Evening star., 1935-03-25
Administration Leaders May
Invoke Special Rule to
Adjust Views.
INFLATI0NISTS PRESS
FOR THOMAS AMENDMENT
Meeting Is Called to Map STRAIT.
egy to Force Measure Through
by End of Week.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


Administration forces met tempo
rary check when they sought in the
House to send the $1,000 900 900 work
relief bill to conference today.
Unanimous consent to send the bill
with 81 Senate amendments to con-
ference in the Senate was asked by
Representative Buchanan of Texas.
chairman Of the Appropriations Com
mittee.
Representative johnson of Texas
Immediately objected.
Representative Rankin Of Missis-
sippi asked the Speaker and Chairman
Buchanan what it is proposed to do
with the work-relief bill. Buchanan
replied the bill should be sent to con-
ference
THE Senate has added 81 amend
ments TO that bill" said Buchanan.
The bill is not capable of admins
tration with those amendments"
Rankin Disagrees.
We are familiar with those amend
ments and We think they are capable
Of administration" replied Rankin.
Il can't help what you think, and
I don't care" retorted Buchanan with
some heat.
Il said We believe the Senate
amendments capable of administra-
tion," answered Rankin, that means
the great majority of this House"
For the time being, that closed the
battle between the infiationists in
the House who wish to have the
Thomas silver amendment agreed to
by the House and the administration.
What course will be followed with
regard to the work-relief bill will be
determined this afternoon by the
Democratic leaders of the House. who
| are determined to send the bill to
| conferenc
May Require Rule.
The two courses open are to move
in the House to send the bill to
conference or to bring in a special
rule providing for sending the bill to
conference. The administration
forces are believed inclined toward a
special rule. Such rule would direct
the House to disagree with the Sen
ate amendment and send the bill to
conference. The Senate already has
requested a conference on the bill
If the special rule is brought in, 1t
could exclude any motion to concur
in the Thomas or other Senate
amendments to the work-relief bill.
Should a motion be made in the
House to concur without a special rule.
a substitute motion to concur in the
Senate amendment would take prece-
dence
Jus before the House assembled at
| noon today Speaker Byrns returned
from conference with President
Rooevelt at the White House He said
! the work-relief bill should be sent to
conference. He declined to answer
| questions as to whether he and the
administration forces approved the
Thomas amendment which provides
for the issuance of silver certificates
by the Secretary of the Treasury
| against all silver bullion owned or
acquired by the Government, at the
monetary value of silver. When Byrns
was leaving the White House he said
he had discussed the work-relief bill
| with the President and that he hoped
the bill would be finally disposed of
and sent to the White House before
the end of the week
The work relief bill was delivered
/ to the House by Senate clerk at the
opening of the session today. 1t was
Representative Buchanan to make his
request to send the bill to conference.
| InAationiStS Meat
Earlier today group of House cur
rency inflationistS and silver sup
porters met at the call of Representa-
| tive Martin of Colorado to lay their
plans for forcing a vote in the House
on concurrence in the Thomas silver
amendment. Among those attending
the conference was Representative
acting Democratic leader of the
House. He has served in this capacity
during the entire session of the pres
ent Congress in place of Representa-
| tive Bankhead of Alabama, who has
been absent on account of illness.
At the meeting of the infiationists
were 80 members of the House. Sena-
tor Thomas of Oklahoma, author of
| the silver amendment. sat with them
| for part of the time.
The opinion expressed at the meet
ing was that everything possible
| should be done to bring about the
adoption of the Thomas amendment.
COnfers With Thomas.
The House silver bloc conferred
with Senator Thomas and then desig-
mated Representative Dies. Democrat,
Of Texas to make a motion on the
House floor to concur with all Senate
amendments. 1t also appointed a
committee to confer with Speaker
ByrnS to see that I'VE are allowed our
parliamentary rights the Associated
Press reported.
The committee comprises Repre-
sentatives Dies, Murdock, Democrat,
of Utah; Rankin, Democrat, of Mis-
Sissippi Pierce, Democrat, of Oregon:
Taylor; MoritZ, Democrat, Of Penn
sylvania. Better. Democrat, of New
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