The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-25
HOOVER AGAIN
FAILS PORK
RELIEF BILL
Congress Tied Up in Knots
as ConfereeS Try to
Smooth Measure.
VETO THREAT LOOMS
Modified Legislation Is
Likely If President
Stays Firm.
BIZ United Press


WASHINGTON, June 25.-In-
stead of being able to adjourn to-
day for the summer, as it had
hoped, congress is tied up in knots
which may take weeks to unraveI.
Unemployment relief, economy
and appropriation bills all are in
volved in sharp controversies. Alb
Sence of many members at the Dem
ocratic national convention will de-
lay major action on these prob
lens.
ConfereeS today began the task
of bringing into harmony the wide
ly divergent house and senate I'M
employment relief programs, each
proposing expenditure of more than
$2,000,000,000 to create jobs for the
jobleSs and to provide food for the
hungry.
The final bill which they evolve
almost is certain to call for issuance
of at least $50O,O00,OO of bonds for
federal public works.
President Hoover Friday renewed
his assault on these bond issue pro-
posalS, terrning them obstructive, .
"waSteful,' pork barrel" legislation
which would unbalance the budget,
lay new burdens on the taxpayers
and provide little RELIEF to the I'M
employed.
Wagner Will Reply
Senator Robert Wagner Dem.,
N. " author of the senate relief
bill, promised to reply to Mr.. Hoo
yer from the senate floor this after
noon.
The Presidents statement was in
terpreted widely in congress as in
dicating he will veto the relief meas
ure If the bond issue is retained.
Six administration senators ex-
pressed the definite opinion that he
would do so.
After the bill is approved in final
form, congress undoubtedly will re-
main in session to wait for Mr..
Hoover either to sign or veto it.
If he vetoeS it and efforts to
override the veto fail, modified bill
probably will be passed.
Leaders of both parties promise
enactment of some form of relief
before congress goes home.
The senate Friday passed a bill
to give the Red Cross $4,000 900 more
bushels of farm board wheat for re-
lief purposes. This measure also
must go to conference. The house
bill called for distribution of 40
100000 bushels of wheat and 500 900
bales of cotton.
Economy Back to Conference
The $150,O00,0OO government econ
omy bill, batted around by house,
senate and conference committees
for two months, must go back to
conference again.
The senate refused to accent
house provisions exempting en-
ployes earning up to $1,000 a year
from the proposed "f1ve-day week"
Through system. The senate wants
a $1,000 exemption.
New conferences can not begin
until Monday at the earliest and
probably not until late in the week.
The house Friday recessed for the
weekend. House leaders tentatively
plan to recess through most of next
week, to enable Democrats to at
tend their party convention in Chi
cago.
Hoover Attacks Bond Issues
President Hoover in his assault on
the house and senate relief bills
centered his attack on the bond is
sue features. The Wagner senate
bill calls for $5OO,OOO,O 900 bond is
sue for public works already auth
orized by congress.
Speaker John N. Gamers house
bill emissions a broader construction
program calling for issuance of
$1,191 100000 in bonds.
These provisions" Mr.. Hoover
declared, have the triple vice of
being a charge on the taxpayer, of
unbalancing the budget and of pro-
viding only small amount of en-
ployment, and that to a large ex-
tent in localities where it is not
needed.
ANY study of many of these pub
lie works provisions will indicate
plainly their pork barrel charac-
teristics. A large part of the ex-
penditures are waSteful in the
the present times.
They impose tremendous future
costs on the people for maintenance;
they are not economically needed.
Much of it represents a squander-
ing of public money"
Mr.. Hoover also expressed regret
that the Wagner bills relief loans
of $3O0,0O0,O0O to the states would
be apportioned on the basis of pop-