Evening star., 1937-10-14
BILL
MAY CAUSE JAM
IN SPECIAL SESSION
Congress Under Agreement
to Consider 1t After
Farm Legislation.
WAGE.H0UR BILL SAFE
BEYOND TIE.UP THREAT
Reorganization, Regional Plan
ming and Anti. Trust Goals of
Roosevelt Menaced.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
Administration strategists, seeking
swift approval of five-point program
at the special session of Congress next
month, faced the possibility today of
a prolonged jam over the anti-lynch-
ing bill.
The Senate, in order to get out of
a parliamentary tangle in August.
agreed formally to make the anti
lynching measure a special order of
business Immediately after a vote on
farm legislation at the next session.
This agreement, parliamentarians
said, was so worded that it holds fol-
the special SESSION called by President
Roosevelt.
Leaders expressed the belief the
agreement would not endanger wage
hour or farm legislation, but would
throw serious obstacle in the way of
the Presidents three other proposals.
These are Government reorganiza-
ton, creation of regional planning
authorities modelled after the T.V. A..
and strengthening of the antitrust
laws.
Already Passed Senate.
The wage-hour bill already has
passed the Senate and would not be
sidetracked by the anti-lynching de-
bate unless the administration should
Unexpectedly abandon the bill nov
awaiting House action and should
submit new one.
No legislation in recent years has
stirred such determined group hos
tility as the anti-lynching bill. 1t
passed the House this year, but never
has even reached the stage of formal
debate in the Senate because OF fill
busters.
When the farm bill is out of the
way, however. the anti-lynching bill
can be displaced only by a majority
vote. In view of support for the
| measure, Senate leaders forecast its
| ultimate passage.
Whether Southern Senators will
try seriously to delay vote in view
of the bills preferred legislative status
remains to be seen. Even the most
optimistic administration chieftains
held out little hope for quick action.
Committee Backs Reorganization.
The first of the Presidents meas
ures likely to be delayed by the anti
lynching debate is the Government
reorganization bill. 1t already has
been approved by special committee
headed by Seantor Byrnes, Democrat,
of South Carolina.
Senate hearings also were held
during the Summer on the regional
planning program, but a committee
has not approved the final draft of
bill because of the illness of Senator
Norris. Independent, of Nebraska, its
sponsor.
Speculation over the administra-
tion's legislative program for the spe-
cial session centered chiefly on its
proposals for strengthening the anti
trust laws. Details have not been
disclosed.
Although advance information in
dicated "cut-and-dried" schedule
from the administration viewpoint,
there was possibility members them
selves would create unexpected de-
velopments.
Individual legislators may offer
proposals for Strengthening the neu-
trality law and extending the public
works program and may voice criti-
cism of the former Ku Klux Klan
membership of Supreme Court JUS
tice Black.
No General Tax Revision.
No effort will be made to enact a
general tax revision law during the
special session, but Chairman Vinson
of Kentucky asked members OF a
House Ways and Means Subcommit-
tee today to report November 4 to
start drafting the statute. 1t will be
considered in the regular 1888 session.
For the first time in years, revenue
aspects of the bill will be secondary.
The major objectives will be to codify.
simplify and improve the tax laws.
removing inequities and easing the
tax load in instances where it i'm
poses hardship.
Some points scheduled to receive
attention are the tax on undistributed
corporation profits, nuisance levies,
the capital gains tax, individual in
come taxes and the plugging of addi-
tional loopholes in the revenue laws.