Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

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any agreement on the furlough
plan had been reachd.
Senate and House conferees
have agreed to report out the
economy bill with the Senate
amendment providing for COM
pulsory payless furloughs for
Government workers.
This was revealed this after
noon by Senator Smoot of Utah,
one OF the confereeS. following a
visit to the White House, where
he told President Hoover of the
decision of the House and Senate
conference group.
Senator SmoOt said the economy
bill with the furlough plan is esti-
mated to save S131, 100000.
Jones Denies Agreement.
Other points of difference between
the Senate and House agreed to by the
conferees were not disclosed. In fact,
Senator Jones of Washington, chair
man Of the Senate group, denied to
newspaper men that an agreement had
been reached on any Of the controver-
sial questions.
The conferees are scheduled to hold
their final meeting tomorrow morning
at $50 o'clock. after which time finish
ing touches will be put on the confer
ence report and it will be submitted
to the House and Senate for final ap-
proval and the signature of President
Hoover.
Deliberations of the conferees had
| been clothed in utmost secrecy and i'm
mediately after adjournment today Sem
ator Jones and other members of the
conference group indicated that they
had made some progress toward agree
ment on the controversial questions,
but insisted that no definite conclusions
had been reached. Senator Jones also
denied at the time that any considera-
ton had been given either the furlough
plan or the salary reduction approved
by the House.
Senator Smoot revealed that it was
the furlough plan instead of the IL
per cent salary cut that the confereeS
had finally decided on when questioned
by newspaper men after his visit to
the White House.
Senator Smoot said the conference
report would be laid before the Senate
and House tomorrow.
Smoot said he would not make any
predictions about the budget being bal
anced when the economy bill is finally
completed. He did say. however, that
he thought business would pick up with
/ the economy bill and other like meas
ures out of the way.
Will Not Adjourn Saturday.
Senator Smoot did not agree with the
prophecy made at the White House to-
day by Senator McNary of Oregon that
| there is a possibility of Congress ad-
journing by this coming Saturday. He
| would make no prediction. but said with
| emphasis that it would not be this Sat-
urday.
/ Senate and House conferees strug-
! gled for nearly three hours today over
| the controversial features Of the econ
omy bill.
! When the conferees resumed delib-
erations this morning after spending
more than seven hours around the con-
| ference table yesterday without max
ing any definite progress there were
| indications of prolonged battle over
| which of the two pay-cut plans to re-
port out Of conference.
| Senator Jones of Washington. chair
man of the Senate conferees. announced
at the close of today's meeting that
! another session would not De neld tnlS
afternoon, because Senators Smoot and
Broussard of Louisiana would be unable
| to attend.
Soon after the second days session
of the conferees started there were re-
ports of an apparent deadlock over the
pay-cut plan. Several of the conferees
later insisted. however. that little at
tention had been given thus far to that
question, but had laid it aside tenn
porarily pending settlement of other
points over which the Senate and House
are at variance.
Legal technicalities involving the two
plans appeared to be giving the conferees
considerable concern. In order to clear
up some of these questions, Controller
General McCarl was called into the
conference this morning, but no intima-
ton was forthcoming on the Informal
ton he gave the conferees.
Col. j. Clawson RoOp. director of the
budget, and Herbert D. Brown, chief
of the United States Bureau of Eff
ficiency, also were summoned, but
neither was called into the conference
this morning. They spent their time
waiting in an anteroom.
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