Evening star., 1935-06-04
NEW n. R. A. PLAN
TO Be RUSHED NOW
President and Cabinet Agree
on Emergency Legislative
Program on Codes.
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standards set up by N. r. A. through
interstate compactS.
All New England States. New York
New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Ohio and
Illinois were represented. Others were
expected from South Carolina.
Speaker ByrnS who talked over the
legislative situation with the PreSi-
dent yesterday. declined to discuss it
publicly further. other than to say his
previous prediction that the House
would be ready to adjourn by June Is
was bad guess in the light of sub
sequent developments
Representative OConnor. Democrat
of New York, chairman of the House
Rules Committee. had served notice
that he intended to determine the
Presidents attitude toward the Wag-
ner bill before bringing it up on the
House floor.
He said today he had received mo
direct word" but understood the
President would approve it with
some changes" O'Connor added he
did not know what those changes
were and Chairman Connery of the
House Labor Committee said the same
thing
But other sources explained their
understanding was the two measures
Misunderstanding up board with
power of voluntary arbitration and
limiting collective bargaining guaran-
tee to interstate businesses - were
what the President had in mind.
Connery asserted that since his
committee already had approved the
Wagner bill, passed by the Senate,
any changes would be made in amend
ments offered from the floor.
Guffey-Snyder Bill.
O'Connor, asked If the Guffey- -Sny-
der bill was on the must" list. re-
piled: Il don't know for sure, but
heard a lot Of talk about It,"
During hearings before the House
Ways and Means Committee on N.
r. A. extension, it had been suggested
that If the N. r. A. died, the Wagner
labor dispute and the Guffey coal bill
would take care of the situation.
Vice President Garner, wearing his
broad tan sombrero, led the cabinet
members into the White House for
the special session suddenly called last
night by Mr.. Roosevelt.
One by one, other cabinet members
or their assistants followed, and the
meeting in the new cabinet room of
the remodeled White House executive
af9nn rtndnr
The Presidents action in calling for
the three sessions today apparently
took many New Deal leaders by sur
prise. Some inclined to attach signifi-
canoe to the invitation to Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau to at
tend the afternoon parley. Use of
the Governments taxing power as a
means Of obtaining a measure of
regulation of wages, hours and trade
practices has been among the many
suggestions for stop-gap action.
There were indications that today's
action would be regarded by many New
Dealers as an emergency" step de-
signed to serve for a time while the
country Is weighing the question
which President Roosevelt posed last
week as one requiring a decision by
the people. The question, he said, Is
whether the Federal Government or
the 48 States should have power over
social and economic problems which
he regards as national in scope.
Called to White House.
Those invited to the afternoon ses-
sion included Attorney General Cum
mings. Solicitor General Reed, Sec
retary Of Labor Perkins. Acting Sec
retary of Commerce Dickinson, Speak
er Byrns, Majority Leader Robinson
of the Senate, Cha irman Harrison Of
the Senate Finance Committee, Sena-
tor Wagner of New York, Chairman
Doughton of the House Ways and
Means Committee, Chairman O'Con-
nor of the House Rules Committee.
Richberg and Charles West, liaison
officer between the administration
and Congress.
The presence of O'Connor indi-
Gated to some a possibility that q
special rule might be sought for
prompt House action 4