The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-24
RELIEF BILL
TURNED OVER
TO CONFEREES
ProgreSSiveS Organized to
Prevent Adjournment
and Pocket Veto.
SENATE PASSES PLAN
Measure Certain to Include
Public Works Issue
Hoover FroWnS On.
BY United Pre,s

BY Initcd Press
WASHINGTON. June 24-House
and senate conferees today took up
the difficult task of compromising
the divergent views of federal I'M
employment relief as expressed in
the Garner and Wagner relief bills.
Both measures provide for the APP
preparation Of about $2,300000, 900
to be administered by the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation, but
there are several differences which
may make the task OF reconciling
the two houses difficult.
The senate late Thursday passed
the Wagner bill and it was received
by the house at the opening Of the
session this noon.
The upper chamber had stricken
out all Of the Garner bill, as it re-
ceived it from the house and sub
stituted its own measure.
Conferees Are Named
Speaker John M. Garner appoint
ed the FIVE senior members of the
house ways and means committee
conferees after Representative Crisp
Dem, Ga the most influential
member of the group, promised he
would do all he could to retain the
important features of the Garner
bill.
The other conferees named were
Representatives Collier (Miss) and
Rainey CID Democrats; and Tread
away (Mass) and Bacharach IN.
j. Republicans
Garner revealed he had sought
to break precedents to insure reten-
ton of the house bill by asking
Minority Leader Smell to join him
and Majority Leader Rainey as the
conferees.
But the gentleman from New
York did not wish to assume the
responsibilities, p Garner remarked
The senate conferees are Wagner
Dem., N. - Brookhart Rep., la
and Norbeck eRep., S. ID
Veto Is Expected
Possibility of a veto lies in the
fact that the bill in its final form
is certain to include a federal bond
issue for public works, a proposal
which President Herbert Hoover
repeatedly and firmly has opposed
The senate bill provides a $500, 000,-
600 bond issue. and, under the Gar
ner program the government would
borrow $1,191 100000.
If congress passed the bill in final
form, cleaned up its other work and
adjourned next week. Mr.. Hoover
conceivably might kill the relief
program simply by declining to sign
tia pocket veto"
Representative F.. H. La Guardia
Rep., N. ", insurgent leader
claimed, however, that he had suf-
ficient votes lined up to prevent ad-
journment before the President acts
on the bill.
II Mr.. Hoover then diSapproved
the measure, congress would be in
position to enact it over his veto.
Adopted by Vocal Vote
The Democratic unemployment
relief program was adopted late
Thursday by a vocal vote in which
many Republicans joined. The bill
provides.
The sum of $3OOOOO,O0O to be
loaned to the states by the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation for
direct relief of the destitute.
A 81 ,500000,000 expansion of the
Reconstruction Corporation to
create Jobs on revenue producing
construction projects by states. cities
and private corporations; $4,000
900 set aside TO finance exports of
surplus crops.
A 50O000,O00 federal bond issue
for construction of highways, river,
harbor and flood control projects.
public buildings and army and navy
improvements already authorized
by congress.
Garner Bill Provisions
The Garner bill passed by the
house calls for:
s100,000.000 direct relief fund to
be administered by the President.
S1000,00o000 expansion OF Re-
construction Finance Corporation,
to finance revenue producing prof.
ects as the senate bill; with loans
also to be made for business pur-
poses to individuals and corpora
tons which have adequate security.
S1.191 100000 bond issue for fed
sral public works, including many
not previously authorized by con-
greSs