The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-01
i S, BOMBING PLANE BUILDERS STRIKE
REVOLTS AGAINST FARM AND
ECONOMY PROGRAMS STILL
SIZZLE AMONG CONGRESSMEN
Situation Fostered by
Southern Senators to
Curb F. RS. Powers

WASHINGTON. May I. (UP),
Sizzling revolts against two Vita
New Deal programs - farm and
cconomy-flarcd in congress last
night, forcing leaders to predict
that President Roosevelt may
have to intervene to spank re-
bcllious Democrats and restore
party harmony.
The situation is more cmbar-
RAISING to congressional leaders
than it is serious. Back of the
outbreak lies the determination of
conservative southern Democrats
to grant Mr.. Roosevelt no more
emergency power, such as he is
reported seeking in the economy
drive, and a genuine desire to
combat rubber stamp criticism
which has been hurled at congress
since the New Deal took control.
Republicans, following the the
DRY that if given sufficient time
and opportunity, Democrats can
not escape and Old-fashioned fam
lily quarrel, are sitting by, chuck
ling and taking no part IN the dis
putc. They are keeping their rec
ord straight by endorsing Mr.,
ROoscvelt's economy drive, by
seeking to cooperate and inter
posing occasionally to add fuel to
dwindling fcuds.
Democratic leaders are handi-
capped in the economy fight by
the fact that President Roosevelt
is away on a fishing trip and no
one appears to have a clear idea
of how he would like to effect
savings which he has demanded
Representative Clarence Cannon
D., Mo-, staunch New Dealer con-
ferrcd with the president before
he departed on his fortnight vaca-
ton and afterward introduced a
measure to impound Is per cent
of all appropriations approved by
congress for the 1893 fiscal year,
Under his plan, the chief OK
ccutive would be empowered to
rcallocate part or all of the I'M
pounded money to the various
government departments. Speaker
William Il. Bankhcad, d., Ala, OF
the house, told newspapermen
that Cannon'S proposal was salts
factory to the president. lie
awokc Yesterday to read ncwSpa-
per headlines screaming the OPP
position of two senate leaders
Joe r. Robinson, d., Ark, and
James f. Byrnes, d., S. C.-to the
plan.
Meantime battle over economy
broke on the floor of the house
where Republicans failed in their
attempt to clip millions from the
war department appropriation
bill. Representative John Tabcr
of New York, ranking Republican
member of the appropriations
committee, was rcbuffed repeat,
edly in attempts to remove AL
unnecessary items" from the
measure. The Agrarian revolt
broke in the senate agriculture
committee headed by Senator Ell
lison d. Smith, d., South Caro-
lima, outspoken foe of many New
Deal measures. The committee
ignored requests from Secretary
of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
for speedy approval of the admin
istration'S bill calling for re-en-
actmcnt of agricultural marketing
provisions Of the invalidatcd AAA
by dcferring action. The measure
has passed the house.
Then the committee authorized
Smith to invite commissioners OF
agriculture of all the states to
meet here and consider a long
range farm program. No date
was set for the meeting. A Slml-
lar meeting was called of heads
of farm organizations here on
May 10 by Wallace.
Commenting on the revolt
Smith said:
"Some Of the committee mem
bers said they were tired of being
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