Evening star., 1932-04-14
PRESIDENT WOULD
EXEMPT $1,000 PAY
IN REDUCTION PLAN
Hoover Advances Suggestion
in Effort to Reach Agree
ment With Committee.
COMPROMISE is SOUGHT
TO BRING ABOUT SAVING
Disapproval of Proposal May Force
Foes to Back Original Fur
lough Proposition,

Exemption Of all civil employees of
the Federal Government receiving less
than $1,000 a year salary from the
proposed compulsory furlough- without
pay plan Of reducing the Governments
pay roll is understood to be outstand-
ing among the compromise suggestions
now being considered by the House
Economy Committee.
This exemption idea, it was learned
at the Capitol today, was advanced
personally by President Hoover during
his three and one-half hours confer
ence with the Economy Committee at
the White House yesterday afternoon.
Speaker Garner in his conference with
newspaper men today stated that he
favored a f1at-rate cut in principle
rather than furlough system without
pay for Government employees.
At the same time it was learned that
Mr.. Hoovers exemption proposal met
with distinct favor and is known to
have strengthened considerably his
original plan for a staggering forced
furlough without pay. Whether CT not
the favorable impression Of his exemp-
ton idea was sufficient to cause those
members of the committee holding out
for direct salary cut to drop the latter
plan and get behind the furlough pro-
posal could not be learned definitely
Would Prevent Discharges.
In some circles at the Capitol today
there were indications that the Presi-
dents exemption proposal may prove
to be the winning argument in settling
thi- controversial part of the general
economy program for the Government.
One Of the strong features Of the
Presidents exemption proposal was his
assurance that the exemption would
save at least 10000 emp,oyes of the
Government from being dropped under
the congressional APPROPRIATION cuts
and would actually provide part time
employment to about 25,000 or 10000
others.
Revelation of the Presidents eXemO-
tion proposal today also produced the
fact that after its presentation at YES
terday's meeting the conference shifted
Immediately to the best method EFF pre-
senting the economy legislation. Wheth-
er or not the economy plan would be
embodied in one omnibus bill rather
than in several bills is known to have
developed into the prime question of
discussion toward the conclusion of
yesterdays White House conference.
Opposes Several Bills.
The President was represented as
having expressed very plainly his oppo-
sition to the committees proposal Of
putting out the plan in piecemeal by
using several bills This method, he
was represented by one member of the
committee today, as regarding pot
shot method of handling the legisla-
tion which he feared would result un-
questionably in various details Of the
plan being defeated. On the other
hand, he advocated the practicability
of one omnibus bill as a me-
dium of securing the enactment Of
this legislation quickly and without
impairing its complete effectiveness. If
one such bill is drafted and presented,
the administration feels it will have
the support of the entire country and
would successfully pass both Houses
of Congress.
After a stormy session cf the Economy
Committee this morning the Democratic
leadership decided not to bring the
salary-Slashing question to vote today.
Delay Is Explained.
Chairman McDufie of the Special
Economy Committee was recognized for
a 10-minute speech Immediately after
the District appropriation bill was
taken up in place of the legislative
appropriation bill which has been be-
fore the House Representative Nc
Dufie explained to his colleagues the
situation in which the Special Economy
Committee finds itself with its own
program including pay reductions and
other economies through coordination,
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