Evening star., 1938-05-30
C0NGRESSL|KELY
TO QUIT JUNE Il,
BARKLEY THINKS
Leader Asserts Those Who
Want to Go by Then
Will Get Wish.
RELIEF BILL PASSAGE
BY MIDWEEK is SEEN
Wage.Hour Compromise Remains
and Deficiency Appropriation.
Reorganization Abandoned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Members of Congress want to 90
home by June IL and Senate Leader
Barkley, Democrat, Of Kentucky ex-
pressed confidence today that they
will ge their wish.
I'VE should pass the relief bill In
the Senate by the middle OF the week."
Barkley told reporters. Then all
we will have left are compromise
on the wage-hour bill, deficiency ap-
preparation measure and a few odds
and ends that can be sandwiched in
at any time"
Administration leaders, It was
learned, have decided definitely TO
abandon the Government reorgani-
zation bill for this session. There
had been frequent rumors that the
measure, shelved in the House after
Senate passage, would be revived
before adjournment.
Several informed Congressman pre-
dicted, however, that President Roose-
welt would renew his request for the
legislation next year.
To Ballot on Relief Bill.
Both chambers were in recess for
Memorial Day. When the Senate
reconvenes tomorrow 1t will start
voting on amendments to the So
PAT ,OOO. 900 relief and public works bill.
Although opponents planned a Wig
orous fight to .earmark' funds for
specific purposes, several conceded prl-
vately that the measure would pass in
substantially its present form. Further
debate was limited under an agree
ment reached Saturday.
A joint committee arranged to meet
tomorrow or Wednesday in an effort TO
reconcile differences between the
House approved wage -hQlr bill and a
labor standards measure voted by the
Senate last summer.
The House bill would impose uni
form wage and hour standards
throughout the country, while the Sen
ate measure would let q board flx
standards by industries.
Led by Senator Harrison, Democrat.
OF Mississippi, Southern Senator's have
demanded sectional differentials. They
contend that fat standards for all
parts of the country would penalize
Southern industry.
Senator Ellender, Democrat. OF
louisiana, a member of the Joint
Conference Committee, predicted that
some kind of differential' would be
included in the compromise draft. He
said the committee may be able to
work out plan under which differen-
tials would be fixed by a board or by
the Secretary of Labor.
Would Avert Long Fight.
Southerners generally agreed that
| such a system would avert pro-
longed fight over final approval Of tho
| legislation.
While leaders rushed debate on the
| few remaining bills. many legislators
already were beginning to talk about
next sessions work. One major item
| for 1889 will be a new tax measure.
expected to bring renewal OF the hot
Governmental business fight over the
undistributed profits levy.
Mr.. Roosevelt, declaring that the
new revenue measure continued the
levy in modified form for only two
years, made it clear Friday that he IA
vored the principle Of the tax.
Chairman Harrison Of the Finance
Committee, foe Of the levy, told the
Senate that Congress would have to
find new taxes next year to replace the
one on undivided profits.
| Senator Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode
Island, a member of Harrison's COM
mittee, had this to say:
The undistributed profits tax is a
| tax on thrift, which falls especially
heavily on the new and small cor
porations. 1t Is economic murder"