Evening star., 1932-06-28
SENATE MAY SHIFT
VIEW ON ECONOMY
Recalling of Conference Re-
port Paves Way to Re-
consider Rejection.
Continued From First Page.)

-
clared he heartily approved ths action
taken in delaying the reappointment OF
confereeS during the absence OF Rep
resentative McDufie of Alabama, who
is in Chicago and will not return until
later in the week.
With the utmost difference to the
gentleman from Missouri" Byrns said,
no man has done more work on this
bill than Mr.. McDuffle. 1t would have
been a great mistake to appoint new
conference committee in his absence.
Mr.. McDuffle is better fitted to repre-
sent the views of the House in confer
ence than any other man in this body. y
La Guardia Immediately took issue.
This is not a House of personalities,
but House governed by rules" he de-
clared. He protested again that the
House should have been given an op-
portunity to iron out the differences in
new conference.
Mr.. Byrns replied that what the
House had done in this instance was
simply to do the courteous thing in re-
turning the papers as the Senate re-
quested.
Fear Death of Bill.
The Senate's surprising move yeSter-
day was motivated by reports that
Speaker Garner proposed to delay the
appointment of House conferees until
the return of Representative McDuffie
from the Conventional situation that
probably would have prevented final
enactment by Friday, the beginning of
the new fiscal year and the effective
date of the measure.
May Ask Reconsideration.
Action was taken on a motion of
Senator Jones of Washington, chair
man of the Conference Committee, re-
questing the House to return the bill.
Jones still has motion pending to re-
consider the vote by which the Senate
rejected the conference report. The
ultimate fate of the bill may be de-
termined when he presses for action
on this motion.
The vote to recall the conference re-
port, was considered a test of Senate
sentiment, and indicates rather con-
cluSively that it would rather yield to
the House, than have enactment Of the
bill delayed beyond July l.
After the vote was taken. Senator
Jones presented a rather pessimistic
picture to the Senate of what will hap
pen if passage of the bill is post
poned much longer, and indicated he
wanted to get the conference report
back from the House so the Senate
could accept it. avoid any further de-
lay and make additional action un-
necessary.
Must Act by Thursday.
What is the situation that confronts
the Senate" asked Senator Jones. We
must have our appropriation bills passed
by Thursday evening or else the finan-
cial and business affairs of the GoY-
ernment will be in chaos.
THAT is the situation which con-
fronts us. We have provision in the
economy bill that applies to all appro-
priation bills. If we are not going to
pass the economy bill then we must
recall the appropriation bills upon
which we have acted and incorporate
a provision in each one OF them with
reference to employees, and all that sort
of thing. In other words. the situation
which confronts us now is that unless
we get the economy bill through in
ample time to let the appropriation bills
90 through by Thursday night, then
the business of the United States Gov
ernment will be in a chaotic condition.
If Senators want to do that, If Senators
want that condition to come about.
have no complaint, but 1 feel that !
am discharging my responsibility in
bringing the situation to the attention
of the Senate.
"Of course, expected this discus
sion to come up tomorrow when the
proposal comes before the Senate as to
whether or not the Senate will recon-
slider the vote by which we rejected the
conference report. II the Senate re-
jects the conference report, as it has
a right to do, then, Of course. We will
do the best we can. 1 expect the dis
cussion that will take place tomorrow
to bring the situation squarely before
the Senate. Then, of course, we shall
be in a position where every Senator
can discharge his responsibility"
Bingham Denounces Action.
Senator Bingham Of Connecticut, a
member of the original bipartisan
Economy Committee was bitter in his
denunciation Of the action of the Sem
ate in recalling the conference report.
THE Senate" he said, has just in
dulged in a very curious procedure"
Senator Bingham further declared
that during debate on the economy bill
1t became apparent there were three or
four provisions which did not meet the
views Of the Senate.
In the first place" he said. "there
was the provision that savings from
the so-called furlough plan would not
result in the employment of employees
who would otherwise be discharged, but
that the manner in which the controller
would interpret the bill would lead to
the employment of all employees who
could be employed under the amount
OF any given appropriation as passed by
the Senate. and that then those en-
ployeS would have to take furlough or
be subject to an 8.3 per cent cut.
Laments Democrats Absence.
Another reason was that many of
US believed the section requiring the
discharge or compulsory furloughing
for long period of time of persons
living with husband or wife beth hus-
band and wife being employed by the
Government, was cruel measure, work
ing unnecessary hardships, and would
not save one single dollar for the
Treasury-waS not, in truth, an econ
omy measure at all, but was changing
a Government policy-and that ought
to go back to conference"
Senator Bingham also lamented the
fact that a number of Democrats who
opposed adoption CT the report had
gone to the Chicago convention.
Garner Is Adamant
Speaker Garner today expressed the
hope that the Senate would agree to
the report on the economy bill so the
bill would become law before the end
of the fiscal year.
In the event the Senate should send
the economy bill back to conference
today, Speaker Garner said he stood
squarely on his statement that the
House would reappoint its same con-
ferees If it has to stay here til
August"