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personnel reductions become necessary
because of insufficient appropriations,
Its consideration, however, was delayed
by the objection Of Senator McNary Of
Oregon, assistant Republican leader.
The path for the Senateis action was
laid out by its vote Monday requesting
the House to return the conference re-
port. The House complied with the re-
quest amid a scene Of confusion soon
| after 1t convened yesterday. The Sem
ate. however, did not reach considera-
ton of the conference report until after
O'Clock. awaiting disposition of the
billion dollar Treasury-Post Office sp-
preparation bill.
The first vote came on a motion by
Senator Jones for reconsideration of the
action by which the conference report
was rejected last week. 1t was viva
voce vote, and the almost unanimity of
the chorus of ayes" left no doubt that
the Senate was ready to accept the
House furlough plan.
La Toilette Loses Fight.
Senator La Toilette, Republican. of
Wisconsin, a bitter foe Of the confer
ence report, sensed the approach of the
steam roller, and made several futile
attempts to prevent vote on accept
ance of the report. BY repeated quorum
calls and other parliamentary tactics. he
succeeded in delaying final vote until
about 7:20 o'clock, nearly an hour and
a half after Jones had moved for re-
consideration of the conference report.
La Toilette pleaded with the Senate
not to establish a dangerous precedent
by yielding to the House-a precedent,
he declared, which would come back
ito plague the Senate" He further
described the Senate's anticipated action
as "humiliating surrender"
II regret very much" La Toilette
said, that the Senate has made the
decision 1t has In connection with the
conference report. There is no ques-
ton but that the difficulties contained
in this report, the injustices and the
inequalities, could have peen ironed out
in a further conference. They are
things which are unimportant, in SO
far as the principle contained in this
bill is concerned. The savings which
they will accomplish are negligible.
They are amendments inserted by the
House which create meager savings, but
in so doing. however, wreak grave in
justices upon the individuals affected
Votes Already Gathered.
IT realize, however, that the votes
have been gathered in to adopt the con-
ference report, and / realize that re-
sistance to it is futile. If it we're in
my power. would be glad to take the
responsibility of defeating this confer
ence report, thus forcing the House
to agree to further conference, but
that obviously is not within the power
of any ore individual Senator.
THE Senate and House will spend a
great deal of valuable time in the next
session of Congress Strengthening out
the mistakes which are contained in
the conference report. Rather than
take the needed time of a day or two
now to remedy the inequalities in this
bill, the Senate will devote weeks TO the
consideration of amendments to the law
at the next session"
Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New
York, joined with La Toilette in the
protest. He declared the bill had
aroused widespread opposition, that mo
one is satisfied with it." and that 1t
will undermine the morale of the Gov
ernment employees.
Senator Jones said he was entirely
out Of sympathy with the provision re-
lating to married workers, but 1t should
not be used as an argument for defeat
of the entire bill. Only through opera
ton of the so-called "impounding
clause" turning back into the Treasury
funds saved by the furlough of en-
ployes. Jones declared, could the Gov