Evening star., 1935-03-17
HOUSE LIBERALS
ADOPT PLATFORM
Bloc Claims More Members,
Despite Attempts to Halt
Movement.
BY the Associated Press.

1O-pOlnC legislative program
which called for assurance that eco.
nomic and social justice shall be ac-
corded all of the people" was adopted
unanimously yesterday by the new
House liberal bloc.
Despite attempts by party leaders
to discourage the movement, the
bloc claimed more members present
or represented by proxy at its meet
ing yesterday than at the initial ses-
sion week ago.
And to make the move completely
non-partiSan, the 30-odd who were
present agreed to alternate the chair
manship at each weeks meeting be.
tween members who nominally be-
long to the four parties represented
Democratic, Republican, Progress
sive and Farmer-Labor.
Credit Regulation Advocated.
The new program:
l. Federal regulation Of credit and
currency.
2. Adjustment Of the issuance of
taX-exempt securities.
3. Increased inheritance, income
and gift taxes on a graduated basis.
4. Refinancing of farm debts on a
long-term basis at 112 per cent in
terest.
5. Reduced interest rates on home
loans.
6. Guarantee to farmers of the
average cost of production plus "a
reasonable profit"
Z. Limitation of the hours of labor
in industry.
8. Insurance to labor Of ats In
herent right to bargain collectively"
School Aid Proposal
9. Public works appropriations "in
amounts adequate to provide employ
ment for those in need of employ
ment at wage sufficient to maintain
a decent standard of living"
TO- Adequate Federal aid to educa-
ton.
II. Government ownership Of all
natural resources and monopolies
vested with a public interest"
IL. Deprof1tizing of war.
13. Avoidance of foreign entangle-
ments"
IA. Adequate provisions for the
payment of sickness, old-age and un-
employment benefits"
Is. Protection of freedom OF speech
and the press.
16. liberalization of House rules.
Frazier -Lemke Bill Backed.
Those who attended the meeting
emphasized again that they were not
opposing President Roosevelt, but that
their program was designed primarily
to assure enactment of some legiSla-
ton which so far had not appeared
on his program.
One measure to which the group
gave indirect sanction was the
FraZier-Lemke farm mortgage re-
financing bill, which would set up a
So 900, 100000 revolving fund for the
refnancing of mortgages over long
period and at ~ per cent interest.
After the meeting Representative
Lemke. Republican. of North Dakota.
reminded that he had on file with the
clerk a petition to force a vote on
that bill. He said he had 125 of the
necessary pit signatures "and the rest
will go en- next week"
kVaie PreSIdeS Again.
Representative Kvale. Farm-Labor,
Of Minnesota, presided again over the
second meeting. Those listed by the
groups leaders as being present or
represented by proxy were:
Democrats-Wailgre Zioncheck,
Knute Hill and Martin Smith of
Washington; Maverick of Texas;
Hoeppel, Scott and Costello Of Cali
fornia; Dunn of Pennsylvania; Hide
brandt of South Dakota; Ryan of
Minnesota; Keller of Illinois; Wood of
Missouri; Binderup and Luckey Of
Nebraska; Carpenter Of Kansas.
Republicans-Burdick and Lemke
of North Dakota, Mas of Minnesota.
Stefan of Nebraska, Gilchrist Of
Iowa, Lambertson of Kansas, Mar
| cantonio of New York, Engel of
Michigan.
ProgreSSives-Schneider, Boileau.
Amlie. Sauthoff, Hull, Withrow and
Gehrmann of Wisconsin.
m-Labor-Kvale, Buckler and
Iundeen of Minnesota