Evening star., 1934-02-08
c. v. A. DISABILITY
PAY IS APPROVED
Senate Votes to Extend
Limited Compensation
to Workers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate voted today TO extend
a limited disability compensation plan
to employees Of the Civil Works Ad-
ministration.
An amendment TO the $3.50, ,000, 900
c. w. A. relief appropriation bill by
Senator Hayden, Democrat, Of Arizona,
providing for the compensation, was
adopted on a rising vote, 10 to IS.
The House had placed an amend
ment in the bill to prohibit any work
mems compensation for the C. w. A
forces and administration spokesmen
said the prohibition was favored by
President Roosevelt.
Hope for Vote Today.
The Senate then took up consid-
GRAFTON OF the Cutting amendment 10
increase the C. W. A. appropriation
from s450, 900 900 to $4,000 .O00. 900.
Leaders hoped for a final vote on
the bill before nightfall.
Harry L. Hopkins, c. w. A. admin
strator, told the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee he favored includ-
ing the C. w. A. workers under the
Federal employees compensation law.
He estimated 1t would cost s2l.-
600 900. but Senator Mcclellan, Demo
crat, of Tennessee, in charge Of the
bill. told the Senate 1t would cost
in the long run as much as the whole
c. w. A. program.
Urging adoption Of his amendment
Cutting said the C. w. A. had been
by far the most successful OF all
the administrators experiments in
combating the depression. All others
had failed" he said, but he did
not blame any one for that
The scene in the Senate was far
different from that in the House,
where the momentum of overpowering
administration leadership had jammed
the measure through in speedy fashion.
In the Senate, administration
forces must defeat an effort to raise
the $3.50 900 900 to be allotted for
civil works projects to $4,000 600, 900
II the bill is to get by without going
back to conference with the House,
The Democratic leaders gave no sign
OF major concern over the attempts
to enlarge the sum. but nevertheless.
remained on their toes. aware of the
capricious nature of the Senate at
times
Holds Corruption Is Small.
There appeared to be no doubt
about the bills passage, however, as
even the most severe critics would
not commit themselves against 1t.
Replying to charges of graft, Sen
ator McWellar, in charge Of the bill.
said yesterday that corruption in the
civil works had been small compared
TO the size OF the undertaking.
There was bound to be dereliction
here and there" he said, but. taking
It by and large, it's been a clean job,
on honest job
! At the same time, testimony OF Hop
kins before a Senate committee was
made public in which he testified IS
arrests had been made throughout the
( country up to last week.
/ Referring to graft charges, Hop
kins said:
When you think OF the whole
country and the enormity OF this
enterprise it is amazing how little of
it there has been. These things dis
turp me. / must admit that do not
like this business OF people getting
| into this money Of ours. but In COM
parison with the whole job 1t Is In
! finitesinal'
In the same statement Hopkins
predicted that eventually this country
would have to come to some in
surance scheme such as the British
dole.
We esnnot take care of the I'M
employed on relief basis forever,
ne said. Il think the English system
IS much better than ours. 1t is,
think, in the long run. less expensive. "
Plan May Be Modified.
Despite Hopkins reiteration that it
/ is planned to disband the civil works
by May !, there we're increasing in
dications in administration circles that
this plan might be modified.
Senator Hastings, Republican. OF
! Delaware, discussing another measure
referred to the civil works as an ex-
ample Of the exercise by the executive
branch Of the Government Of legisla-
tive powers. and said Congress might
have worked cut a better plan.
! Later Senator Robinson, Republican,
OF Indiana, called attention to the re-
ports Of graft and said the poor and
needy we're being lost sight Of"
/ He predicted the future would dis
close a terrific national scandal and
graft. the likes of which was never
known before"