Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
Niqht Conference at White
House on $500, 100000
Wagner Measure.
SENATE BATTLES OVER
GARNER PLAN SUBSTITUTE
Hope to Break Deadlock on ST.
O0O,000,000 Unemployment Aid
to Hasten Adjournment.

Speedy action by the House ON the
Wagner measure providing $500 900 900
for unemployment relief by loans to
States was urged by President Hoover
last night at White House confer
ence with two Republican and two
Democratic members of the House
Banking Committee. The measure has
been passed by the Senate, but has since
failed to receive any action in the
House.
No agreement on any specific problem
was reached at the conference, which
was attended by Chairman Steagall of
Alabama and Representative Stevenson
of South Carolina, Democrats, and
Representatives Strong of Kansas and
Luce of Massachusetts,, Republicans.
The conference was called as an open
ing wedge in the deadlocked controversy
over relief legislation at the end of
day in which the Senate had battled
over unemployment aid, now the chief
remaining obstacle to adjournment. A
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100000 900, and sponsored by Senate
Democrats as a substitute for the ST.
100000 900 Garner measure, was the
measure before the Senate yesterday.
No Definite Action Promised.
Steagall told newspaper men as he
was leaving the White House that the
proposed loans to States was discussed
in considerable detail, but that no COM
.mitments were made He said no one
attempted to give the President any
assurance as to just when he could
expect action by the Banking Com
mittee on this legislation.
The conference. which was helo IN
the historic Lincoln study OF the White
House, began at o'clock and continued
for an hour. Copies of the direct-relle1
hill we're frequently referred to during
the discussion.
Representative Strong described the
conference as an interesting and valu-
able exchange of views.
The President furnished us with IN
formation" he said, land we furnished
him with information"
He added that the Republicans on
the committee are anxious that the
matter of ALLEGATION of the funds to be
so as to meet the situation and should
be in accordance with State needs
rather than regulated and limited by
State population. He indicated this
also was the view Of the President.
Separate Action Desired.
Strong also emphasized that it is de-
sirous to have the S300,000000 relief
bill acted upon separately, rather than
tackled on the Garner S2,300,000,0 600 re-
lief bill as has been suggested by some
Democratic members of the House.
He commended it would be unsatisfactory
to use this SIC. 900. 900 direct relief bill
as a medium of forcing through the
Garner bill by attaching it to the latter.
Strong added that the President made
1t plain that he is hoping for separate
action on the direct relief bill for the
States and that he endeavored to i'm
press upon the group that conditions
make it necessary to expedite action on
this legislation.
Chairman Steagall said after the con-
ference that he would want to confer
with Speaker Garner, who has been
confined to his home because OF illness,
before he initiated any movement on
this legislation in the committee. He
stated that there are several factors in
volved and that he had been delaying
action because of Speaker Gamers abb
sence from the Capitol.
G. o. P. Anxious for Action.
Republican House leaders have been
anxious to force action on the 100000
600 Wagner bill if possible, Democrats
are sticking to their position that the
Senate should pass the 100000 ,0C0
Wagner bill, upon which it began debate
yesterday.
This second bill was substituted for
the measure introduced by Speaker
Garner, which President Hoover called
pork barrel legislation. House Demo-
Gratis, however, contend the Garner bill
includes provisions similar enough to
those in the Wagner measure now be-
fore the Banking Committee to solve the
situation.
Sharp debate ran through the Senate
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