The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-11
9-POINT PLAN
TO Be PUSHED
BY ROOSEVELT
Program for Remainder of
Congress Session Is Out
lined by ByrnS.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON. April 11-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's program for the
rest Of the session of congress. as
outlined by Joseph Byrns, Demo-
cratic house floor leader, is being
scrutinized with particular interest
by members Of congress alarmed at
the dehationary nature of measures
so far sponsored by the administra-
ton
The program contains nine meas
ures, according to Byrns: Farm
mortgage relief, securities regula-
ton, the Wagner-La Toilette COST
gan relief bill, banking bills. rail-
road legislation, Muscle Shoals,
gasoline tax, tariff legislation pre-
paratory to reciprocal trade agree
ments) and a public works bill.
The Black thirtly-hour week bill
was omitted. While mortgage relief
for home owners is not specifically
mentioned, it presumably is includ-
ed, since the President has indl-
Gated his desire for it.
Big Program Needed
we will, of course, have TO know
more about the measures proposed
under these headings before we can
judge their effect. Senator Robert
M. La Toilette Rep, Wis.,, said to-
day.
In general, everything depends
on how big the program to put peo-
pie back to work is going to be. The
deflatiOnary character Of the pro-
gram so far has been so great that
the rest of the program must go
farther in the other direction than
would be necessary if it had not been
enacted"
Public works and Muscle Shoals
proposals are the only two of the
nine on Byrns' list that promise to
put men back at work directly, and
so far there has been no assurance
that the contemplated public works
program will be large enough to &C
complish real results in reviVing in
duStry.
Senator La Toilette and other
prominent liberals, some in the
Presidents own party. see little hope
that the farm bill will do much to
restore purchasing power unless the
ability of the city dweller to buy
farm products at higher prices first
Is increased.
Thousands to Lose Jobs
Meanwhile, they point out, thou
sands of workers are going to be cut
off the government pay roll in re-
organization of the government de-
partments, the emergency banking
act has tied up from six billion dol
lars or more in closed banks and re-
duced purchasing power by that
much, the economy bill has cut the
income of veterans and others be-
tween five and six hundred million
dollars, proposed banking legislation
may carry this process still further,
depending on it's final provisions
for state banks, and railroad legiSla-
ton under consideration may mean
dismissal of large numbers of en-
ployes
Significance was attached to the
omission of the thirty-hOur week bill
in the ByrnS program. Secretary OF
Labor Frances Perkins is discussing
the matter today with members of
the house labor committee, but so
far the administration has given no
indication that it will accept the
Black Connery bill.
Vote in Senate Today
Fate of the measure probably will
be determined by a vote scheduled
to take place in the senate today,
when Senator Park Trammell
Dem.. FlaD will move to recon-
slider the vote by which the bill was
passed in the senate.
The house committee will lay be-
fore Secretary Perkins today pro-
posal that the house bill contain
ing this clause, together with some
of the amendments adopted in the
senate, be Endorsed by the admin
iStration.
The committee is not in favor of
exempting newspapers from the
short week but would make eXcep-
tionS for the handling of seasonal
opd neri hlp prOductS