Evening star., 1935-02-15
WORK RELIEF BILL
LIMIT TO ONE YEAR
SOUGHT BY c. 0. P.
Senate Republicans Agree
on Change in $780,
100000 Measure.
SUPPORT is REPORTED
FOR PREVAILING WAGE
Conference Is Divided on Adams
Amendments to Reduce Sum
by $2,ooo,oOo,ooo.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate Republicans at a party con-
ference today agreed to fight for an
amendment to limit the administration
$4,880. 900, 900 relief bill to one year in
stead of two
Senator McNary Of Oregon, the mi
nority leader, also announced an
"overpowering majority" appeared to
favor the McCarran prevailing wage
amendment.
He said the Republicans were about
evenly divided on the Adams amend
nent to slice 50 900 100000 off the ap-
preparation, that they seemed to favor
the Metcalf proposal to give prefer
ence to war veterans in the relief
set-up and also the Hayden amend
ment to require uniform wages and
hours on public roads projects and
similar State projects.
May Seek 10 Billions.
It was said Senator La Follettee,
Republican, of Wisconsin would seek
10 ulCT6dSS jIle WOIhS lullO W plOU-
ably eight or ten billions.
AS the bill now reads. the money
would be available until June 80.
1887. The Republican plan would
limit it to June 80, 1886.
Meanwhile the bipartisan bloc hoped
to have the Senate order the Appropri-
ations Committee to slice the measure
into it's component parts-$4. 900 ,000,-
600 for public works and S880000, 900
for relief-and report the latter to
the Senate.
The idea. they said. is to pass the
$3.50, 100000 quickly so relief needs
can be met, but to take plenty of time
on the public works part, which con-
tains discretionary powers for the
President.
S100,0OO,OOO for February.
Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins. who places the total number now
receiving relief from the Federal Gov
ernment at 100000, said he didn t
know where relief money was going
to come from after S100,000,00O al
loted for February was exhausted. This
money, he said, would be all gone
about the 10th or goth Of the month.
In passing, Hopkins approved yes
terday of Mayor Fiorello H La
Guardia's proposal for $1,000, 900, 900
work program in New York City He
Endorsed it In principle" saying it
was lin accord with what the President
and Congress are trying to do"
An attack on the American Fedora
ton Of Labor proposal to pay relief
workers prevailing wages" instead of
security wages" of about $50 month
was made today by the Government
Competition Committee of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers.
For the Government to pay more
than a relief wage for work relief will
unnecessarily burden the public with
taxation deferring true recovery" said
the committee, which is headed by
Ray E. Wantz of Rockford, Ill.
Can't Spend Indefinitely.
1.-The Government" it said, cannot
keep up the expenditure of billions Of
dollars Indefinitely"
The bonus group, which includes
some Fasteners heretofore opposed to
cash payment, argued that if $780,
100000 was to be spent it would be
better to use some of it to pay the
certificates and relieve the Govern
ment of an obligation which will come
due In few years anyway.
President Roosevelt meanwhile had
named Robert E. Wood, president of
Sears, Roebuck & Co., to head a COM
mittee of business men to advise him
on how best to spend the $4,000, 900 900
work fund.