Evening star., 1932-07-17

question of his reelection. He added
that the people of his State knew his
methods.
why charge me with something
sinister?" asked Watson. He admitted
he had been opposed to the home loan
bank bill when it was first presented,
but said he had been won over to 1t by
the arguments In its favor
4 do net believe in villifcation OF
my colleagues, nor do use such meth
ods," was the parting shot of the Indi-
ana Senator.
Meeting at 10 am. yesterday, the
Senate and House settled down to the
job of putting the final legislative
tant pieces of legislation, the relief bill
and the home loan bank bill
1t was obvious the Senate intended
to yield to the House on its Garner
publicity amendment, since the Presi-
dent had let it be known that he did
not intend to veto the bill second
time because of the present inclusion CT
that amendment.
Besieged by Bankers.
However, Senators had been be-
sieged by bankers all over the coun-
try urging them to stand out against
this publicity clause, which the bankers
said would make it very difficult for the
banks needing money to avail them
selves of the benefits of the relief bill.
since the publication of such loans
might create panic among their de-
poSltorS.
Finally the Senators argued them
selves into the belief that there need be
no publicity OF the loans made by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
during the recess of Congress, since the
Garner amendment calls only for
monthly reports to the Senate and
House and the President, and that If
the House and Senate are not in ses-
sion, there would be no publication of
the loans.
The reports, it was urged by Senator
Robinson, the Democratic leader, and
Senator Glass of Virginia, would go to
the clerk Of the House and the secre-
tary of the Senate, but would not be
made public by those officials until
authorized so to do by one or both
houses of Congress.
Senator Bingham, Republican of
Connecticut, questioned whether any
such Interpretation would be placed on
the legislation by the House and
Speaker Garner. He pointed out that
obviously the Garner amendment had
been inserted in the bill for the pur-
pose of making these loans public and
urged that Speaker Garner might order
them made public by the clerk of the
House.
Sent to President.
In the end, however, the Senate
voted to adopt the conference report
on the relief bill without the formality
of roll call, and the bill was sent to
the President, the House already having
taken final action on the measure.
Over the home loan bank bill, on the
other hand, the struggle continued
throughout the day. First, by a vote
of A to 20 the Senate insisted upon
standing by the Borah-Glass currency
expansion amendment, although Sen
ator Watson warned that such action
would lead to the death Of the bill.
80, declining to accept the Borah-Glass
amendment.
Senator Borah, Senator Glass and
Senator Norris Of Nebraska declared
they would prefer to see the home loan
bank bill die rather than have 1t pass
without the imitation amendment. An
other vote in the Senate showed that
body still standing by the amendment,
35 to 90.
Back the home loan bill went to the
House. That body Immediately voted
a second time not to accept the Borah-
Glass amendment, this time by vote OF
156 to 102. This put the issue squarely
up to the Senate again. There was
Republican talk in the Senate of carry
ing the fight over to Monday, although
the Democratic leadership insisted that
such course would be futile.
Idles Through Day.
The House had idled through the day,
acting only on the home loan bank bill
and waiting for the Senate to conclude
it's labors. Recess after recess was taken
by the House, the members being called
back into session by changing bells when
it came time to vote again on the home
loan bill conference report.
It was pm. when the Senate inter-
rupted its debate on the Glass resolu-
ton repeating the eighteenth amend
ment to take a third vote on the home
loan bank bill conference report. En-
couraged by the fact that the House
had rejected the Borah amendment
by a smaller majority on its last
vote, the supporters of the Borah
amendment in the Senate stuck to their
guns and the Senate by a vote OF SO to
26 insisted on its amendment and sent
the bill back to the House with a re-
quest for a conference.
This was followed several hours later
by the break in the House.
Just before the Senate adjourned SEN
ator Howell of Nebraska sought to
amend the bill carrying appropriations
for the home loan bank measure by add
ing a farm aid bill: In the S END; On how. s-
passed.
Immediately an adjournment reSolu-
tion was presented and adopted with q
shout. The Senate adjourning sine die
at 11:11 O'Clock.
Booed by Veterans.
Representative Rainey. Democratic
floor leader, moved the adoption OF the
adjournment resolution in the House.
This was opposed by a small group, but
the great majority rode over the op-
ponents, preventing a roll call and ad-
journing at 1880 pm.
A few of the veterans Of the bonus
army seated in the gallery booed tne
adjournment of the House.
In its eight months OF life the session
of Congress now closed saw the trans
lation into legislation of the relief pro-
gram of President Hoover, including the
establishment of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, with wide powers
to aid financial and business institu-
tionS.
It saw the enactment of legislation to
balance the Government budget and
bolster up the credit Of the Nation.
The Congress levied new taxes esti-
mated to bring an additional billion
dollars of revenue into the Treasury. It
also put through so-called economy