The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-27
ORDER SHOWDOWN
ON RELIEF VOTE
Continued from page one)

hasten adjournment.
Developments yesterday midi
Gated that administration leaders
evolved a plan of strategy under
which all efforts would be made
and other routine legislation be-
to dispose of appropriation bills
fore the presidents supreme court
reorganization plan reaches the
senate floor. While the senate is
debating the court measure, 1t Is
planned to throw the wage-and-
hour bill into the house.
The success of such strategy
will be determined by the length
of the debate expected to rage
about the court bill. The senate
has no machinery except that OF
cloture to limit debate or to stop
a filibuster whereas the house
does have such machinery and
usually uses it when pressed Tor
time.
Following is the status of ma
jor legislation before congress-:
l. The 81. 500,000,000 work
relief bill. Patronage hungry
Democrats earmarked one-third of
the appropriation for pork or
vote-getting projects in the face
of White House opposition. A fl
nal vote is being delayed in the
house until leaders determine
whether they can exert enough
pressure to reverse a string OF
administration defeats and restore
the bill to it's original form. Sem
ate conservatives will seek to re-
duce the fund $500,O0O,OOO IN
the interest of economy.
9. The judiciary reorganization
bill. The senate judiciary commit
tee reported it adversely: DEBATE
may begin next week. The fate
of the measure is uncertain.
3. The government reorganiza-
ton bill. Party leaders still are
trying to pump life into the mea-
sure but it remains clogged IN
house and senate committees. the
hest guess is that Mr.. Roosevelt
NAV get some features of the Dill
which are unopposed, such as his
request for six White House as
sistants, but that the more con-
troyersial features will go over
until the next session.
a, Maximum wages, minimum
hours and child labor legislation.
Joint congressional hearings open
Tuesday. Organized labor leaders
have some objections to the
ack-Connery bill introduced at
ter Mr.. Roosevelt's message call
ing on congress to extend the ma
tion's social frontiers" and in
dividual industries will call for
special treatment under the bill.
Secretary of Labor Frances Per-
kins told house labor suD-com,,
mittee yesterday that she opposed
the theory that wage and hour
differentials should be granted
certain industries because oil
their geographical location. .,
5. Economy legislation. The
methods of obtaining the ec9no-
mics demanded by the president
TO balance the budget are, en-
broiled in a congressional Dattle'
Thus far members of the two
houses have done nothing, put
talk of economy and then de1eat
attempts to effectuate it.
6. Tax legislation. A bill to ex-
tend the so-called nuisance" tax
es which yield the government
S5OO,OOO,OO0 annually has been
introduced by Chairman Robert L.
Doughton, D., N. c., of the house
WAYS and means committee at the
request of Mr.. Roosevelt. The Dill
will pass later in the session.
7. The Civilian Conservation
corps bill. The house strapped Mr.
Roosevelt's wishes to make tne
corps a permanent federal agen'
CIV and limited extension to two
wears. After other drastic changes
the measure was sent to the SEN
ate which passed it in a form sat
isfactory to the president. Con
ferees yesterday began discussing
compromise plan of extending
the agency "three or four years,
according to Senator William E
Borah, R., Ida. ~,
8. Agricultural legislation. Th'
fate of the agricultural depart
ment's "ever normal granar!
proposal and the measure to re
habilitate tenant. farmers will de-
pend upon how seriously congress
regards the chief executives de
mands for economy. No serious
| move is being made today t.
hiring either to the floor Of TIM