Evening star., 1932-04-26

as possible throughout the entire Dill
When the bill is completed, this groul
will round up the greatest strength i
can muster in an effort to defeat tn
entire bill as amended.
Cochran to Offer Amendment.
Representative Cochran as a membe
of the Special Economy Committee vii
offer the amendment for this group il
substitution for both the McDuffie l
per cent cut in Federal salaries anC
President Hoovsr's furlough plan, which
is to be offered by Representative
Ramseyer
This substitute, which many mem
bers of the House today expected TO bt
accepted, is in brief to cut in half the
Presidents compulsory furlough plan
reducing the Presidents proposal OF
one month without pay to two weeks
without pay.
This same group intends to support
the amendment to increase the exemp.
ton from 81 600, as provided in the
McDuffie plan, to at least $4,000, as i:
urged by Chairman Byrns of the House
Appropriations Committee.
The omnibus economy bill will be al
shot to pieces" before it gets through
the battle which is to be waged against
1t in the House, according to the best
judgment of conservative members OF
both sides Of the House.
Says Majority Is on Trial.
"The Democratic majority is OF
trial" said prominent Republican
member of the Rules Committee, whit
expressed the opinion that the part,
leadership, when it finds the McDuffiC
program crumbling before determined
0Y,f1ncitiny mil
turn to support the coalition proposals
1t is predicted the proposal for con.
solidation of the War and Navy De.
partments will be promptly stricker
from the bill when that section Il
reached.
1t seems equally certain the salary
exemption will be raised to S2,Oeo, M
matter which pay cut proposal is ac.
cepted.
The leadership of Representative
Mead in the coalition group indicates
none of the provisions of the bill which
seriously affect any employees of the
postal service will be approved.
Recall Sales Tax Fight.
The coalition movement against the
pay cut echoed the bitter sales tax fight
IN which the House revolt swamped the
leadership. In that case no restricting
rule was offered, so the revenue bill was
open to all amendments and the men,
bership ran away with it.
To avoid a repetition, Democratic and
Republican leaders united behind a
rule which would permit consideration
of but four amendments under each OF
10 titles in tho economy bill-each cov-
ers numberleSS items-and allow but
10 minutes debate on each proffered
change. As members Of the Sponsoring
Committee have precedence in offering
amendments on a dill, it would be SIM
pie to let friends of the measure use
up the permitted quotas on harmless
topics and then compel ''yes" or no
vote on the whole bill.
So those in both parties who object
to the IL per cent salary slash pro-
posed by Chairman McDuffie and to
President Hoover's alternative for fur
loughs without pay, sought rejection of
the rule by the House. Opponents of
reductions In veteran allowances and
other items also engaged in the effort.
The measure will come up in the
House tomorrow as an amendment to
the legislative appropriation bill. I'm
less 1t goes through that way, McDuffie
said he feared it might never receive
consideration in the Senate, and the
effort to bridge the difference between
expenditures and the yield, of the new
billion dollar revenue bill, would fail
Opponents Mobilizing.
fractional leaders plan to unite their
divergent forces for big push against
the proposal. Representative La Guar
dia of New York, Republican independ-
ent, served notice in the House that
both Republican and Democratic oppo-
nents would join in voting it down"
Representative Blant3n, Democrat
Texas, and the influential Tammany
delegation from New York expect tC
joint in the battle against the bills II
per cent Federal wage cut proposition
and the Hoover furlough without pay
proposal to be offered as substitute.
The fight for the virtually ircn-clac
procedure will be led by Chairman Pou
of the powerful Rules Committee. The
North Carolinian, dean of the Demo
Gratis and party war horse OF more thar
33 years in the House, conceded the
projected rule was the most "ccmpli.
Gated and dangdeSt" he ever sponsored
The Economy Committee displayed a
wide division of opinion before the Rules
Committee on how best to submit the
bill for House consideration. At the
urgent plea of Chairman McDuffie fol-
some limitation and the demand of Rep
resentative Wood, Republican, Indiana
for an ''iron-clad rule" the strict pro-
cedure was finally approved.
The Alabama Democrat said that
without limitation the legislation might
be imperiled in the House and asserted
that there are many controversial items
in the bill that contains both sugges.
tions of President Hoover and OF the
committee"
McDuffie Wants Action.
I'VE want action rather than DELAY.
McDuf1e continued. The only way W.
can get action by the Senate this ses.
sion on the economy bill is by attaching
1t TO the legislative appropriation bill
He added if it did not go to tn:
Senate as a rider on the supply bill
which carries FUNDS for salaries of Con
gress members, it might not receivr
consideration.
mittee that every item in this econom,
bill Is controversial" Representative
Wood said While the country is de
manding economy in Government tn
alme people calling for reductions il
taxation are opposing the items in tn
economy bill"
The Indianan declared procedure tina
would force IAN up or down vote
should be invoked. adding. that is tn
only thing that viii satisfy the peopl
of the United States"
McDuffie delayed until late yesterda,
introduction of the measure in orde
that several minor changes might b
made. He expects to file a formal re
port on it before midnight tonight.
\ Meanwhile Speaker Garner tolt
newspaper men he thought it unneces
sary to reply to the last letter received
from Secretary Wilbur objecting to tn
10 per cent Senate cut in the Interio
Departments s45,000,000 supply bill TO
next year, which the House accepts
without question.
Three Sections Face Fight.
The Texas Democrat reiterated tina
II President Hoover had ordered cabine
officers last Fall to cut Government
expenditures II per cent, $400, 600, 90
could have been saved in 1893