Evening star., 1935-03-06
i. s. RELIEF ROLLS
TOTAL 22,375,ODO;
NEW HIGH RECORD
Hopkins Pushes Efforts to
Increase Contributions
From States.
SENATE VICTORY SEEN
BY ROOSEVELT FORCES
Confidently Prepared for Another
Test of Strength on Bill To.
day or Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal relief population today
reached a record high of 22,375,000
as Harry L. Hopkins pushed efforts to
increase contributions from States
and communities.
Relief Administration officials es-
timated that 100000 families aver
aging four to a family and 775,000
single persons were on relief.
Meanwhile with two Republican
Senators won over from. the opposi-
ton, Roosevelt forces sought to re-
verse the Senate setback which they
suffered two weeks ago on the S4,880,-
600, 900 work relief bill.
The administration leaders prepared
confidently for another test of strength
on the Senate floor today or tomorrow.
Their main objective was to defeat the
prevailing wage requirement which
the Senate previously wrote into the
bill by a vote of A to 43 over the
Presidents protest.
McCarfan STANDS flrm.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, OF
Nevada. author of the proposal to re-
quire that relief workers be paid the
wage rates prevailing in private in
dustry instead of the s50-a-month
security wages" advocated by admin
istration officials. served notice that
he would fight for his amendment on
the floor again. 1t has the backing
of the American Federation Of Labor.
The Democratic leaders expected
Vermont's Republican Senators, Glib
son and Austin. who sided against the
President in the previous test on the
McCarran amendment to change
their votes this time. The Vermonters
said they would not change their
stand however, unless the Senate
votes to earmark $3.50 900. 900 of the
work fund for flood relief and other
purposes and also to eliminate some
of the broad powers outlined for the
President in the preamble Of the bill.
Vermont has suffered heavy flood
damage In recent years.
Administration forces agreed to
DOtIl VA tilCoC obCPS yCotCIddJ Go tAiC
Senate Appropriations Committee
readied the measure for its return to
the floor. The committee recommend
ed that the Senate approve apportion-
ing the $4,000 ,000, 900 work fund into
eight general classifications
Senator Copeland, Democrat. Of
New York. tried unsuccessfully to per-
suade the committee that the Presi-
dent should be permitted to transfer
no more than 20 per cent of any
apportionment to other types Of work.
He was quoted as saying the provision
which won the committees approval
amounted to "camouflage."
Apportionment Explained.
Chairman Glass explained that the
apportionment of the fund among
eight general classes of projects was
meant to be "only indicative of the
activities to be performed under each
heading" 1t was not intended. he
said, that the projects should be re-
stricted to those mentioned specifi-
cally in each class.
Another administration concession
made as the test on the floor neared
was acceptance of an amendment to
provide that all work for sanitation
installations be awarded to the low
qualified bidding contractors. This
provision against the Government do
ing such work by direct unemployment
was suggested by the National Plumb
ers' Association. A representative of
the association told the Appropriations
Committee recently that he did not
want to see repetition of the Gov
ernmentis experience in its Reedsville,
w. Va, homestead project.
Whether the Senate would reach
the work-relief bill in time for action
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