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w. A. pump-priming program also
failed, Is to 81. --...+ -
Shortly before final passage, Senator
Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia
tried to require extension OF civil serv-
ice to employees in emergency agencies,
but was defeated, 43 to "a. Senator
Holt pointed out that the Democratic
platform of 1896 favored civil service
for all except policy-making jobs, and
cited also a statement of President
Roosevelt in support Of the merit sys-
tenn. He appealed to Democrats to
support the President, but to no avail.
According to Mr.. Holt, only So per cent
of the Governments personnel is now
under civil service, whereas the per-
centage was 80 per cent when the
present administration took office.
Major Senate changes were:
/. Inclusion of $4,000 900 for par
ity payments to farmers under the new
crop control law.
2. An increase of $500, ,000, 900 in the
present s50o,00o,o 900 loan fund of the
United States Housing Authority to
speed up slum-clearance projects
throughout the country.
3. An increase Of $l75,000, 900 in the
House figure for w. P. A. to extend
the work relief program for eight in
stead of seven months.
4. A reduction of 500 000, 900 in the
P. w. A. revolving fund, and a cut of
$50 100000 in the House authorization
for public buildings, to be appropriated
in later years.
Two Work Creating Plans.
The two main work-creating features
OF the measure are:
l. To keep the w. P. A. rolls going
through next February, s1.425. .ooo.-
600, or one month longer than the
House total Of Sl,25o, ,00o,0 ,0o0 OF
the Senate total for w. P. A., $125,-
100000 may be used for direct relief
IN cities where work projects do not
fully meet the need, and $50, 900 900
Is set aside for distribution to the
needy Of surplus foodstuffs and sea-
food.
2. To start a new pump printing
public works program, P. w. A. is
given an appropriation of 1865 ,000,-
900, the same as in the House. The
P. w. A. revolving fund, however,
for further loans out of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of securities received
on previous loans, is limited to
$400, ,00o, 900, instead of the House
figure of s5o0,o0o,000
1t was in the use of this P. w. A.
pump printing program that the
anti-New Deal bloc in the Senate
tried, without success, to curb the
Presidents power of making allot-
ments, by earmarking the money
for specific projects.
Flood Earmarking Fails.
The first earmarking amendment,
by Senator Copeland, to turn 1924
235,000 of the P. w. A. money over
to the Army engineers for flood con-
troll and river and harbor work, was
defeated, 43 to 20.
The Senate bill retains the House
provision authorizing Rural Elec-
trification Administration to borrow
500, 100000 from the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation and adds
100000 Of direct appropriation for
expansion of the agency to handle
this enlarged program. This is In
addition to $4,000, 900 given r. e. A.
earlier in the session.
Other smaller allotments in the
Senate bill are:
For the Puerto Rico Reconstruc-
ton Administration. $175,ooo,o 900, as
in the House measure.
For Treasury accounting of w. P.
A. expenditures, 100000 instead
of 100000 in the House
For the National Emergency
Council, $3.50, 1000 instead of $3.50, 900,
For the National Resources Com
mittee, $750,000 instead of $250,000.
For the United States Employment
Service, s5,ooo,0o0 instead OF ST.
500 600.
For Federal public buildings
throughout the country, $25,000,0 900
appropriated, as in the House bill,
but with the future authorization re-
duced from $35,000,000 to $4,000, 900.
vandenberg Plan Dies.
In the closing hours of debate yes,
terday the Senate rejected two Re-
publican moves to place work relief
~, a ua~x, t,oe;S n,a x.,oc thu ,,1oo -
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan to
return control of the problem to the
States, with the same amount of
Federal aid, to be distributed to the
States by Federal board. This was
voted down, 81 to 81.
The other was proposal by SEN
ator Lodge, Republican, of Massa-
chusetts to require apportionment Of
relief funds to the States in proportion
to the number OF idle persons reg
istered with the United States EN-
ployment Service. This was beaten
without. a roll call.
Senator Lodge then sought to in
crease by ne-third the old-age bene-
At payments under the social security
law. A direct vote on this issue was
avoided when Senator Byrnes, Demo-
erat, of South Carolina moved to lay
the motion on the table, which pre-
vailed, SO to 80.
Senator Nicely, Democrat, Of West
Virginia was defeated in an effort
to restore some provision by which p.
w. A. grants could be made to several
States and a larger number Of cities
that are prohibited by constitutional
limitations from borrowing money on
the As per cent grant, IS per cent
loan basis.