Evening star., 1935-03-05

. The amendment was lost through
the parliamentary practice that a tie
vote defeats a motion.
Three Switch Vote.
Adams, OMahoney and Truman,
Democrats, who supported the Nc
Carran amendment, previously had
voted against 1t in committee. All
three, however, voted In the Senate
in favor Of the amendment when it
was adopted. A to 43.
The Russell amendment provides
for the security" wage planned by
the administration for 3,500,ooo en-
ployables on relief rolls. but empowers
President Roosevelt to apply the pre-
vailing wage if necessary to prevent
disturbance to private wage levels.
Before approving the measure, the
committee adopted an amendment
breaking down the $4,000 900 900 work.
relief fund into eight general types Of
projects, with a provision giving the
President power to shift 20 per cent
OF the total of any project to any
other project. This would give the
President an s800,000,000 flexible
fund.
Text Of Amendment.
The amendment follows:
Provided that except as 10 such
part of the appropriations made herein
as the President may deem necessary
for continuing relief as authorized
under the Federal emergency relief
act of 1888, as amended, this appro-
priation shall be available for the fol-
lowing classes of projects. and the
amounts to be expended for each class
shall not. except as hereinafter pro-
vided, exceed the respective amounts
stated. viz:
Highways, roads, streets and grade
crossing elimination, $500, 5000 ru-
raj rehabilitation. $500, ,000, 900; rural
electrification. 100000, 600; housing,
$3.50, 100000; projects for professional
and clerical persons, $500 ,000.0 900:
Civilian Conservation Corps, $780,
000,0C0; public projects of States or
political subdivisions thereof, $780,
100000; sanitation. prevention of soil
erosion. reforestation. forestation and
miscellaneous projects, $3.50, 100000;
Provided further. that not to ex-
ceed 20 per cent of the amount so
allocated and herein appropriated
may be used by the President to in
crease any one or more of the fore
going limitations If he finds it neces-
sary to do so in order to effectuate
the purpose of this joint resolution"
This amendment was adopted, II
to 6 The ayes we're: Glass, Nickel
lar. Hayden, Thomas, Byrnes, Russell,
Coolidge. Bankhead, O'Mahoney. Nc
Adoo, Truman, Nye, Steiwer and Nor
beck. Those opposed were Copeland,
Hale, Keyes, Dickinson, Townsend
and Carey.
Designed to Meet Criticism.
The amendment seeking to break
down the appropriation for work-re-
lief is understood to have come from
administration sources and designed
to meet the criticism which has been
leveled against the bill that the Presi-
dent is to spend $4,000, ,000, 900 In any
way he may desire without any check
by Congress.
The bill has been thrown into the
Senate again with the McCarran pre-
vailing wage amendment still o ma
jor issue. Senator McCarran said
after the committee meeting that he
would move the adoption of his amend
ment when the bill is taken up in
the Senate.
Administration leaders claim they
will be able to defeat the prevailing
wage amendment this time. In fact,
these administration leaders have In
sisted that the bill would not be
brought before the Senate again until
1t could be passed in a shape satis-
factory to the President.
Senator McCarran declared he saw
no break In. the lines In support OF
the prevailing wage amendment Or
ganized labor Is still strongly back
ing that amendment.
The bill was reported to the Senate
In virtually the same form that It left