Evening star., 1933-03-10
Intensive Dispute Impends
Over Economy Program,
but Leaders Are Confident
of Its Final Enactment.
DRASTIC RETRENCHMENT
PROTESTED BY VETERANS
Second Special Message Demands
Elimination of Furlough Plan
and Substitution of Scheme to
Base q. S. Employees Pay on
Living Costs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A silently intent Congress re-
ceived from President Franklin D.
Roosevelt today his second request
for extraordinary powers, this time
to slash veterans costs and Fed
eral salaries so a balanced budget
might be attained within year.
simultaneously in Senate and
House the Presidents message was
read, with the Legislators hanging
onto each word. A determined
dispute plainly was in the max
ing; but Democratic leaders pro-
fessed confidence that Mr.. Roose-
velt would have his way, while not
with the dispatch that marked
yesterdays enactment of the
banking law.
A bill for the new powers for
the Chief Executive was being
drafted under direction of Lewis
Douglas, new Director of the
Budget. who resigned today as
member of the House from Ari-
zona. Once it was ready, Senator
Robinson of Arkansas was to
sponsor it.
Immediately on hearing the pret-
Dental message read the Senate re-
cessed until tomorrow to allow COM
pletion Of the legislation.
House Democratic leaders arranged
to bind their great majority by caucus,
with the aim Of passing the bill by
early next week.
House Sets Up Committee.
The House created select Economy
Committee Of five to handle Mr. Roose-
velts request for power to cut Gov
ernment expenses.
Speaking Of the $4,000, 10000 Federal
deficit that has been piling up since
1881, President Roosevelt had said in
his message that the situation was akin
to that in connection with banking,
IN that it demanded equally courageous,
frank and prompt action"
From the early morning hours, after
conferences that lasted past midnight,
the President worked on his message
asking dictatorial powers over Govern
ment costs. He planned to save until
tomorrow his other promised message
looking to a $500, ,000, 900 bond issue for
public works to make employment.
Senators and Representatives, even
before the second brief and momentous
message in as many days reached the
Capitol for reading, were deluged with
kilograms Of protest from veterans Or
ganizations against granting to Mr..
Roosevelt the powers sought. Notices
Of what was impending had been sent
to American Legion posts throughout
the country by legislative agents Of the
organization here, with suggestions to
wire objections.
A big scrap loomed, with congress
sional leaders set on having the latest
extraordinary bill 60 through the COM
mitee routine-a process not respected
IN enacting yesterdays banking law.
But Democratic leaders expressed con-
hdence that ultimately the President
would win out.
Severe Dispute Forecast.
At the Capitol, meanwhile, sharp op-
position to President Roosevelt's plea
for dictatorial powers to reduce vet
erans' expenditures was considered
likely, but the preponderous Democratic
majority was expected to give him that
authority.
Senatorial authorities privately pre-
dicted a severe dispute before q de-
ciSion.
kilograms from veterans organiza-
tions about the country poured into
congressional offices by the hundreds,
88 in one batch being dropped on the
desk Of Senator Bratton, Democrat. Of
New Mexico, this morning.
Those to other Senators ranged from
"a in one delivery to the Office of Sena-
tor Cutting, Republican, of New Mex
ico-a Roosevelt supporter-to a hand
full deposited in the offices of other
Senators.
The American Legion legislative head
quarters here. headed by John Thomas
(C0ntinued m poOa Q No1,,noy,