Evening star., 1935-03-05

Despite the apparent deadlock Gre
ated by disputes in Congress over the
details of the Presidents big work.
relief program, the undercurrent Of
the public discussion brings out the
general conviction that compromise
will be achieved and that this form
Of relief will go on.
I'm the end the President will win"
predicts the Charlotte IN. c. OBJ
server, which adds: Legislation of
such vital relation to the destiny Of
millions Of unemployed and their FAM
lilies must be reSurrected and the whims
Of Senators laid aside while the force
full, argumentative and persuasive rea-
sons that the President remains
adamant soak into the American con-
sciousness and produce reinformed
and reinflamed popular will and senti-
ment in his favor and for his support"
Most observers familiar with the
situation" according to the Scranton
(Pa.) Times, "are confident that in
the end the President will win. point
ing out that in the event the measure
goes to conference the House leaders
will insist on the dropping Of the
prevailing wage clause. To date
sentiment, as shown by the letters
and kilograms which have poured in
on he Senators, is not what might
be called decisive. Administration
leaders, however, are hopeful Of
strong support from the country on
the Presidents position"
Quoting the Presidents assurance
that nothing would be done in work
relief to break down wage standards In
private employment" the San Fran
cisco Chronicle declares: 1.-THE Presi-
dent was absolutely right. He had ac-
cepted the concession made to labor
in the House stipulating that the work
relief wage be raised wherever it could
be shown that it had pulled general
wages down. But to require the pre-
vailing wage generally would. as SEN
ator Glass pointed out, work against
the real interest Of labor by threaten
ing to pull down the credit Of the
country. It would also, as the Presi-
dent had said In his message, take
away from men the incentive to get
of work relief and on a regular job.
But these arguments meant nothing
to Senators fearful Of group political
power"
The New York Times finds signif-
icance in the fact that Congress is to
mark time until 1t has heard from
the country" although that paper
doubts that counting kilograms and
letters, receiving visits from lobbyists,
listening to radio speeches are COM
monty regarded as convincing" The
Times continues: "The present bill
raises not one question, but several.
The three main issues are straight
relief versus work relief, civil works
versus public works and prevailing
wage versus security wage The
chief argument Of the advocates Of
straight relief is that work relief Is
dangerously expensive, that It greatly
increases the budget deficit and threat
ems the Governments credit standing
and imitation that might get out of
hand. Against this the advocates Of
work relief hold that the dole Is de-
moralizing"
Most Of us are coming to realize"
says the Roanoke (Va.) World-News,
that the Federal Government has no
funds save what the taxpayers put In.
The fact that large public works prof.
ects, expected to give employment to
many men, announced nearly two
years ago, have not yet been started
makes it apparent that It would take
much longer than many congressman
believe to transfer those now on relief
to Government projects. Where those
Government projects come into con-