Evening star., 1932-04-11
Pay Cut or FurIough Plan
viii Be Decided on
at Conference.
SINGLE BILL FAVORED
BY HOOVER AND GARNER
McDufie, However, Advocates
Splitting Proposed Changes
Into Three Divisions.

Under the dome CT the Capitol q
small group today sought adjustment
OF conflicting views to make possible
the writing of national economy
program in one or more bills which.
oy changes throughout the Government
structure, would save the taxpayers at
least $500 100000 this year.
In a continuance of the au-dav ses-
sion with President Hoover at the White
House. the special Economy Committee
OF the House, under Representative Nc
DUNE, Democrat, Of Alabama, met with
Budget Director Roop. Out of their
analysis was to come a decision whether
10 SUCK to their own plan for a wage
ana salary rate cut in the Federal pay
roll or TO adopt President Hoover's plan
iOr reducing the working time, and thus
the pay. OF Federal workers. with fat
cuts only for the highest officials
Inls was the outstanding point of
qlI1erence in the tentative budget
balancing program worked out by the
legislators and the President. Chair
man McDuft1e voiced personal dislike
OF some OF the other provisions, but
called for sacrifice Of individual ideas
by all members in the interest of
achleVlng national financial stability.
McDuffie for Splitting Items.
1t is the Presidents idea. and Sneak
er Gamers also, that one big bill
should carry all the changes, SO as to
clrcumvent the numerous vigorous
groups opposing individual items in the
general program, fearing that if the
proposals went in individually, SO many
Of them would be knocked down that
the net achievement would be puny.
McDuffle, however, favored splitting
the items in three groups one carving
legislative changes, a second covering
reduction in appropriations and the
third containing plans for consolidating
various agencies. BY these tactics he
hoped to prevent the blocs joining and
possibly defeating the whole program.
The issue of salary reductions will
confront the House tomorrow in strik-
Ing fashion. With the appropriation
bill for Congress itself before them. the
members will have to vote on cutting
their own salaries. %
Pay Cut Foes Mass.
Representatives of those opposed TO
any reduction in salaries of Govern
ment employees are active today concen-
tratfng their forces. Representative La
GuardIa, Republican, New York; Chair
man Connery of the House Labor Com
mittee; Representative Mccormack of
Massachusetts,, of the Ways and Means
Committee. and Representative Coch-
ran, Democrat, Missouri, a member of
the Economy Committee and chairman
of the House Committee on Expend-
itures, are among those most active to
coordinate opposition to the salary cut
measures
Representative Cullen, Democrat. of
New York, leading the Tammany repre-
sentation, declared emphatically there
will be no cutting of salaries because
this would be an opening wedge for re-
duction OF salaries throughout industry
all over the country and would delay
more than anything else ending of the
depression.
When President Hoover again meets
with the Economy Committee of the
House it is understood he will offer
some definite plans for effecting con-
solidation of various Government ac-
tivities. as well as the abolishment Of
certain functions not considered
actually essential at this time, as de-
cisive steps in the direction of a ma
tlonal economy program.
President Hoover has been making a
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