Evening star., 1935-02-24
Rest Fight Until
More Favor.
able Time.
ROBINSON HITS
ATINSURCENTS
~Prevailing Wage"
Backers Draw
Leaders Fire.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Roosevelt administration.
checked in its plans for a $4,000 600
600 work relief program, with a Sc
curity wage attached by a recalcitrant
Senate. is now looking to the country
to back it up in its fight with the
upper house.
The opponents of the Presidents bill,
who voted into the measure the Nc
Carran amendment to pay the pre-
yailing wage" to workers on rellei
projects, are to be allowed for the
present to stew in their own juice.
The administration leaders in the
Senate have decreed that the Senate
Appropriations Committee. to which
the work-relief bill has been recon-
mitted. is to let the bill rest for the
time being. This means-in plain
English-until the people back home
who wish relief appropriations and
who wish money for public works
shall have been heard from. There is
no meeting of the committee called for
tomorrow or for any time in the
future.
There will be no relief bill re-
ported to the Senate until we are as
sured that a bill satisfactory to the
President can be passed" said one OF
these leaders emphatlcally.
Robinson Appeals to Country.
IN the meantime, Senator Robinson
Of Arkansas. Democratic leader OF the
senate. let loose a blast last night. 1t
was at once an appeal to the country
and to members of the Senate.
Declaring that the payment OF the
prevailing wage would add S2,34O,-
600 to the cost Of the work relief
program, bringing the total appropria-
ton carried in the bill up to S7,22O,-
100000, Senator Robinson insisted
that the Treasury of the United
States could not stand such a drain.
The drain on the Treasury" said
Senator Robinson. TO provide s4,ooO,-
100000 (the amount carried in the
Presidents bilD would have been great
enough The drain is too great to
authorize 1920 100000 when the au-
thorization is calculated to defeat the
primary purpose which promoted the
formation of the plan"
Scoring the Senators who voted for
the prevailing wage amendment. Sen
ator Robinson said:
'rThe time has arrived when patriot
ism should be placed above politics,
both personal and partisan"
Aims Blow at Insurgents.
The Democratic leader was hitting
at the 81 members Of his own party,
the 81 Republicans and the single
members. respectively, of the Progress
sive party and the Farmer-Labor par
ty who voted to override the wishes
of the President in this matter.
The supporters of the prevailing
wage amendment have SO far showed
no signs OF weakening Senator Nc
Carran of Nevada. Democrat, author
OF the amendment which has upset
the administration apple cart. said
yesterday that he proposed to offer
his amendment again when the bill
is reported out from the Appropria-
tions Committee
Senator McNary of Oregon Re-
publican leader. did not indicate that
either ne or the other Republicans
who followed him in support of the
McCarran amendment had changed by
one iota their opposition to security
wage which would average $50 a
month. He conferred yesterday with
Republican members of the Appro-
priationS Committee and later he said:
THE Republicans are anxious that
there shall be no delay in passing
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