Evening star., 1933-02-03
BINGHAM ASSA|LS
BAN ON PAY SLASH
Holds Costigan Amendment
Would ImperiI Jobs of
Many U. S. Workers.
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has recommended continuation of this
administrative furlough" authority for
another year.
Drafts Reorganization Plan.
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, Of South
Carolina, late yesterday drafted new
reorganization plan, under which the
authority of President-e.ect Roosevelt
to consolidate and abolish bureaus would
be even broader than was recommended
by the Economy Committee
The committee plan provided that
Congress within 80 days of the iss lance
of reorganization order could pass
"copcurrent" resolution to stop the
order. Such a resolution does not re-
quire signature Of the President Byrnes
now proposes to strike out the reference
to a concurrent" resolution, simply
providing that reorganization orders
would take effect 60 days after they are
reported to Congress.
This would mean that Congress could
veto reorganization order only by
Joint" resolution. which would require
the signature of the President who had
issued the order. Thus the President
in turn could veto the resolution by
which Congress was seeking to forestall
reorganization order. In such an in
stance, Congress could vote to pass the
resolution Notwithstanding the veto,
but such a motion requires two-thirds
Cites Plight Of Jobless.
Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Ken
lucky, supporting the Bratton amend
ment, pictured farmers and others who
are unemployed throughout the coun-
try as being in a much worse situation
than Government employees under civil
service and said 1t was imperative that
Congress reduce Government expendi-
lures to balance the budget. Barkley
called attention to farmers who are
losing their homes through foreclosure
CoStigan said he knew faithful Gov
ernment employees who also will lose
their investments in their homes If
they are forced to take another 5 per
cent reduction.
Barkley replied that they, ct least
have lifetime civil service positions.
Senator Wheeler, coming to the 6e-
fenee OF the Costigan restriction against
pay cuts. pointed out that the average
salary of all Government employees Is
onlu S1,4G0 year, and that 72 per cent
of the budget 70. the past year was for
war deots, war machinery or war
veterans.
Wnee.cr Is Amazed"
when YOU cut Government salaries" !"
Wheeler shouted, you are not helping
any Of the farmers you have been talk
ing about. because you are no. restoring
the buying power OF the people by wage
! cuts"
Wheeler declared that Congress voted
TO get the railroads. banks and insur-
anca companies loans through the r.
he oyyN,, pf fo
grind down the workers further. am
-r1a7ei to find on this sioe Of the
Chamber men who claim to be friends
! CT workers proposing a cut for en-
p-oye5 of thee departments.
you are not going 10 balance the
budget whether YOU cut. S, 10 or 25
per cent and it Is sll nonsense to talk
about balancing the budee. while COM
moditv price1 are falling as they are"
| Whe7lcr' continued.
If You balance 1t today, it will be
unbalanced tomorrow" he added.
| Senator Cuttirg declared that further
reduction of Government salaries wou'd d
intensity the depression end encourage
private Industry to do likewise.
>Hclds Cts Too Great.
| Senator Cutting said he though. the
Government paw roll Already has been
cut far too much. Cutting raid he was
| inclil'ed to agree with the view that
the Government. should expand its ac-
tivities ami place more people at work
| because CT the very depr ss.on which
has led SO many people Into panic
about the necessity for rctrenchment."
| Senator Neely. Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia. who tried two days ago to ban
further pay cuts in salaries under $1,000,
also joined yesterday in support ng the
Costigan amendment. He said every
new salary cut, whether in the Govern
ment CIR private industry. means a
consumptive power of the people. end
reduction in the number of persons
employed.
Interpreted by Bratson.
In the debate which followed the
| adoption Of the Costigan ban against
wage cuts or additional furloughc, Sen
ator Brattor. author of the per cent
cut, interpreted the restriction as fol-
! lows:
"A cabinet officer might say to an
employe, Under this amendment I am
| obliged to cu-tail Der cent. but !
cannot impose an additional admins
/ lldI AL OldCl w Wv ~.
Therefore I am obliged to dismiss you.
! That would be the effect of it,
| The vote by which the Senate adopt
ed the Costigan amendment follows:
! Yeas (42)-Ashurst, Barbour, Black,
Blaine Borah, Brookhart. Bulow. Cap
per- Caraway, Copeland. Costigan, Cou-
zens, Cutting. Dale, Davis Dickinson,
Dill, Frazier, George, Hatfield, Hayden,
Johnson. Kean. Keyes, La Toilette, Nc
Gill, McNary. Metcalf, Nicely, Nye, Oddie,
Reed, Reynolds, Russell, Schall. Schuy-
Ter. Smith. Steiwer. Wagner, Walsh of
Montana, Wheeler and White.
| Nays t29)-Austin, Bankhead, Bark
ley, Bratton, Bulkley. Byrnes, Connal-
ly. Coolidge, Fletcher, GoldSborough,
Gore, Grammer, Hale, Harrison, Hast
ings, Kendrick, King Logan, Mcclellan.
Moses, Norris. Robinson Of Arkansas,
Sheppard, Townsend, Trammell. Tyd-
ngs, Vandenberg. Walsh of Massachu-
sets and Watson.