Milford chronicle., 1934-04-13

to the Legislature five. four Demo
Gratis and one Republican voted fol
the resolution while the other three
members, all of them Republicans
voted against it,
The resolution was introduced in
the Senate about O'Clock Monday
afternoon by Senator Maull. II was
opposed by Senator McIntire. who
said it was premature. He called at
tentiOn to the fact that the joint
committee is still at work on its pro-
gram and has not submitted its re-
lief legislation and he thought that
committee should be given ample
time to introduce its complete sched-
ule.
There was no other debate on the
resolution. however. and It was
adopted with Senators Davis, Nc
Intire and Van SAINT voting against
ii. Senator Griffenberg was absent.
II was Immediately rushed 10 the
House and o short time after il had
been submitted there Speaker J..
Thomas Robinson had il real. The
clerk had just started to do so when
Representative Simon. Republican,
sought to block action by moving to
adjourn until Tuesday. This motion
was lost by a vote of IL yeas" TO
10 mays" The clerk finished the
reading and Representative Rees
moved its adoption.
Representative Abrahams. secre-
tary of the joint committee working
ont a relief program. endeayored To
have it rejected. This" he declared.
sounds like bad dream someone
has had over the weekend and the
person responsible for il certainly
has failed to realize that a relief
program cannot be provided for
within a weeks time. How anyone
who has given this subject any
thought can think that we could
adopt relief bill in such a short
time is more than ! can conceive
Mr.. Rees explained several MEM
bers have jobs back home" to which
they are anxious to return because
their attendance at Dover has meant
the loss of their salary to them. He
reminded the members that the
State Auditor. has refused to sane
tiOn the payment to them 0f any
moneys other than actual expenses
incurred and he declared they are
trying to crush u.s." He said the
House members have been trying To
do their duty but if they are going
to be prevented from this they may |
as well quit.
Mr.. Simon declared this General !
has already cost the State /
between $l5O.0O0 and 100000 be-
cause of its long regular session |
and several special sessions and he
lid not consider it right for the
to run out" on the people
Of the State or on the joint commit
zee that has been working on the re-
lief program He said the members
owed ii to the people of Delaware
q act now.
Representative Pryor. Democrat.
explained they have not yet receiv-
ID the public works. program or the
work relief program and he thought
% vote for final adjournment on the
ave of the joint committees report
IN these measures would be an act
# discourtesy to that committee.
Representative Scott. Democratic
lOOr leader. voiced his objections 10
yet voted for adoption
# the resolution. He asked where il
lad originated and what members of
he House knew anything about il.
lie intimated il was the work of but
ne man but did not name him. I
Representative McCabe, Demo- ;
rat. moved that action on the resO-
utiOn be deferred. His motion was
eteated by vote of l3 yeas" to
8 mays"
Without further debate the resO- I
ltiOn was then put TO a vote and
dopted. The Democrats supporting
were: representatives Bennett.
,nglish. Ford. Hughes, Jackson. Jes
ar, McCabe. Ninner. Outten, Owens. {
'hillips. POOre. Rees. Scott. ThOmp-
on. Wheatley. Robinson; Republi-
ans: Burris. Jones. Wilson 4
Against the resolutions: Republi-
an: Abrahams. BOnham. Dugan, l
atOn. Elliott. Green. Kelton. Simon.
Democrats: Hopkins. Kelly. Pryor. I
Immediately following the vote I
Ir. Pryor said that as long as they 5
ad limited themselves to a week he
bought they should get down to &
lme real work and accordingly he I
owed that the House adjourn until Q
} o'clock Tuesday morning so they a
,uld get an early start for the day. I
his motion was defeated and im- 1
ediately was followed by another f
adjourn until ~ O'Clock noon on Il
uesday, which was adopted. d