Evening star., 1935-04-20
Stormy Journey Forecast
for Measure Rai|roaded
in House, 372 to 80.
COMMITTEE TO DISPOSE
OF BONUS AND N. r. A.
Byrd Opposes Provision Which
Makes Possible Federal Die
tation to States.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Swept through the House by lop-
sided vote, the Roosevelt social Sc
curity bill today ran into legislative
jam in the Senate which threatened
long delay.
New attempts to write sweepine
changes into the big bill-which is
designed eventually to levy 81, 1888 .000.-
900 or more in new taxes for financial
help to the aged, jobless, children and
mothers-also were IN prospect.
The 372-to-33 vote which jammed
the bill through the House yesterday
was made possible by smooth func-
tioning of the overwhelming Demo-
cratic machine and by the ayes" Of
many Republicans who had lost their
battle to delete the new taxes from
the bill. Of the record. some of these
Republicans said they had to vote fer
the whole bill on the final roll call
to avoid political suicide"
Delayed in Committee.
Fresh from this victory-which fol-
lowed almost three months of dispute
the bill went to the Senate Finance
Committee, already tied up in con-
troversy over the bonus and N. r. A.
Chairman Harrison announced tbs
security program would be pushed
ahead as rapidly as possible. but said
the bonus would be taken up by his
committee first, and then the bill to
extend N. r. AS life.
Hearings on the bonus bill have al
ready been called for the first two
days of next week. Harrison said he
hoped to get it out of committee by
the recovery legislation.
Even the most optimistic admins
tration friends of N. R. A. concede,
however. that it will take 10 days or
two weeks to get that controversial
issue settled in the committee end
reported out to the Senate.
Faces Tough Shedding.
No one on the Senate side Of the
Capitol disputed today that the social
security bill faced much TOUGHER sled
ding there than it did In the House.
Already many suggestions for modi-
fications had risen, not only from
Republicans. but from the Democratic
ranks as well.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Virginia,
long ago announced proposals for
modifying the administration bill. He
opposes provisions which he says
would make it possible for the Fed
eral Government to dictate to the
States
Hearings on the bill have been
completed by the Senate Committee,
and when it gets the bonus and
N. r. A. out of the way it will 60
Immediately into executive session to
act on social security. This will
speed the procedure somewhat. but
it will still leave all the issues in the
vast bill to be fought out.
AS passed by the House, the measure
touches on all the phases of economic
security" outlined in message Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent to Congress Janu-
ary II. However, in most cases the
aid for the persons covered would ma
terialize only If the States did some
thing for them.
az Amendments Offered.
During House consideration AZ
amendments were offered. Is yester-
day. Only one minor one was adopted
and it had been approved by the Ways
and Means Committee.
In the form in which 1t passed the
House, the bill would:
l. Authorize an appropriation of
S49, 100000 next fiscal year, and as
much as was necessary thereafter. for
grants to States which pay pensions
to persons who have reached IS. The
Federal contribution, on a dollar-for-
dollar matching basis, would be lin
tied to SIS
2. Levy taxes. beginning January
1, 1887, on pay rolls and incomes for
repayment to workers as annuities
after they reach IS. The taxes start
at per cen: each on employe and en-
ployer and rise Il per cent a year
every three years to per cent each
in and after 1949.
3. Put tax on the pay rolls Of all
employers with 10 or more workers.
That would start at l per cent on
January /, 1886, and increase to 3
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