Evening star., 1934-06-17

from Ohio had one viewpoint and the
Senator from Connecticut had an
other viewpoint, and as q result of
that split they cut out the extension
of one year before the segregation of
afdliates In the banking business"
Denies Proposal.
Senator Glass denied there had ever
been any proposal to extend the time
of segregation Of affiliates in the
banking business.
Senator Couzens corrected himself.
II should have said the prevention
of taking deposits and doing Sc
curity business he said
Glass said that he had been taken
i'll and was unable to attend the meet
Ing Of the subcommittee.
Senator Couzens said he wished to
point out to the Senator from Vir-
ginia that he was not present and
that he could not answer for what
took place when this bill was drafted
by Senators Bulkley and Walcott.
THE Senator did not need to be
there to know that his colleagues on
the Banking and Currency Committee
are honest and upright men," retorted
Senator Glass.
II did not charge that they were
otherwise than honest and upright
men," interjected Senator Couzens.
yes, the Senator did" shouted
Senator Glass. He charged that they
were dominated by Wall street, that
they were dominated by the Federal
Reserve Board, and deny the prop
osition"
II assert that it was So" Couzens
retorted
Concluding the interchange, Senator
Glass said:
IF I could think that the Bank
ing and Currency Committee of the
Senate could be dominated by Wall
Street or by the Federal Reserve
Board or by the controller of the cur
rency or by all three Of them COM
bined. I should be ashamed to accept
membership on it,"
Long Issues Threat
Before the final blow-up came,
Senator Long Of Louisiana had in
sisted that he would prevent any
legislation from going through and
prevent adjournment unless the farm
mortgage bill was sent to conference
with the House. Senators Wheeler
Of Montana. Dill of Washington and
Nicely of West Virginia demanded the
passage of the railroad labor bill.
Senator Adams of Colorado said
favored two Of those measures and
might favor the third. He said he saw
no reason why Congress was COM
PEELED to adjourn last night. He was
ready. he said. to continue in session
during the coming week. SO as to put
through all these measures.
The Senate leaders had hoped an
adjournment might be had by 2 or 3
o'clock in the morning. But after the
interchange between Glass and Cou-
zens, and the remarks by other Sena-
tors, they threw up their hands and
decided to take recess.
Galleries Jammed.
Members of the Senate who had
gone to the restaurant on the floor
below came rushing into the cham
ber when ringing bells proclaimed the
recess, thinking the session had
ended. They did not conceal their
disappointment
Galleries were jammed to over
capacity throughout the day and
night, and long lines of disappointed,
would-be spectators waited in the
corridors. Usual rules were forgotten
as galleries sat on the steps in the
aisles and crowded into the usually
reserved sections.
The House had little to do all day,
except to go through routine action
on conference reports. Many men,
bers clamored throughout the day for
action on pet bills, but few of these
were brought up tor action.
Speaker Rainey once had to rule on
''yapping," word which was applied
by Representative Foulkes of Michigan,
to Representative Gaber of New York,
ranking Republican on the Appropri-
ations Committee. Taber, a critic of
the administration huge spending of
public moneys, objected and asked
that the word be taken down" and
exponged from the Record.
Rainey dug into the dictionary, how
ever. and found that yapping meant
to speak loudly, TO chatter and to
scold." He held that it was proper