Evening star., 1935-02-26
BORAH T0DEMAND
SENATE ACT|0N0N
WORK-REL|EF BILL
Progressives Expected to
Back Plan to End Com.
mittee Jurisdiction.
BULKLEY CONTENDS
BACKFIRE IS FAILURE
Several Senators Say Few Voters
Have Protested Higher Pay
in Aid Measure.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A demand that the S4,880. 900 900
vork-relief bill be brought forthwith
before the Senate and disposed of
without further delay is expected to
be made when the Senate meets
Thursday. The demand will take the
form of a motion to discharge the
Senate Appropriations Committee
from further consideration of the
measure.
The proposal to move to discharge
the committee to which the bill was
recommitted after the administration
had been defeated in its fight against
the McCarran prevailing wage amend
ment originated with some of the Re-
publican Progressives. including Sen
ator Borah of Idaho. In fact, had
Senator Borah been able to get the
floor yesterday during the debate ever
the relief bill, he planned to make the
motion then.
Five-Day Rest.
1t has been Ave days since the bill
was recommitted and so far no ef-
fort has been made by the admins
tration leaders and Chairman Glass
to have the Appropriations Commit
tee consider the bill.
The hope of the administration
that the country would arise behind
the President and support him in his
opposition to the McCarran prevail
ing wage amendment has not mate
rialized. Comparatively few messages
have been received by Senators re-
garding the work-relief bill, and most
of those messages. according to the
Senators, are favorable to the Nc
Carran amendment and against the
s5C-a-month security wage proposal
of the President.
Those Senators who favor diScharg-
Ing the committee from further con-
sideration of the work-relief bill are
planning to frame their resolution. If
thev can. so the bill will be restored
to the Senate in the same form it held
at the time of recommittal-in other
words, so that it will include the Nc
Carran amendment. Whether this
can be done has been put up to the
parliamentarianS.
Backfire Effort Fails.
In one terse sentence-"The fire.
cracker failed to go off"-Senator
Bulkley, Democrat, of Ohio today
summed up the prevailing opinion OF
Capitol Hill concerning the admins
tration's effort to start backflre at
home against Senators who voted for
the McCarran amendment
Senator Bulkley said he had had
only a few messages in regard to the
work relief bill since that measure
was sent back to the Appropriations
Committee.
Most of those messages have been
In favor of the McCarran amend
ment," said Senator Bulkley.
One Protest in 200.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada. the author of the prevailing
wage amendment, said today that ne
had had about 200 letters and tele-
grams in regard to the work relief
bill and that only one of them had
been a protest against the prevailing
wage amendment.
All the rest were favorable to my
amendment" he said.
Senator McCarran said he knew OF
no changes in the lineup in the
Senate on the McCarran amendment
Twenty-one Democrats supported it
last week. He expects to meet with
the Executive Council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor this after
noon on the invitation of that COM
mittee. The American Federation of
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