Evening star., 1933-02-19
BALLOT ON RELIEF
PLAN TOMORROW
Senators Indicate Approval
of Wagner Bill Expanding
R. F. c. Funds.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate's onruShing momentum OF
the last week carried IL near a vote on
the vast program for giving succor to
the unemployed.
Shortly before an agreement was
reached to vote on the relief program
at 4:30 pm. tomorrow. Mayor spokes-
men for 40 large cities yesterday plead
ed with the Senate Banking Commit
tee for legislative aid to prevent de-
fault on municipal debts.
The majority sentiment on the un-
employment problem apparently indi-
Gated approval for the Wagner bill ex-
panding by $300,000,000 the existing
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
fund for destitution RELIEF loans to
States and cities and removing the self
Iquidating restrictions on public i'm
provement projects which may be
financed by loans from the corpora
tion's $1,500,000,001 construction fund.
This measure of Senator Wagner,
Democrat, of New York was proposed as
a substitute for the La Toilette -Costigan
bill providing $500000,000 as an out
right grant for unemployment and des-
'titution relief.
Reconsideration Obtained.
Part of the Wagner program-that
permitting loans for ''needful projects
in the public interest" and removing
the self-hquidating requirement-was
Democrat, of Colorado yesterday OBJ
tanned reconsideration to offer minor
amendment.
With this opening, the Wagner lib
eralization proposal was subjected to
further attack from Senators King,
Utah, and Gore, Oklahoma, Democrats.
King warned the Nation was "em-
barking upon a sea of trouble" and said
the amendment would open the door
for dangerous invasions of the Treas
ury"
Gore said the Government "had en-
barked on that policy long ago" and
added the belief I'VE are deliberately
destroying the credit of the United
States"
"Credit is to nation what honor is
to a man and chastity is to woman, y
Gore asserted. 1--WE are deliberately
destroying it."
Mayors Present Resolutions.
st am sure no State would apply
for loan except that the burden
was too heavy to bear" Wagner in
State of New York with all its wealth
ought to be able to cope with the Sit
uation."
On behalf of the large cities OF the
Nation, Mayors Frank Murphy of De-
troit, James M. Curley of Boston and
Dan w. Hoan Of Milwaukee and Con-
troller M S. Szymczak of Chicago ap--
peared before a specially arranged
meeting of the Banking Committee
to present their resolutions approved
Yesterday at a downtown conference.
The group cited financial difficulties
of number of cities and recommended
changes in the reconstruction act to
permit loans to cities on municipal
refunding bonds, tax anticipation war
rants and tax delinquency notes.
Question of Coordination.
Chairman Norbeck told the group
he could not give them ready an
swer" on behalf of the committee as
only a few members were present.
He did say, however, that the COM
mittee wanted to help If it could
without getting deeper and deeper into
situation where we can't see our way
out"
There is sufficient wealth in this
Nation" the South Dakota Republican
said. "and it is just question Of CO.
ordination and putting our great nat
ural resources to work"
After getting reconsideration of the
Wagner amendment, Costigan obtained
approval of a change to permit loans
by the R. F. c. to private corporations
for self-liquidating urban water syS-
TENS and irrigation projects.