Evening star., 1935-03-05
M'CARRAN PLAN
AGAIN DEFEATED
Work.ReIief Reported Back
to Senate With Re-
visions.
Continued From First Page.)

It when it was referred back to COM
mittee, except for the Glass amend
ment breaking down the $1,000. .000,-
900 appropriation into various classi-
fications and projects.
Senator Glass described the amend
ment and it's purposes as follows:
"The proposed amendment dis
tributes the $4,000 900 900 according
to eight general purposes and classes
of projects. Inasmuch as it Is i'm
possible to list separately all Of the
Individual projects necessary to util-
ize the divergent skillS and occupa-
tional background Of the workers now
on the relief rolls, these classes are
meant to be only indicative Of the
activities to be performed under each
heading.
"It is not intended that the projects
be restricted to those specifically
mentioned in each class. The an
nounced purpose of this joint reso-
luton is to give employment to the
workers on the relief rolls, and this
purpose must be kept paramount. In
order to assure that this primary pur-
pose is attained the President Is au-
thorized to use not to exceed 20 per
cent of the total appropriation. to
increase the amounts stated for any
of the classes, if delays occur which
prevent the prompt provision of EN-
ployment under any Of the classes
listed.
Plan Gradual Tapering on.
"Part of this appropriation is to
be used for gradually tapering of the
relief activities of the Federal Gov
ernment. The amount necessary Tor
this purpose can be furnished by the
classes of work projects as listed.
Inasmuch as this cannot be antlci-
pated with any degree of exactness in
advance, the President is therefore
authorized to use as much of this
appropriation as is necessary for con-
tinuing relief as authorized under the
Federal emergency relief act OF 1888
as amended.
"ghe amendment reported by the
committee is wholly in accord with the
principles for caring for the needy
unemployed, as stated by the Presl-
dent in his message of January 4.
The broad catesories laid down
allow a large variety of individual
projects, and as often stated by the
President, the need for latitude in the
transfer of funds to meet project con-
ditions as they develop. Is adequately
provided for"
Under the terms of the Glass amend
ment, the President has at his dis
posal a resilient fund Of $500, 900. 600
to be transferred to any category OF
work he deems wise.
Copeland Plan Defeated.
Senator Copeland. Democrat. of
New York, offered an amendment to
limit this by allowing the President
to transfer only 20 per cent of the
amount assigned to any category OF
projects. This was defeated.
The so-called Tydings amendment
which would have provided that none
of the money carried in the bill should
be used to feed workers on strike was
eliminated from the bill. Senator
Tydings, however. retained the right
to offer the amendment from the
floor.
The committee added an amend
ment to the bill providing that on all
building construction work and other
projects undertaken, all mechanical
sanitary work, which Is covered by
health laws. shall be let separately
and awarded to the lowest contract
bidder This amendment was in
answer to demand made on the
committee that such work be done by
skilled labor.