Evening star., 1935-02-17
End of Honeymoon" Looms
as Bills Approach Con-
gresS Mills.
RELIEF MEASURE UNDER
SENATE'S FIRE ALREADY
Security, N. R. A. and Holding
Firm Projects Due for Fights
in Legislature.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


Four major legislative proposals OF
the Roosevelt administration will be
"in the works" before the close Of
the week. All four face real fights.
They are the s4.880, 100000 work
relief bill. the economic security
measure, the bill extending the life
Of the N. r. A. and the bill to out
law holding companies. Although
President Roosevelt has declined to
say whether the Rayburn Wheeler bill
dealing with holding companies was
an administration measure, 1t at least
deals with a matter that has had the
Presidents attention.
Only one Of these measures has
reached the floor Of either house-the
work relief bill-which is now under
fire in the Senate, having passed the
House.
Honeymoon Is Over"
The resistance to the administra-
tons work relief bill which has
developed in the Senate, plus two or
three reversals which the White House
already has experienced in that body
since the opening of the session, has
given rise to the suggestion that the
honeymoon is over" and that the
ease with which the administration
has dominated Congress is lessening
perceptibly.
Congress has been in session q
month and half. Outside the pas
sage of regular annual appropriation
bills, which are usually quickly dis
posed Of, the program has made slow
progress.
The unexpected delay Of the work
relief bill in the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee for more than two
weeks was something of shock TO
the administration leaders. The
chances that 1t will be passed by the
Senate and sent back to conference
with the House before another two
weeks have expired are not bright.
The administration is anxious to
get this measure out Of the way as
quickly as possible so 1t may proceed
with its work relief plans and have
ready money for direct relief 1t also
wishes to ease the legislative log jam.
President Roosevelt is expected to
send a message to Congress tomor-
row making recommendations for ex-
tension of the life of the National Re-
covery Administration. which goes out
next June IS unless Congress acts.
Two Probes Pending.
With two proposals for investiga-
the codes of fair competition pending
before two Senate committees. early
action on the measure to extend the
N. r. A. can scarcely be expected. The
Senate Judiciary Committee, through
a subcommittee headed by Senator
King of Utah, began outlining its in
quiry at meeting yesterday.
Senator King said last night the
inquiry would be wide and would cover
the effect of the N. r. A. on the anti
trust laws and their enforcement.
He said the committee would seek to
learn whether operation Of the re-
covery act had fostered monopoly. as
has been charged, and whether it had
been detrimental to the small busi-
ness man and labor.
will your inquiry be completed be-
fore the proposed law extending the
life Of the N. r. A. has been put
through?" he was asked.
IT don't know, but it should be
completed before that law is enact
ed" Senator King replied.
The Nye resolution seeking an in
quiry into the N. r. A. has been re-
ferred to the Senate Finance Com
mittee. which probably will have
jurisdiction Of the new N. r. A. bill
when it is introduced
Security Bill Hearings.
The Senate Finance Committee has
been holding hearings on the eco
nomic security bill. 1t hopes to close
those hearings by Tuesday. The House
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