Evening star., 1934-01-12
PAY CUT PASSAGE
IS SEEN IN HOUSE
Offices Bill, Carrying 10 Per
Cent Slash, Due for
Quick Approval.
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The 81 Democrats who voted against
the rule are listed as follows: Ayers,
Better, Black, Buck, Burke, Carpenter,
Cartwright, "Castellow, Chavez, Clai-
borne, Condor, Connery, Cravens,
Crosser, Cullen, Dunn, Durgan, Eagle,
Eicher, Ellenbogen, Fitzgibbons, Full
mer, Gillespie, Gillette, Granfield,
Gray, Geiswold, Haynes. Hancock,
Healey, Hildebrandt, Knute Hill. Sam
B. Hill, Hoeppel, Imhoff, Jacobsen,
Jenckes, Kenney Kniffen, Kopplemann.
Kramer, Lanzretta, Lehr, Lehinski,
LLOYD, Mccormack, Maloney. Marland,
Martin, Mead, Meeks, Monaghan, Muir
dock, Musselwhite, Nesbit, OMalley,
Parker, Polk Ramsay, .Ramspeck. Ran
dolph. Richards, Rogers. Sadowskl.
Schultz, Scrugham, Secrest, Shannon,
Sirovich, Smith, Somers, Studley, Sut-
pin. Swank, Taylor, Terrell. Truax,
Wallgren, Dearin Weideman. White.
Wood, Young, zioncheck-
Smell Sought to Block Rule.
There were a couple of test votes be-
fore conclusive action, but neither indi-
Gated definitely what was to come. Early
in the day, Representative Smell OF New
York, the Republican leader, sought to
block the rule by contending it was out
Of order because it prevented a motion
to send the whole bill back to the Ap-
preparations Committee with instruc-
tions that the committee eliminate the
economy rider.
Speaker Rainey overruled Smell, and
the Republican leader appealed that
ruling to the House. On the FOIL call
Rainey was sustained, 26l to l12.
Then Smell sought to amend the rule
so that amendments could be offered to
the economy bill. But on that, enough
Democrats lined up behind their lead
ers. to win, 216 to 179. The vote on the
economy bill year ago found lit DEM
ocrats and 50 Republicans voting for it
and 90 Democrats, Al Republicans, and
Farm -LaboriteS against 1t.
At that time the economy bill in
cluded the cuts in veterans Dement'S
The economy legislation yesterday did
not touch the veterans, either to extend
the cuts or restore them.
The veterans cuts are part OF basic
law now and must be gotten at in q
bill to amend the law.
The Federal pay cut, now Is per cent,
would have expired at the beginning Of
the next hScal year-July 1-WltnOut
the economy legislation asked by the
President.
Prepare Fight in Senate.
Meanwhile plans we're being laid in
the Senate to renew the fight there
when the independent Offices supply
bill reaches that body.
Senator Hatfield, Republican, of West
Virginia, filed an amendment which
would wipe out the Is per cent pay cut
entirely on Federal salaries, and also
restore to the war veterans the benefits
and allowances that were curtailed by
economy legislation at the last session.
The Hatfield amendment, which will
lie on the table until the supply bill
comes over from the House, would
restore salaries in the Government
service to the schedules as they existed
May 80, 1882. 1t also provides that
persons who we're entitled to promo
tions in rank, which were prevented by
the economy laws, shall be allowed such
promotions as of the date such pro-
motions would have taken effect if
there had not been an economy law.
Many Senators have indicated during
the past few months that they are
in favor of restoring the pay cut. A
spirited contest is looked for when the
issue gets before the Senate a week or
10 days from now.