Evening star., 1933-04-09
EARLY FARM BILL
ACTION IS SOUGHT
Measures Planned to Increase
Employment and Stimulate
Business.
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money into the banks for the sake Of
trade, we must secure them in some
way against the loss of their earnings
and savings" he said.
The bank reform bill, before it Is
launched on its course in Congress will
be passed upon by the administration
That has not yet been finally done, it
was said last night. although the ad-
fninistration has been kept informed of
the progress being made with this i'm
poreant measure Representative Stea-
gall, chairman of the House Banking
and Currency Committee, like Senator
Glass, has been at work on the bank
reform bill. and he is expected ITO in
troduce the measure soon in the House,
and have it referred to his committee.
When the House meets tomorrow it
may have before 1t for consideration
the resolution presented By Repre-
sentative Sirovitch of New York for
searching inquiry into the motion pic
ture business. The Rules Committee
has granted a special rule for the con-
sideration of this resolution. The in
vestigation would be made by spe-
cial committee of seven members, ap-
pointed by the Speaker, and would
cover the issue of securities by motion
picture concerns and by banks and
other concerns for the motion picture
companies, the leasing of theaters, and
the salaries and wages paid.
House Marking Time.
The House, as a matter of fact, is
marking time until another Of the ad-
ministration's reconstruction bills
comes before it for action. The SEN
ate bill, sponsored by Wagner CT New
York, La Toilette of Wisconsin and
Costigan of Colorado, authorizing
$500, ,000, 900 for relief of unemployment
and distress in the States, is still tied
up in the Judiciary Committee, which
whether the Senate violated the Con-
stitution and the rules relating to in
itiating measures which have to do
with revenue and appropriation. The
charge has been made that the Senate
had no business to initiate this legis-
lation and that it should have been
passed first by the House.
Speaker Rainey said that in the end
the House would pass this relief meas
ure, whether 1t undertook to put 1t
through as Senate bill or as an
original House bill
The Muscle Shoals bill, accompanied
by presidential message, is expected
to reach the Capitol tomorrow or next
day. 1t will provide the further devel-
opment and use of the Governments
power plant at Muscle Shoals and for
the further development of the Ten
nessee River Basin. 1t is understood
that the bill goes much further than
any of the bills hitherto sponsored by
Senator Norris of Nebraska dealing
with Muscle Shoals and that it will
designate power transmission lines as
common carriers.
Regroup Orders Awaited.
One of the two appropriation bills |
which failed at the last session of Con-
gress, the independent offices bill, has |
still to be estimated for by the Budget !
Bureau. The estimates are waiting upon |
the Government reorganization orders, |
to be issued by the President in ac-
cordanoe with ths economy act. 1t |
independent Offices ere to be merged !
with and placed under the executive J
departments and that some are to be !
wiped out entirely.
1t has been reported that a recon- |
mendation by at least one member of |
the Committee on Governmental Re- |
organization working on that problem |
for the President would place the Fed |
eral Trade Commission, as a commits |
sion, in the Department of Commerce |
Further, it Is said that the President |
has been inclined to give the recon-
mendation support, although he has
not finally determined upon this step.
Senators Norris of Nebraska and La
Toilette Of Wisconsin, both champions
Of the Trade Commission, insist such
. move would destroy the independence
OF action now possessed by the Trade
Commission and are utterly opposed to
such proposal. 1t is understood the
President will consult with Senator
Norris in regard to this matter before
he takes action. The Nebraska Sena-
tor Is prepared to oppose the move
The Black 30-hour work week bill,
which passed the Senate last week, has
raised storm of protest from manu-
facturers and other producers in many
parts OF the country and members of
the House are being flooded with let
tiers and kilograms urging them to op-
pose the bill, which Is still to be con-
sidered by the House Judiciary Com
mittee. In the meantime the President
has not yet given the measure his ap-
proyal, but has asked for a report on
the measure from the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of Labor.
The bill has been backed by representa-
tiyes OF organized labor.