Evening star., 1933-03-27
REF0REST|NG BILL
READY FOR DEBATE
Committees Approve Revised
Measure Giving Work
to $4,000 Men.
BY the Associated Press.

Changed to removed some Of the OBJ
jections voiced by organized labor
leaders. President Roosevelt's plan to
put men to work at reforestation
emerged from committees on both sides
Of the Capitol today and leaders de-
cided to attach to it also a $500, 900 900
unemployment relief fund.
Informal discussion of the bill started
Immediately in the Senate, but Senator
McNary Of Oregon. the Republican
leader. blocked formal consideration
until tomorrow.
In the House, Chairman Connery of
the Labor Committee announced that
he would oppose on the floor the ad-
Observation-Disclosures substitute which
his committee approved. 1t carried no
reference to the provisions Of the orig
inal bill to organize men into q civilian
conservation corps and pay them 81 q
day, but leaders understood that the
broad authority the measure would
confer upon the President would allow
him to proceed with his original plan
Low Pay Opposed.
Connery, objecting to the low pay the
bill would allow, saw the defeat of his
own substitute proposal calling for pay
up to $50 month.
The House agreed to take up the
reforestation bill on Wednesday.
The House committee approved the
measure similar to that agreed upon
by the Senate committee, after reject
ing substitute proposed by Connery.
The substitute, defeated IS to Z,
would have established q minimum
monthly wage Of $50 to single and $50
to married men or men with depend
ents. The proposal as originally intro
accepted by the House committee on q
15-to-5 vote would propose no mini
mum.
Connery told newspaper men that Il
reserved the right to oppose this bill on
the floor of the House.
Il will not turn over to the President
dictatorial powers to fix wages as low
as 80 cents q day, or even 80 cents
month, as the Senate measure pro-
vides," he said.
IF there is nobody else in Congress
opposing this bill, shall do 1t by my
self"
Other Substitute Features.
Connery's substitute also would have
forbidden the use Of unemployed On
food control projects, prevented the ap-
plication Of IS per cent pay cut to
the wages paid and provided for volun-
tary enlistments of unemployed.
As his committee took this action, he
made public letter from william
Green, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, saying the Senate sub
stitute Is more acceptable to labor, T"
but adding that your substitute would
be more acceptable than the Senate
substitute"
Green added that he believed it was
In the best interests" of all to accept
the Senate proposal since 1T would be
Grafton Of your bill without the ap-
proval of the President"
In the Senate, Wagner, Democrat, Of
New York, introduced q bill to carry
out the second phase of the Roosevelt
relief prog1am-creation Of q $500, ,000,-
900 fund for direct aid-and leaders
planned to attach it to the reforesta-
ton bill.
Bond Proposal Due Soon.
Before long the President Is expected
w SuUulAt PAOPOoo1 40A . bO&AO AccdC
to finance q public works program. Ad-
ministration experts are now making a
survey Of available public work projects
The $500, 100000 relief measure was
sponsored jointly by Senators Wagner,
costigan, Democrat, Colorado, and La
Toilette, Republican, Wisconsin, who
have been working on the subject for
the President with Miss Frances Per-
k1ns, Secretary of Labor.
It provides for setting up q new re-
lief administration under a Federal re-
lief administrator directly. responsible
to the President
The administrator would take over
from the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration supervision of Federal relief
funds and their allotment to the States,
but the money would be raised by ad-
ditional borrowing through the R. F. c.
Every State would be entitled to re-
ceive from the first 5000. 900 900 an
amount equal to one-third Of the public
money expended by 1t and its sub
divisions during the preceding three
month period.
The remainder Of the fund would be
allocated to the States by the admins
traitor ON the basis Of need.