Evening star., 1935-07-10
ROOSEVELT PLANS
INFORMAL TALKS"
Will Speak on Trip to West
Coast-Urges Program
Be Pushed.
By the Associated Press.

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President Roosevelt Is arranging no
set speeches for his cross-country trip
this Summer to the Pacific Coast, but
he said today that he probably will
talk informally at stops along the way.
He is making no definite plans for
the trip until Congress adjourns.
At his press conference Mr.. Roose-
welt said speed was going to be applied
in an effort to conclude the entire
legislative program some time in
August.
He plans to confer tomorrow with
congressional leaders on the contro-
versial banking bill about to come up
In the Senate.
There is every indication Of gen.
eral administration acceptance of the
modified bill reported by the Senate
Banking Committee, although the
President has not given his approval
to its provision allowing banks to
underwrite securities.
Mr.. Roosevelt wants the legislation
enacted at this session.
COnferS With Leaders.
Meanwhile, setting aside for the time
being the much-discussed topic of
friction between the President and the
House, Democratic legislative leaders
sought today to expedite the Roose-
yelt program.
The hope they expressed was that
Congress now may adjourn the last
week of August.
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situation over with the President for
two hours and half last night. Some
Of them had gone to the White House
for the specific purpose of telling the
President of their ideas of why all was
not serene around the House.
In the aftermath of the House revolt
against the President in the utilities
fight, they indicated they would try to
convince the President he must give
greater consideration to the desires of
members of that chamber. They said
there was dissatisfaction among the
members because the President had
yielded to the Senate on several legis-
lative problems, while declining to
yield to the House. They also men
toned patronage troubles, and the
complaint that the President failed to
listen to the advice Of regular House
leaders.
Grievances Not Mentioned.
AS it turned out, however, none of
these things was mentioned at the
White House. Instead, the COnfereeS
wound up in a lengthy talk of the best
fn ha bo
Presidents program. The only rea-
son given for the omission of the dis
cussion about dissatisfaction was that
1t took so long to talk about legislation.
Today the leaders were bending
every effort to put through the House
these bills-the only must" measures
which still lack House approval:
The new tax program, on which
the Ways and Means Committee is
holding hearings; the bill to outlaw
suits for recovery of losses alleged to
have been suffered under the gold
policy; the Guffey coal stabiliza-
tion and Federal alcohol control bills,
now awaiting approval by the Ways
and Means Committee.
8 The President, of course, reiterated
that he expected Congress to finish
action on the social security bill, now
In Senate-House conference; the
utilities holding company bill. on the
way to conference; the Tennessee VAL
ley Authority amendment, passed by
the Senate and up on the House floor
today; the omnibus banking and
A. A. A. amendments bills, passed by
the House and pending in the Senate
Other Plans Indefinite.
Beyond that, however, he left the
rest Of the program to the leaders.
They interpreted that as meaning
that If there were time the President
would like to see finally enacted the
railroad reorganization, ship subsidy,
and bus and truck regulation measures.
Although last nights White House
list included the names of the chair
men of virtually all big House COM
mittees, that of Rankin, who heads
the Veterans Affairs Committee, was
absent.
That of McSwain, Democrat, of
South Carolina, chairman of the Mill
tary Affairs Committee, was delib-
erately omitted so the intimation
would not be drawn that the confer
ence had anything to do with the Ten
nessee Valley Authority bill now pend
ing on the House floor.