The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-23
SENATE VOTE
ON RELIEF IS
SOUGHT TODAY
Democrats Are Confident of
Obtaining Passage of
Vast Program.
DENY AID TO CITIES
illinois Plea Defeated on
Proposal for Funds to
Help Chicago.

By UHtted Press
WASHINGTON, June 23.-Rout-
ing the opposition at every turn,
senate Democrats were confident of
obtaining passage today of their
81, 900, 100000 unemployment relief
program.
The senate debated the bill
continuously for thirteen hours
Wednesday, voted down every at
tempt to change the major aspects
of the program, and then at 1915
a. m. this morning recessed until
noon.
Just before adjournment, Demo-
cratic Leader Joseph T. Robinson
forced adoption of a gag" rule
limiting further debate to five min
utes for. each senator. Indignant
insurgents declared they would try
to have the rule abrogated today.
Senator George w. Norris (Rep.,
Neb) charged that a coalition Of
Democrats and Republicans had
got together to carry out the COM
mand of some one in the White
House"
Senator Gobert La Toilette Rep.,
Wis., threatened to vote against
the relief bill if the gag was con-
tinued.
Before resuming consideration of
relief, the senate was slated to ap-
prove finally the $150,000,00O econ
omy bill and send it to the PreSi-
dent.
Hoover Senators Whipped
This was expected to be done
quickly, as the house has given in
to the senate on the only contro-
versial point: Substitution of the
Hoover "five-day week" plan for
fiat government salary reductions.
Administration senator's were
overwhelmed, 81 to 10, when they
tried to eliminate from the relief
bill the $500,OOO,O0O public works
bond issue which President Hoover
opposes,
The funds would be used for
construction of highways, public
buildings, army and navy improve
ments, and river and harbor
projects which congress previously
has declared desirable.
The other major section of the
bill would double the ReconStruc-
ton Corporations lending power to
S3,000,000000 to enable it to finance
state and city construction of self
liquidating projects.
Illinois senators were defeated
without a record vote when they
sought an amendment to permit the
corporation to provide funds for
cities such as Chicago which have
been unable to pay their school
teachers and other civic employees.
Hoover Views Discussed
Senator James Hamilton Lewis
(Dem., lid introduced the amend
ment and Senator Otis F. Glenn
(Rep., Ill) declared there might be
riots unless the hard-pressed cities
were helped.
The proposal of La Toilette and
other ProgreSsiveS for a $5,000,000,-
600 public works bond issue was
killed without a record vote. An
amendment by Senator Park Tram
nell Dem., Fla) for partial pay
ment of the veterans bonus met
like fate.
There was considerable specula-
ton as to whether Mr.. Hoover
would accept the relief bill, in view
of the retention of the 100000, 900
bond issue. 1t will be some time,
however, before the measure
reaches him.
After passage by the senate, it
must go to conference with the
house, which has passed its own
relief program in the form of the
Garner bill carrying a $1,O00,000, 900
public works bond issue.
Adjournment late next week is
the best that congressional leaders
now hope for. The house is so far
ahead of the senate in its legiSla-
tive work that it adjourned Wednes-
day until Friday.