Evening star., 1937-11-16
'ChiefsDecide tOPut
Off Reorganizing
Measure.
THREAT IS MADE
FOR FILIBUSTER
House in Tangle After
Republicans Block
Recess Move.
By the Associated Press

6y tIle ASSCClSteQ Press
The Senate sidetracked the admin
1stration program today as it prepared
to take up the controversial anti
lynching bill
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South
Carolina announced on the floor that
a motion would be made for consld-
Grafton of the controversial lynching
measure. He said leaders had decided
not to permit him to move for I'M
mediate consideration of the Govern
ment reorganization bill, only one of
President Roosevelt's measures ready
for consideration.
There were immediate signs of a
f1libuster to block action on the anti
lynching measure. There was a short.
sharp explosion on the part of the
Southern Senators who have been op-
posing it. Senator Wagner, Democrat
of New York, backing the measure,
has said he believed any filibuster
would be short-lived.
House in Tangle.
The House, meanwhile. was III a
tangle over adjourning for the day
After rebellious Republicans had
blocked Democratic leaders efforts to
quit work until Friday, Minority Lead
er Smell forced roll call on adjourn
ing till tomorrow
Senator Byrnes disclosure in the
Senate followed conferences of Demo-
cratic Leader Barkley with other ad-
ministration leaders.
Senators Wagner and Van Nuys.
Democrat. of Indiana offered yester-
day to delay consideration of the anti
lynchlng bill until after the farm
bill had been disposed of. if Barkley
would agree not to push any other
major legislation in front of the farm
measure.
This would have entailed the SEN
ate's marking time until the farm bill
was reported. possibly next week.
The action today left the reorgan-
ization bill, only one of the Presidents
measures which is ready for consld-
Grafton now, remaining on the calen-
dar to be considered later in the ses-
sion.
Program Begged Down.
Today's developments emphasized
the confusion of the general legislative
situation and that President Roose-
velt's program was begged down before
the special session was fully underway
Failure of the Agriculture Commit
tees to have farm bills ready for either
chamber may cost the administration
a full week out of the scheduled five
week session.
Chairman Smith called the divided
Agriculture Committee together to
begin drafting bill, but neither he
nor any other member would forecast
prompt agreement.
Although President Roosevelt tried
to get the session off to a quick start
by sending his opening message yes
terday instead of waiting day, House
leaders also found themselves killing
time.
There was little prospect that the
farm bill would be ready for House
debate before next week. Even the
fundamental dispute between compul-
sorry or voluntary control of produc-
tion still was unsettled by the Agri-
culture Committee
While waiting for the farm bill
House chiettains sought to pry loose
the Presidents other major proposal
the wage-hour bill-which had been
locked in the Rules Committee since
summer
Despairing of getting approval from
the Rules Committee, Chairman Nor
ton of the Labor Committee started
circulating petition to bring the bill
directly to the Houseshoor.
The petition must be signed by 2l8
members, but it cannot become effec-
tive until December 49, That would
leave only week of the special session
for debate and for ironing out any
differences between the House bill and
the one passed by the Senate in July.
The fourth measure on the Presi-
dents program-regional planning
was locked in the Senate Agriculture
Committee back of the farm bill The
House Committee has not completed
hearings
Tax Revision Demands.
Despite the Presidents obvious at
tempt in his message to hold Congress
to the fcur-point program, the delay
on those measures gave impetus to
demands for legislation to spur busi-
ness activity-particularly tax revision.
A House Ways and Means SUBJ
committee was meeting daily to work
out notifications in the corporate
surplus and other business taxes, but
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