The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-18
Open SENATE
BATTLE OVER
JOBLESS AID
Seventeen Organizations to
Ask Session Continue
Until Bills Pass.
LONG DEBATE EXPECTED
At Least rs Amendments
Waiting on 2-BiIIion-
Dollar Program.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times stan Writer

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-AS the
senate turned to consideration of
unemployment relief today, after
weeks of delay, seventeen promi-
nent organizations prepared a de-
mand that congress remain in SEES
sion until President Herbert Hoover
signs the two major relief bills now
pending.
Among the groups were the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, the
National Grange, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, the Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches in Christ, the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference.
the Mayors Unemployment Com
mlttee of Detroit, and the Veterans
OF World Wars. They will voice
their demands at a hearing here
Monday.
Out OF the parliamentary chaos
which followed defeat of the bonus
Dill Friday night, senators who OBJ
posed it on the ground that it would
lmperil general unemployment relief
made good their promise to turn at
once to consideration of general
relief.
Expect Prolonged Debate
The senate begins consideration of
the $2,000,000,O0O construction loan
ana public works measures, with the
memory fresh in its mind of hungry.
ragged men posted at its doors ask
ing for help.
Debate on relief may last sew
eraI days. At least TWENTY-FIVE
amendments will be offered. all ex-
tending the provisions of the bill.
An attempt will be made to au-
thorize loans for payment of teach
erS' salaries, to care for Chicago and
other cities where teachers have not
received salary for months.
Other amendments will propose
increasing the bond issue for public
works. Senator Robert La Toilette
Rep., Wis., will propose creation of
a department of public works.
Senator Wesley L. Jones CRep..
Wash) will ask that Reconstruction
Finance Corporation be allowed to
make loans wherever any group of
5000 or more unemployed heads of
families in the same community
shall form an industrial co-opera-
tive corporation" This is designed
to care for the organized body of
unemployed in Seattle.
Emergency Bill Is Stalled
Meanwhile, the $500, 100000 emer-
gency relief bill which the senate
tried to hurry to enactment to relieve
distress still is stalled in the house.
Democratic leaders have refused to
hold hearings on the bill until
Speaker John N. Garner is able to
return after a slight illness.
That more federal farm board
wheat will be made available to the
Red Cross for feeding hungry
humans and livestock appears as
sured as the result of the house
passing bill allotting 100000
bushels of grain for this purpose.
A similar bill ponds before the
senate, and since that body was
first to pass the original bill giving
the first 100000 bushels of farm
board wheat to the Red Cross, it is
expected to act again.
The new bill also makes farm
board cotton available for free use
by the Red Cross 10 clothe the job
less. Five hundred thousand bales
of cotton are allotted for this pur-
pose, the staple to be traded for
clothing or cloth.
May Ask More Bonds
The senate $4,000 100000 relief
program is in harmony with admin
istration views, except for the half
billion dollar bond issue it provides.
When passed. it will have to go
to the house to be reconciled with
the Garner bill. The house measure
carries a billion dollar public works
bond issue which the administration
labelled pork barrel"
Several western progressive sena-
tors intended to fight for still
larger construction program ranging
up to $4,000, 0oo, Oo0
Senator George Norris (Rep.,
Neb), argued for such a program
in opposing the veterans bonus bill
Friday.
In an eloquent address, he voiced
the deepest sympathy for the vet
Grams, but held that program
should be adopted which would Gre
ate jobs not only for the destitute
ex-Soldiers, but for the other mil
lions of unemployed.
Much as I dislike to see my
country issue bonds in time of
peace" Norris declared, Il think we
will have to come to this conclu-
sion. Our countrys life is more in
danger today than it was either be-