Evening star., 1938-04-13
}. the Associated Press.

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B. the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt and his eco
nomic advisers worked at top speed
today to complete a new recovery and
relief program, apparently agreed
upon at lengthy night conference
at the White House.
While the conferees did not dis
close details, it was indicated the
keystone probably would be a pro-
posal to spend sl,500 100000 on pub
lie works as means of reviving busi-
ness and industry.
This would be in addition to 4
$3.50, 100000 relief appropriation
which would let the Works Progress
Administration carry a peak load OF
unemployed from next July to Feb
ruary /, 1889.
Both the public works and relief
proposals were expected to be covered
in presidential message to Congress
tomorrow noon. It's first draft was
gone over by the five cabinet members
tl1lN tiI4 &C oAiiNI u dliOll olll
cials at last nights 3-hour meeting.
The President will have final talk
on the message with congressional
leaders at 5 pm. today.
Those invited were Senator Barkley
of Kentucky and Representative Ray.
burn of Texas. Democratic leaders OF
Senate and House, respectively; Chair.
man Glass and Taylor of the Senate
and House Appropriations Committee
and Senator Byrnes, Democrat, OF
South Carolina and Representatives
Cannon, Democrat. of Missouri ane
Woodrum, Democrat, of Virginia o1
those committees.
Official White House sources hac
disclosed earlier that the President!
message would discuss not only the
state of affairs of this country, bu'
also touch on conditions abroad.
Chat Likely to Follow.
1t probably will be followed tomor-
) row night by a 45-minute "freside
chat" in which the President may ex
plain to the Nation his views on the
general economic situation and the
reasons for his new program.
Time has been reserved on the
N. B. c., c. B. S. and Mutual radio
chains beginning at 1890 pm.
Preparation of the message and the
speech occupied most of Mr.. Roose-
velt's attention today There we're
indications the message would be one
OF the most important and far-reach-
ing which the President has dis
patched to Congress in many months.
The nature of its preparation,
cllmaXed by last nights conference,
recreated something of the emergency
atmosphere of Mr.. Roosevelts first
months in office Then, as now, he was
studying ways to make Government
billions take the place Of private cap
ttal in improving business conditions.
Cabinet members who went over the
message with the President were Sec
retarieS Hull, Ickes, Wallace and
Morgenthau and Postmaster General
Farley.
Present also were Chairman Jesse
H. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, Harry Hopkins. w. P. A. admin
istrator and James Roosevelt, the
Presidents son and secretary.
Absent were the Democratic con-
gres5lonal leaders, including Vice Pres
ldent Garner. who has been widely
reported as looking with disfavor on
any renewal of heavy Government
spending
While the hite-haired, influential
Texan remained publicly silent, Mr..
Roosevelt told his press conference
yesterday he and Mr.. Garner had not
had an argument over "pump-prim-
Ing or anything else when they met
at a legislative conference Monday.
There has been reports that Mr..
Garner had sharply expressed his dis
like OF spending for recovery" plans,
creating a GOODNESS between himself
and the boss" as he calls the Pres
1dent.
Roosevelt Explains.
MIR. Roosevelt said what happened
was this:
He had read published report that
Mr.. Garner had advised him to Law
OIL business awhile and, in the cow
boy slang of Mr.. Garners native
Texas. give the cattle a chance to
put on lat"
Inc President asked Mr.. Garner if
he had seen the article. The Vice
President replied that of course he
had, but that he had had nothing to
do with its preparation.
And that, the President said, was
all there was to it. When questioned
he added that Mr.. Garner had NOT
differed with him on pump -priming, y
had not told him to give business q
chance to "fatten" and had denied
he told any one else.
Senate and House opponents OF
spending had hailed the reports of q
Garner-Roosevelt disagreement as
STRENGTHENING their cause. Some
were inclined to interpret Mr.. Roose.
velt's denial of a disagreement as
meaning the subject of spending hao
not been discussed at all during the
Monday meeting.
Advocates of economy in Govern.
ment led the opposition bloc. Senate,
Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, said he
thought it much more important te
balance the Federal budget than te
risk unbalancing it further by public
works expenditures.
Renewed spending just at this time
he said, would cause the greatest de.
flcit of all" in the next fiscal year.
Advocates of a plan to lend $780,.
100000 to cities and States for So
year periods and without interes
contended, however, this would no
unbalance the budget If the none,
were raised by a special Federal bono
issue.
In the Senate the general propose
of a new works program gained tn,
support of Senator Wheeler, Democrat
of Montana. who had lined up will
the Byrd group in opposition to tn
court and Government reorganization
bills.
Senator Wheeler said pump
printing" could be quickly approve,
provided President Roosevelt did no
ask for a blank check"