
! Congress desires to serve the whole
people of the United States while the
! President says I will take my select
clientele or you will take nothing in
the way of relief"
Plan Branded as Menace.
Mr.. Hoover said the fatal difficulty
was Gamers insistence upon broaden
ing the field of borrowers.
Such an undertaking by the United
| States Government makes the Recon-
! struction Corporation the most gigantic
( banking and pawn broking business in
| all history" he asserted.
| 1T would compel the corporation to
| attempt to deal with millions of people
in terms of hundreds Of thousands of
small and large loans"
| The present limitation as to who can
borrow under State and
Federal regulation-he continued. "is
| serving to protect the credit structure
of the Nation"
Besides that, he said. adding $780,
| 100000 TO the present $4,000, 900, 900