Evening star., 1938-06-04
Early Closing Is Hope of
Barley After Senate
Passes Measure.
MEASURE VOTED 60 TO 10;
BAN ON POLITICS FAILS
All Earmarking Moves for Funds
for Relief Are Beaten Despite
Hard Fight.
BY J. A. O,LEARY.

Ine Administrators spending
lending bill to combat the business
recession is headed for conference
next week, after passing the Senate
last night with its total boosted by
$57o 900, 900 to new total of s3,723,-
100000.
Final passage, 60 to 10, came near
midnight after two weeks of debate,
during which administration forces
fought of efforts of coalition of op-
position Democrats and Republicans
to bar politics from relief, to curb the
Presidents discretionary power by
earmarking public works funds and
to place limitation on Government
financing of municipal utility projects
IN competition with private industry.
As the Senate adjourned until Tues
day, Majority Leader Barkley ex-
pressed renewed hope Congress could
end its work and go home by the
end of next week. He announced that
while conferees are working on the
wage-hour and work-relief bills, the
Senate will consider miscellaneous
measures.
The relief bill will go to the House
Monday, where arrangements prob
ably will be made to send it to con-
ference.
Slim Victory on Politics.
Administration forces held out to
the end against placing in the bill any
disapproval of political activity in re-
lief. They held to this determina-
ton, however. by the same slender
margin as on Thursday night.
First. they defeated, 35 to SO, the
amendment of Senator Austin, Re
publican, of Vermont, which would
have prohibited use of any of the ap-
preparations for political purpose. This
proposal would have fixed severe PEN
alties for q detailed list of acts that
| would have constituted violations of
the rule.
Later, they succeeded by only one
vote in blocking move by Senator
Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska to OBJ.
tain reconsideration of Hatch amend
ment against political activity which
lost Thursday by 40 to 81. The mo-
tion to reconsider failed, SO to 80.
Hopkins Criticized in Debate.
Discussion of politics in relief began
early in the consideration of the bill,
when Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
of Montana and others criticized
Works Progress Administrator Hop
kins for stating that if he lived in
Iowa he would support Representative
Wearin in the Democratic senatorial
primary against Senator Gillette.
In moving reconsideration Of the
Hatch amendment last night, Senator
Burke said he was prompted to do so
because of the effect on the country
of the Senate's previous action in re-
! fusing to adopt what he described as a
mild expression of disapproval of mix
ing politics in relief.
I'VE cannot afford to let that i'm
preston go out" said Senator Burke.
He added that he believed most Of the
charges of political activity have been
unfounded, but that Congress should
not let its Thursday action stand No
one replied to the Nebraskan, and the
roll was called.
| just before passage of the bill the
Senate rejected second attempt by
Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New
York to earmark part of the public
works fund, this time for $4,000, 900
worth of Army housing projects
throughout the country. including sew
eral in or near Washington.
The motion Of Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, of Virginia to strike out the p.
| lSee SPENDING. Pace A-ql