Evening star., 1934-01-22
Belief Grows 5 Pct. Will Be
Returned Now With In
crease July |.
VETERANS WILL APPEAR
AT HEARING THURSDAY
Confidence Expressed Relief Sums
Can Be Held to $21, 100000
Set by President.

Negotiations looking to a restoration
of pay to Government workers con-
tinued today with Democratic leaders in
the Senate expressing every confidence
something will be worked out"
Just what will be the amount of the
restoration has not been disclosed. The
belief Is growing on Capitol Hill that
at least one-third of the Is per cent
cut in pay will be restored Immediately
and that after the beginning OF the
fiscal year the measure of restoration
will be greater. either reducing the cut
to per cent or eliminating the cut
entirely
At the same time, confidence was ex-
pressed that the administration would
be able to hold the liberalization Of vet
Grams compensation to the executive or
ders issued on Friday by the President.
increasing by about S2l 100000 the ex-
penditures for veterans.
Hearing Thursday Morning.
Representatives of veterans organi-
cations. however, are to be given hear
ing Thursday morning before the Sen
ate Subcommittee on Appropriations IN
charge Of the independent Offices bill
which carries the money for the vet
Grams. The subcommittee held a brief
meeting this morning and decided to
postpone consideration of the appro-
priation bill until Thursday so as to
make it possible for Senators to attend
meetings of the Banking and Currency
Committee which is now working on the
Roosevelt gold program bill.
The independent Offices bill undertakes
to fix the rate of pay for the Govern
ment workers. AS the measure passed
the House and is now before the COM
mittee there is no restoration OF pay for
the remainder of this fiscal year and
only one-third of the Is per cent cut
is restored for the new fiscal year be-
ginning July /. -
The witnesses who are expected VI
| appear Thursday are: National Comdr.
Edward A. Hayes of the American
Legion, former Senator Rice W. Means
of the Spanish War Veterans. Thomas
Kirby. Disabled American Veterans Of
| the World War, and c. K. Brobeck Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The subcommittee -.lso will hear on
| Thursday spokesmen for the Army and
Navy to discuss changes in the BAN
on automatic promotions in the present
| economy Law. The Army will be repre-
sented by Maj. Gen. r. w. Coleman,
chief OF finance, and the Navy Is ex-
pected to be represented by Rear Ad.
miral Claude c. Bloch.
Strong support for Restoration.
There is strong support in the Sen.
ate for giving back to Government en-
ployes more than the per cent restor-
alton In the House bill for next year
! and for some restoration for the rest
Of this fiscal year. The Republicans
are almost solidly for a more liberal
salary program than the House allowed,
and they will be backed up by Som6
of the Democrats in the Senate The
| position finally taken by administration
leaders probably will be a decisive
factor. however, in determining whether
to liberalize the House bill.
Meanwhile American Legion repre-
sentatives planned the requests they
Will press upon Congress for more lib
eral treatments of veterans, despite a
sharp exchange of statements with the
Veterans Bureau in which each criti-
cized the other, the Associated Press re-
ported
One obstacle confronting the Legion
was an indication from the White House
that President Roosevelt would seek to
rally Democrats against going beyond
his $21 100000 liberalization of veterans
allowances. The Legion is pressing for
enactment of four-point program to
cost $50 ,00o,0 a year.
Gen. Frank T. Hines. the veterans
| dulilulLotIdtOI, ldSI IllSllL OeSCIlUtO CIlLl-
csm of his estimates of the cost Of
the four-point program by Legion
Comdr. Hayes as wholly uncalled for"
Hines said that before making the
estimates he had conferred with Legion
representatives and that there had been
an apparent concurrence on the base
of the estimates
To a previous charge that Hines
estimate was trick statement" he
retorted that the Legion has not "the
technical experience which the making
of estimates requires"
Hines also lashed back at the Dis
abled American Veterans through Ma
tional Comdr. j. w. Mcqueen.
The Legion, he said, has not avail
able to it the basis for the estimates
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