Evening star., 1933-01-15
All Fund Bills
TiedUp, With Z
Weeks to Go.
NO COMPROMISE,
GLASS DECLARES
Blockade Set Up by
Long May Yield to
ClOture Rule.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

With only seven weeks remain
ing before the present session ex-
pires, the Senate today finds itself
in the grip of a filibuster and ap-
parently unable to legislate.
The filibuster is conducted by
Democratic Senators against a
bank reform bill sponsored by
one of the most distinguished
Democrats in the Senate, Senator
Carter Glass of Virginia. Senator
Huey Long of Louisiana has pro-
jected himself into the picture as
the head and forefront Of the
filibuster, with Senators Thomas
of Oklahoma and Wheeler of Mon
tana standing at his right and
left hand.
When the Senate recessed late yester-
day, until noon tomorrow, both sides
in the row over the banking bill ex-
pressed their determination to carry on.
"No Compromise" Says Glass.
mo compromise" was the statement
which came from Senator Glass and
from Senator Bulkley of Ohio, who also
is backing the banking bill.
"The Senate will have to determine
for itself whether 1t wishes to legislate
or not" said the Virginia Senator. He
had reference to a proposal to impose
the cloture rule of the Senate, which
would bring an end to debate after
Senators had been limited to one hour
each to discuss the bin and all amend
ments. The Glass forces have such a
move in mind and are prepared to
spring it when they believe that the
rest of the Senate has become so
thoroughly disgrsted with the tactics
of Long and his supporters that they
viii adopt it.
The Glass forces prefer to force the
clcture resolution to showdown, they
say. rather than to yield to Long in
any way.
The Presidents veto of the Philip
pine independence bill and the proposal
to override that veto yesterday became
entangled In the meshes of the fill
buster. For nearly five hours the mo-
ton to pass the bill Notwithstanding
the Presidents disapproval was debated.
Long Blocks a Vote.
Even so, the motion might have been
voted upon before recess was taken had
not Senator Long let 1t BE- known that
he intended to use the Philippine bill as
vehicle for his filihuster against the
banking bill and that no vote could be
had. The Louisiana Senator m.de it.
clear that he would not permit a vote
before tomorrow night or Tuesday. So
the Philippine bill, alcng with the bank
ing bill, has been he'd up.
After the Senate recessed, Long told
newspaper men: We'll, the banking bill
Is now behind another bill (referring to
the Philippine independence bilD and
am in front of that bill"
When the Treasury-Post Ofice bill
comes up for action, Long indicated he
also would seek to tie 1t up as part of
his drive against the Glass bill.
Part of his procedure, he explained,
would be to let the TTeasury-Post ONCE
bill come up, and then at periodic in
tervals insist on the regular order Of
would bring the Glass bill up for
further debate.
Cites Regrouping Plan.
He pointed out that attached to the
Treasury-Post Office bill were the econ
omy recommendations of the Senate
Special Economy Committee, including
their suggestion for giving President
elect Roosevelt broader powers of re-
organizing the Government than now
held by President Hoover
This, he said he thought, would be
the subject of further discussion on
the floor and would delay vote on the
Glass bill still more.
BY permitting the TreaSury-PoSt
Office bill to come up from time to
time, but preventing final decision
on that matter, Long and his cohorts
in the fiibuster could consume several
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