Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
c. 0. P. IN HOUSE
CALLED TO OUTLINE.
RELIEF BILL STAND
Leaders Will Confer Tonight.
Measure Will Reach Floor
Tomorrow.
ROOSEVELT OPPOSES
EARMARKING FUNDS
Hopkins Expected to Distribute
Bulk of Funds Through
w. P. A.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Programs OF direct cash relief
and heavy public Works projects
pere t,Uin remedies devised by ad-
ministration for relief Of needy un-
employed. With many carnations,
former has developed into program
OF made work under Works Progress
administration.
Last year, Congress gaze $4,SS0
900 900 for relief needs, NTH w. P.
A. Chief Hopkins getting break on
bulk of sum- This year 81, $780,
900, 900 has been asked, With tadica-
tions that bulk OF amount. is to 90
to w. p. A. P. w. A. Administrator
IckeS and House bloc are seeking
part OF sum for that program.
BY the Associated Press.
House Republicans were summoned
today to a conference tonight to dis
cuss the party's position on the de-
ficiency appropriation bill, carrying
the new relief fund, when it reaches
the House floor tomorrow.
President Roosevelt yesterday turned
down fatty suggestions of some House
members for earmarking S400.0 900 900
of the requested $500 100000 relief
appropriation for P. w. A. projects in
stead of turning it all over to Harry
L. Hopkins Work Progress Admins
tration.
This was one of the issues open for
discussion by the Republicans.
Party leaders thought the purpose
of the meeting would largely be to
obtain an explanation of the measure
from minority members of the Appro-,
priations Committee and after that to
determine the Republican attitude.
Taber Predicts Fight.
Representative Taber OF New York,
ranking Republican on the Appropria-
tons Committee, said:
There will be a fight. That is
determined in advance But the con-
ference will be more for the purpose
Of explaining the situation to the
membership than to organize the OPP
position"
Representative Martin OF Massa-
chusetts. assistant minority leader, said
the party membership could not de-
termine in advance what position it
would take without an explanation of
the measure.
Taber said he planned to offer sew
eral amendments, adding that IF we
could handle the thing so we could
reduce the public burden, we should
be a lot better off," He continued:
There has been a contest between
Prof. Tugwell. Prof Hopkins and
Prof. Ickes to see which could demon
strate the greatest incompetence.
And one who has demonstrated it
on the largest scale seems to have
dictated the form in which the bill
will be handed to Congress"
President Roosevelt's position was
generally interpreted to mean that
Hopkins W. P. A. would spend the
bulk OF the money next year, as it is
doing in the present year.
Responding to questions at a press
conference, Mr.. Roosevelt declared
fatty that he was opposed to the
$400,000,000 earmarking move.
Theories of Heads Differ.
This was the latest development in
long-standing rivalry among opponents
of two theories of relief. Secretary
Ickes, Public Works Administration
chief, has been carrying on heavier
construction work, while w. P. A. de-
votes itself more to lighter projects
Although President Roosevelt OPP
posed the earmarking for P. w. A.,
evidently maintaining his stand that
money spent on such projects would
not go so far as w. p A. in providing
employment, he also spoke of the
possibility of new system.
Conferences with House members
indicated, he felt. that w. P. A. could
carry out many projects of the
P. w. A. type, with the Reconstruction
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