Evening star., 1935-01-20
Social Security Program
Temporarily ReIegated in
Strategy Move.
RULE MAKES ACTION
BY TUESDAY LIKELY
House to Open Hearings Tomor-
row on Bill and Senate
Following Day.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

An iron-clad gag" rule which would
permit the House to pass President
RooSevelt'S $4,8o0000,000 relief pro-
gram not later than Tuesday was de-
cided upon yesterday by Democratic
leaders 1t is designed to prevent
amendments and to limit debate to
about four hours.
This strategy temporarily put in the
background the Presidents social Sc
curity program, hearings on which are
scheduled to begin tomorrow. The
House Ways and Means Committee
will open its hearings at 10:30 am.
while those Of the Senate Finance
Committee are slated to get under way
the next day.
Application of the gag" rule on the
relief measure was decided upon when
it became known that large number
of Democrats. as well as Republicans,
have signified they were opposed to
voting such huge sum without de-
tailed hearings The White House,
however, wants the program expedited
exactly as requested by Mr.. Roosevelt.
May Attempt Overthrow.
There were indications that the op-
posing group would seek to overthrow
the contemplated rule, but Democratic
chiefs claim their huge majority will
be sufficient to put it over.
Chairman Buchanan of the Appro-
priations Committee, in explaining
that his group would report out the
lump sum relief measure tomorrow,
said his group would make no efforts
to "earmark'' the money.
Although Secretary of the Interior
Ickes is making plans for distribution
of 81 10000 10000 of the fund for work
relief. there was talk yesterday that
Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop
klnS may head new agency to handle
the whole program. At any rate. Hop
kins is expected to have the job Of
| tapering off the dole" with the other
$3.50, 900, 900 between February 10 and
November /.
Hopkins remained at the White
House through a series of conferences
at which Mr. Roosevelt began to put
his employment-making ideas into
form.
Week for Testimony.
AS for the social security program.
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee is planning to give practically the
entire week to hearing administration
witnesses in support of the Presidents
plans as embodied in the Wagner
Lewis bill.
The first witness will be E. E. Witte,
executive director of the Committee
on Economic Security, appointed by
the President. Mr.. Witte is expected
to occupy the time of the committee
tomorrow and also on Tuesday morn
ing. Secretary of Labor Perkins is
scheduled to appear as the second
witness on Tuesday afternoon.
Hopkins to Be Heard.
Three witnesses are slated for We'd
nesday: Relief Administrator Hop
kinS, William Lierserson, chairman of
the National Mediation Board. and
Albin Hansen, chief economic analyst
of the State Department.
On Thursday the committee plans
to hear Murray Latimer. chairman of
the Railroad Retirement Board;
Douglas Brown, professor of econom-
les at Princeton University; Katherine
| Lenroot, chief of the Children's Bu-
reau, Department of Labor. and Will
liam Green, president of the American
| Federation of Labor.
| Only one witness so far is scheduled
/ for Friday. Miss Josephine Roche.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Miss Roche was active in social work
before her present appointment.
After these witnesses have been
heard it is expected the House Com
mittee, headed by Representative
Doughton of North Carolina will have
before it number of other witnesses
who may request to appear.
Wagner Will Appear.
Senator Wagner of New York, who
has sponsored the economic security
bill in the Upper House. is expected
to make a statement before the
Finance Committee. Only tentative
list of witnesses for the Senate Com
mittee so far has been prepared. 1t
! includes those witnesses already slated
to appear before the House Committee
and in addition the secretary OF the
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