Evening star., 1934-03-26

In Final Agreement.
The Senate's action brings the two
branches Of Congress into final agree
ment on the proposal to restore per
cent Of the Government pay cut as
of February ! and another per cent
on July /. The remaining one-third
of the present Is per cent cut could
be wiped out by the President during
the next fiscal year If he finds COM
modify prices have risen to certain
level.
1t was not certain this afternoon
Just when the new rates would go into
effect and the back pay be given to
the workers, but it seemed likely that
the pay day in the middle of April
would see the checks boosted and there
was chance that the back pay would
be handled on a special roll between
now and April Is.
Just before the roll was called on
the veterans amendments, the Sen
ate accepted. without record vote,
the modifying language proposed by
Senator Steiwer. Republican. of Ore
gon. TO make sure that battle Scared
veterans would not be affected BY
the restrictions placed on presumptive
disability cases under the House
amendment
II the House concurS in this one
change. congressional action on the
bill will be finished. ending nearly
three months of parliamentary ma
neuvering between the two branches
of Congress.
Closed TO Amendments.
1t was brought out in the Senate
debate that under the House rules the
veterans amendment as amended this
afternoon in the Senate. cannot be
further amended in the House.
This will prevent any complication
that might arise from further efforts
to change it in the House.
When the Senate adopted the
House veterans amendment it auto
matically eliminated from the bill the
Borah amendment, which would have
continued Is per cent cut on all
salaries in the Government service
except judges, during the next fiscal
year. Senator Borah. Republican, OF
Idaho had this tackled on to the vet
eranS' section in the Senate, but ii
was eliminated in the House. There
fore. acceptance of the House veterans
amendment killed the Borah proposal
Veterans Roll Call.
The roll call by which the Senate
accepted the House veterans program
follows:
In favor of concurring in the House
amendment: Democrats Adams
Bachman, Bailey, Bankhead, Barkley
Black, Brown. Bulkley, Bulow, Byrnes
Mrs. Caraway, Clark, Connally. Cool
idge. Dieterich, Duffy, Erickson
Fletcher, Gore, Hatch. Hayden, Lewis
Logan, Lonergan, McAdoo. McCarran
McGill, McKellar, Murphy, OMaho-
ney, Pittman, Pope, Reynolds. Rob-
inson, Russell, Sheppard, Smith
Stephens, Thomas of Oklahoma
Thomas of Utah. Thompson, Van
Nuys, Wagner and Walsh, A.
Republicans in favor - CouZens
Keyes. Reed, Steiwer, 4. Total in
favor, 48.
Against receding to the House, Re-
publicans-Austin, Barbour, Borah
Capper. Carey. Cutting. Davis, Dick
inSon, Fess, Frazier, Gibson, Colds
borough. Hale, Hastings. Hebert
Johnson. Kean, La Toilette. Norris
Patterson. Robinson of Indiana
Schall, Townsend. Vandenberg, Wal
colt and White. IS.
Democrats against-Ashurst, Bone
Byrd, Copeland, Costigan. Dill, George
Glass, Long, Nicely. Overton and
Wheeler-12.
Farmer-Labor-Ship l. Total
against, 80.
In making the motion to accept the
House veterans amendment, however
Senator Byrnes did not seek to modify
it for the purpose Of requiring review
of presumptive cases. II the motion