Evening star., 1933-02-18
RELIEF BILL VOTE
|SEXPECTED TODAY
Decision to Be Made Between
La Toilette -Costigan and
Wagner Measures.

With limitation on debate the Sen
ate may reach vote before adjourn
ment today on Nationwide unemploy-
ment relief legislation, involving a de-
cision as between the La Toilette Costi-
gan bill for direct Federal grants to the
States and the Wagner substitute for
additional loans through the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation.
The District of Columbia would be
given the same opportunity as the
States and Territories to obtain the as
sistance contemplated by either plan.
The Wagner measure, which probably
will be voted on first, places the District
on parity with the States in the right
to apply to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation for relief loans. In this
respect, 1t Is somewhat similar to the
separate Capper-Norton local relief bill,
also awaiting action. except that this
separate measure places limit Of
$2,500, 900 on the amount the District
could borrow and emphasizes that such
loans could be sought only in the event
public and private refunds become in
adequate. This separate bill would
safeguard the city against a let-down
in its relief work in the event funds
should become exhausted at a time
when Congress was not in session.
Provides $500, 900.
The La Toilette bill authorizes
total Of S500,000 900, of which $780,
100000 would be apportioned accord
ing to population. The maximum
amount the District would get as its
quota of this population fund would be
$780, ,572.94 To stimulate local activ-
ity, it is provided that payments on
the population basis in any one year
shall not exceed two-thirds of the
amounts made available from all
sources within the State.
Both of the alternative plans pro-
vide SIS 1000, 900 to be used specifically
for relief of needy transients through
out the country, advocated by Senator
Cutting, Republican Of New Mexico.
Senators La Toilette, Republican OF
Wisconsin, and Wagner, Democrat OF
New York, explained their respective
plans yesterday, and Senator Costigan,
Democrat Of Colorado, is expected TO
take up the debate early this afternoon.
The Wagner substitute would in
crease from $500 ,000,0 900 to $500 1000, 600
the amount available through the r. F.
C. for relief loans and is believed to
have a good chance of adoption.
As a preliminary step to final vote,
Senator Wagner yesterday had an
amendment made to the La Toilette
bill, under which the r. F. c. could
make loans to States and municipalities
for construction projects that are need
full and in the public interest" without
requiring that they be self-liquidat ting.
Administrative Costs.
Just before adjournment yesterday
evening, Senator Costigan, while dis
cussing the need for proper supervision
Of relief work, said:
Both State and locally administered
relief, to be effective and economical,
requires the expenditure of reasonable
amounts Of money for administrative
purposes"
In this connection he placed in the
record testimony given by Walter S.
Ufford, general secretary of the Asso-
ciated Charities of Washington, before
a House subcommitte on the deficiency
bill recently. This statement by Mr..
Ufford concluded as follows:
I'VE have reason to believe that in
the administration of public relief here
in the District Of Columbia everything
possible is being done to save money,
and to give help only where it is abso-
lutely necessary. We question whether
or not enough is being given. We do
believe from experiences such as we
have cited here, and from our own eX-
perience in social work, that the best
money you pay is for trained service.
and that you save that money many
structive piece of work instead of hand
inc relief ont ovov tho cor1nforU