Evening star., 1935-06-11
GORE SNAGS n. R. A.
ACTION IN SENATE
WITH AMENDMENT
Proposes President Name
$4,000 Officials, Subject
to Confirmation.
RULE WOULD APPLY
TO ALL u. S. AGENCIES
Harrison Urges 0klahOman to
Withdraw and Says Personnel
Will Be Cut to 1900.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The effort to continue N. R. A. In
skeleton form until next April struck
a new snag in the Senate today, when
Senator Gore, Democrat. of Oklahoma
injected a laSt-minute amendment
which would require all officials
throughout the Government service
receiving $4,000 or more a year to be
appointed by the President and con-
firmed by the Senate.
Chairman Harrison of the Finance
Committee. struggling to get the N. r.
A. resolution agreed to before the life
of the recovery organization expires,
Sunday at midnight, appealed to Gore
not to press his amendment. The
Senate had convened at 1880 am.
with the expectation that the N. r. A.
resolution could be passed by noon.
While the debate was still going on
the hour of IL o'clock was reached
and. under a previous agreement, N.
r. A. had to be laid aside until the
public utility holding company bill is
voted on, not later than 4 o'clock.
After that Harrison planned to call
UP the N. r. A. bill again.
Mr.. A. to Keep I,5OO.
In urging Gore to withdraw, Har-
rison told the Senate the personnel of
N. r. A. will be cut from $500 to
about 1900 under the plan to keep
only a skeleton organization until
next April
Cores amendment, however, applies
to the Government service as q whole,
and is an outgowth Of similar fight
that was made In the $4,000 900 900
work-relief bill to have the higher
paid officials under that law con-
f1r1ned by the Senate
Gore charged today that the final
conference report on the work-relief
bill had the effect of setting aside an
old law prohibiting the payment of
salaries to appointees while they are
awaiting confirmation. He said he
doubted whether more than a few
Senators knew that law had been
nullif1ed In Its application to appoint
mentS under the work-relief act.
Tydings Backs Gore.
Coming to the support of Cores new
amendment, Senator Tydings, Demo-
crat of Maryland. said the Senate
could not justify requiring confrma-
ton by the Senate of postmasters who
get only $4,000 or $4,000 year and
are under strict regulation, and at
the same time not require conflrma-
ton of higher-paid appointees under
the work-relief program.
With Gore showing no inclination
to withdraw his amendment, the out
look for speedy passage of the N. r. A.
resolution today did not appear bright.
Before this new complication arose
Harrison had explained to the Senate
that the N. r. A. resolution is in
tended only to encourage industries to
enter into voluntary agreements COW
ering certain limited subjects and to
hold together a small N. r. A. or
ganization to gather statistics on the
effect of the wiping out Of the COM
pulsory codes.
House Action Necessary.
Even without the Gore amendment
the resolution will have to 60 back to
the House after the Senate acts, be-
cause Senator Harrison Is proposing
the additional language agreed upon
late yesterday. Harrison explained the
resolution does not set aside the anti
trust laws, and that the purpose Of
the new language to be, added to the
House measure is merely to assure
business leaders that they will not be
going counter to the anti-trust law
If they get together to make voluntary
agreements relating to the rights of
seFiaploVes To collective barpaiY1inp and
to consider minimum wages, maximum
hours and prohibition OF child labor.
The amendment proposed by Sen
ator Gore declares that hereafter any
person who shall receive under this
or any other act of Congress salary
(See N. R. A. Page b