The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
HOUSE STANDS
PAT FOR 81
BEER MEASURE
Rejects 3.05 Brew and
Sends Bill to Conference
With Senate.
FARM ACTION IS NEAR
Lower Body to Take Up
Banking Bill Monday;
Vote Is Likely.
BIZ United Press

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WASHINGTON, March 10. -
Prompt and final approval of beer
and state bank relief early next
week was promised today by con-
gressional leaders.
Farm relief was just behind on
the program over which leaders
and committeeman worked while
the house and senate took a day
off after eight days labor at the
emergency speed ordered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
House and senate groups hoped
to reach an informal agreement
today on beer, to insure enactment
of that measure Monday and per-
NIT the brew to go on sale by
April 4.
There was every indication the
senate would be forced to accept 80
alcoholic percentage set by the
house bill The house Friday re-
jected the senate figure Of 3.O5 and
ordered the measure to conference.
Senate eonferees can not be APP
pointed officially until Monday. But
it was expected they would meet in
formally today so that Mondays
action will be only routine.
Bank Bill Near Vote
The house has agreed to take up
Monday a bill permitting all state
banks to obtain emergency loans
from the central federal reserve
banks on the same terms as federal
reserve member banks. The senate
has passed a similar measure.
The house agriculture committee
continued hearings on the Roose-
welt farm relief program and hoped
to have it ready for a house vote
early next week. The committee
called Agriculture Secretary Henry
A. Wallace and other officials to eX-
plain details of the complex
measure.
Wallace told a senate committee
Friday the plan would involve taxes
of perhaps $800,000000 on food
products. The money would be paid
to farmers in return for reducing
their production. Curtailed produc
ton, the administration hopes,
would lift commodity prices to pre-
war levels, restore farm purchasing
power, and boost the whole country
toward good times.
Congress Is Favorable
The amount of the proposed taxes,
and the sweeping authority which
the administration would have over
the whole farming industry, stirred
opposition in some quarters. Most
congressman, however, were ready to
give the plan an immediate trial.
Mr.. Roosevelt is preparing to lay
before congress at least four more
major bills to round out his emer-
gency legislative program. These
are:
l. Unemployment Relief-A pro-
gram has been drawn up to put
at least 100000 men to work on
reforestation projects and other
public works. The plan may be
outlined in a special message to
congress on Monday. Mr., Roose-
welt has decided a special bond is
sue will not be necessary to
finance the relief project.
Rail Plan Drafted
2. Railroad Rehabilitation This
Is expected to follow the lines laid
down by Mr.. Roosevelt in his cam
paign: Consolidation of carriers
and more strict regulation of bus
and truck lines to dominate cut
throat competition with the rail-
roads.
3. Temporary Banking Reforms
These would be stop-gap measures,
to be followed later by thorough
overhauling of the whole banking
system.
4. Safeguards Against Speculation
The nature of the proposals in
this direction was not disclosed, al
though it was said no federal regu-
lation of the New York Stock Ex-
change was contemplated.