Evening star., 1933-03-26
Senate Will Get Substitute
Legislation for Job Re-
lief Tomorrow.
RATES OF PAY FOR WORK
NOT PLACED IN MEASURE
Agriculture Group in Upper House
to Continue Hearings on Ad-
ministration Project.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Roosevelt administration will
battle this week to save both its farm
bill and its reforestation bill.
The farm bill has been under IRE not
only by some Of the members OF the
Senate Committee on Agriculture, but
also by John A. Simpson, president Of
the National Farmers Union.
The reforestation bill, designed to
give work to 25o,ooo unemployed men
and part Of the administration's relief
program, has been attacked by Presi-
dent william Green Of the American
Federation Of Labor It Is opposed in
its present form by Representative
Connery Of Massachusetts,, chairman Of
the House Labor Committee.
The reforestation bill, In substitute
form. will be reported to the Senate
tomorrow from the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor. according to Chair
up for consideration Immediately II
consent can be obtained for that
course. II objection Is made, it may
have to lie over until Tuesday.
Report Tomorrow Expected.
Chairman Connery of the House
Labor Committee said last night that
he expected his committee to report
out the reforestation bill tomorrow, too.
Whether the measure was taken up
up In the House tomorrow, he said
would be determined later. II special
rule for its consideration should be
brought In, he said, the House might
drive ahead and pass 1t before the Gay
was out.
The substitute bill which will be re-
ported by the Senate Is much simpler
than the administration measure, Sena-
tor Walsh said.
TT will give the President general
powers to put to work whatever number
Of men he deems advisable on refor-
estation, food control and similar
projects" he said. mo rate Of pay for
the work will be included in the bill,
but that will be left to the President.
There will be no mention in the bill OF
the proposed camps for the unemployed:
The money to finance the hiring Of
these unemployed men will be found in
unexpended balances In the Treasury
for public works"
The Massachusetts, Senator said that
the substitute would be satisfactory to
the President. He visited the White
House yesterday and talked with the
Chief Executive He said, too, that It
met many of the objections raised by
the president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, who met with the COM
mittee yesterday afternoon when 1t was
putting the finishing touches on the
measure.
Provided JobIezs Camps.
The administration reforestation
bill, as transmitted to Congress. pro-
vided for concentration Of unemployed
men in camps to work on reforestation
and flood control and other projects OF
q similar nature It proposed that the
rate of pay should be 81 a day, and
that the men should be fed, clothed and
lodged at Government expense. 1t
called for registration in the camps for
definite periods.
President Green of the American
Federation Of Labor was represented as
being satisfied with the Walsh substi-
tute, leaving the matter Of fixing wages
to the President and also the plans for
carrying on the work.
Mr.. Green contended that 1t would
be terrible precedent II Congress
wrote into law 81 day as a wage scale.
However. under the Walsh substitute
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