Evening star., 1933-03-30
CONGRESS SENDS
FOREST lob BILL
TO WHITE HOUSE
Minor Amendments Accepted
by Senate Without
Record Vote.
$500, 100000 RELIEF
TO STATES DEBATED
Approval of Fund for Direct
Grants Is Expected Before
End of Week.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate today accepted the House
amendments to the forest unemploy-
ment bill and sent it to the White
House.
President Roosevelt expects to begin
enlistments for the forest conservation
work almost Immediately.
Final congressional approval was
given when the Senate adopted House
amendments without record vote.
The action was taken in the midst
OF Senate debate on the second meas
IRE in the Roosevelt relief program
bill to create a S500,000,O00 fund for
direct relief grants to the States.
Needy Aid Considered.
The House amendments would pre-
vent discrimination in selection of the
unemployed because of race. color or
creed and permit the President to use
money provided by the bill for pur-
chase of land.
The Senate took up the $500, 100000
bill with view to passage before the
week end The measure is sponsored
by Senators Wagner Democrat, New
York; Costigan, Democrat Colorado,
and La Toilette, Republican, Wisconsin.
Some Republican opposition was in
prospect, but Democratic leaders pre-
dlcted early passage.
Chief Forester Calls Meeting.
Mr.. Roosevelt hopes to start 250,O0O
men, recruited from among the big city
jobleSS through the Labor Department,
at work within two weeks. r. Y. Stuart,
chief forester, has called a meeting of
1l,, ,@f- II
Monday to perfect details. Improvement
programs for all national forests al
ready have been worked out.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt was
studying his revised budget today to
find funds for putting men to work i'm
mediately on the forest program. He
called in Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin and Lewis Douglas director of
the budget, for a lengthy look at the
whole new Government financial pic
ture-to find out how things stand as
a result of recent economies and what
can be speat.
Drafting Plans for Bonds.
The President is going to use 'unex-
pended funds saved from public i'm
provements which have been held up
in order to finance the forestation work.
He and Government financial experts
are drafting plans for bond issues to
float a new public works program and
q refinancing of farm and home debts.
1t was unusual parliamentary ma
neuvering on the part of the House Re-
publicanS that snagged for time the
forestry work bill in that branch late
yesterday. They almost succeeded at
one time in eliminating provisions for
appropriating money. But finally in
great shout Of Ayes" the measure went
through.
Often during the House debate, men,
tion was made of the $500,000,0 ,0o0 bill
and the billion-dollar public works pro-
gram yet to come. But the snag on the
reforestation measure was struck on
something entirely different.
Proceeding serenely, and voting down
all amendments, but those approved by
their leaders. the Democrats heard the
clerk read paragraph making available
for the forest conservation program
moneys already appropriated for public
works.
Representative Beedy, a. Maine Re-
publican, held that paragraph was not
in order since the bill had bee-l
handled by Legislative Com
mittee instead of the Appropriations
Committee. Representative LoZier,
a Missouri Democrat presiding, agreed,
anu III Tie ensuing lurLlOll WHAT Rep-
resentative Bankhead, Democrat. of
Alabama, called "the very heart of the
bill" was stricken out.
Leaders Force Recess.
Democratic leaders Immediately forced
a recess. They decided at first to delay
passage until today. Then they had
the Rules Committee meet and report
out resolution making the contro-
verted paragraph in order despite any,
thing parliamentarians might say.
The rule needed a two-thirds ma
Jority 1t was adopted 189 to 81.
Had that paragraph. been eliminated
from the bill, it was explained on the
floor, the President would have his pro-
gram but no money to spend on it.