Evening star., 1934-02-15
PAY RAISE DEBATE
IS DUE TOMORROW
Senate to Begin Work on
Independent Offices
Bill To-day.

Senate leaders hoped to begin de-
bate late today on the independent
offices bill, but the sections dealing
with Government pay restoration and
to liberaliZe war veterans
allowances may not be reached until
tomorrow. The program is to de-
vote the early part of the afternoon
to the Interior Department supply
bill AS soon as that is disposed of
Senator ByrneS. Democrat. of South
Carolina. will move to take up the
independent Offices.
Although the independent Offices
bill had not been taken up at 1890
today, Senator Pat McCarran. Demo-
Crat. Of Nevada. fled In the Senate
the amendment by which he will seek
to change the pay restoration sec
tion Of the bill to provide for full pay
after June 80, as well as to restore
per cent of the cut now He will ask
for a vote on this amendment when
the pay question is reached, probably
tomorrow.
Will Seek Rule Suspension.
hdDCI LII LIlt ddN oSIdIOIS oLElNGI,
Republican, of Oregon. and McCarran
will file notice of their intention
to move to suspend the Senate rules
to permit vote on various war vet
erans' amendments. Senator Byrnes
of South Carolina, in charge of the
bill, had intended to offer such
motion. but it is understood that those
leading the fight for the veterans want
to be sure the proposal is broad
enough to allow votes to be taken on
all of the amendments they have in
mind offering.
The Interior bill is not likely to
require much time unless debate
should develop on some other I'M
finished business, such as the st.
Lawrence treaty or the naval con-
struction measure.
II amendments in the independent
Offices bill are taken up in order the
first fight will come over the action
of the Appropriations Committee in
chopping in half the amount for
railroad valuation work in the Inter
state Commerce Commission The
committee reduced this appropriation
~ O4i @4rVOAsf fOb w DUSO'OOOs II CIl-
acted, this would require the dropping
of a substantial number of employees
The next amendment would be an
increase of about $500,000 for the
Federal Trade Commission to enforce
the securities act and to make certain
investigations for the N. r. A
The provisions dealing with Gov
eminent salaries for the entire Gov
eminent service. and veterans amend
ments. are near the end of the bill
1t is possible, however, to take these
up first and go back to the other
questions if the Senate wishes to fol-
low that course. On the pay question,
administration forces will make every
effort to sustain the program reported
from committee to restore per cent
of the cut as of February l. and at
least another per cent on July /,
leaving a 5 per cent cut in effect after
July, unless the President finds that
commodity prices have gone up suf-
flciently to wipe out the remaining
one-third of the cut
Bill Restores Promotions.
There is a strong feeling in the
Senate that the Government should,
in addition to restoring per cent
now, wipe out the entire cut on July l,
and several Senators, including McCar-
ran, and Dickinson, Republican, Of
Iowa, are ready to make such motion.
In committee the advocates of full res
toration were beaten by only one vote,
II to 10. In the Senate nearly all
the Republicans are expected to sup
port full restoration and the result
will depend on how many Democrats
support the motion. The adminlstra-
ton is understood to be in accord
with the gradual restoration plan, and
If it is approved by the Senate it is
expected to be enacted into law with
out further difficulty
The bill also restores automatic
promotions for some Government en-
ployes, and a motion will be made on
the floor to restore administrative
promotions for employees generally.
While there are no veterans amend
ments in the bill, the plan Is to sus-
pend the rules to make these amend
fnents in order on the floor. Several
amendments will be offered to give
back to World War veterans some of
the benefits taken from them m ad-
dition to the notifications recently
ordered by the President. Other
amendments will be offered for the
benefit of Spanish War veterans and
emergency officers of the World War.
PIT, A. to Serve Supper