Evening star., 1934-04-14
PRESIDENT MEETS
SENATE HEADS ON
PROGRAM TANGLE.
Will Confer Tomorrow With
House Leaders to Get
Situation in Hand.
EARLY ADJOURNMENT
OF CONGRESS SOUGHT
Tariff, Communications and Mar
ket Bills to Get Attention
at Parleys.
BY the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt in a smiling,
"tough guy" spirit, called Senate
leaders to the White House today to
Straighten a disordered Capitol Hill
situation.
Out of this conference and a meet
ing tomorrow with House pilots ad
ministration aides hope will emerge a
legislative outline closer to Roose-
veltian desires-and one that will
mean early adjournment.
AS the Chief Executive stepped
more firmly back on the governmental
quarterback after two weeks at sea,
many felt some hint of seriousness lay
behind his jocular remarks about
being a tough guy" and willing to
pass along the tricks" he learned
fighting sharks and barracuda.
Market Bill on Slate.
1t is known definitely that Mr.
Roosevelt will insist in the week end
parleys upon his reciprocal tariff and
communications control bills and
upon stock market regulation meas
ure with teeth" The market control
bill has been modified into almost
new measure in his absence, and
much talk probably will center on 1t.
Aside from these, he will devote
positive attention to enactment of the
necessary appropriation bills providing
funds for Government operation dur
ing the next year. But half a dozen
other measures may draw negatives
The Mcleod bank pay-off bill, for
one, is quite obviously not on the ad-
ministration program. On the other
hand, the Roosevelt attitude toward
a fast-growing crop of silver remone-
tization measures is unknown, but
many feel sure he will frown upon
some of the proposals.
Robinson Heads Group.
The Senate group invited to the
White House included Vice President
Garner, Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
the party leader, and Senators Har-
rison OF Mississippi, Glass of Virginia,
McAdoo Of California, Lonergan of
Connecticut, Black Of Alabama,
Murphy Of Iowa, Walsh of Massachu-
sets, McKellar Of Tennessee, Clark Of
Missouri, Pittman of Nevada, Wheeler
of Montana, Connally of Texas, Dill
OF washington, Smith of South Caro-
lima and Fletcher Of Florida
The group includes the chairmen of
most of the major committees. It
was stated at the White House that
the President was ready to go into de-
tails on all major pending legislation
and would expound his views to the
party leaders.
Battle Lines Indicated.
Concededly ready to fight it out if
1t takes all Summer, the President is,
nevertheless, very definitely pointing
Congress to adjournment within the
next six weeks. What this means
exactly is that what Mr.. Roosevelt
thinks most important may be put first
in the reorganized legislative program
and then the rest will have to take
chances against the adjournment
deedline.
The fate of the Wagner Labor
Board bill is another that hinges upon
the week end White House parleys.
Favor has been indicated, however,
toward the general principles of this
legislation to establish a sort of su-
preme court of industrial relations.
The many changes voted by the
Senate in the revenue bill, particu-
larly the emergency 10 per cent levy
on all income taxes, the publicity of
income tax returns, and the tax on
Philippine coconut oil, will draw a
front-row seat at the Roosevelt meet
ings.
Because the appropriation bills are
@ nt IL
the administration has the upper hand
in strategy for forcing an early ad-
journment.
Bank Measures Pushed.
Militant proponents of the Mcleod
bill to pay off depositors in still-ail-
ing banks pushed ahead today a
movement that, if successful, would
cause considerable difficulty from Mr..
Roosevelt's point of view.
Despite week end adjournment OF
the House, Representative Dingell,
Democrat, of Michigan, kept circulat-
ing his petition pledging the signers
to vote against adjournment until the
Mcleod bill is voted upon.
Dingell would not say how many
names he had obtained, but added,
There are plenty"
The las members necessary to force
a vote to take the bill away from the
Banking Committee had been OBJ
tained, but the hurried favorable re-
port by that committee Thursday
which sent the bill to the Rules Com
mittee had put the measure in a par
liamentaly tangle that left the next
step in doubt.
Committee View Awaited.
Those supporting the movement
made it clear. however, they would
not press their strategy until the at
titude of the Rules Committee toward
quick consideration had been ex-
pressed.
Representative Mcleod, Republican,
Of Michigan, author OF the bill, yes
terday put before the House q reso-
luton asking the Rules Committee to
grant preferred legislative status to
the bill. Mcleod said II this were
not acted upon he would file a petit
ton to have the Rules Committee
discharged frcm consideration and
bring the measure to the floor.
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