The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-08
BUREAU BILL
BEFORE HOUSE
Reading Measure for Bills
Amendments Is in
Progress There

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Administration forces Yesterday
smashed bipal tiSan attempt to XIII
President Roosevelt's government
reorganization bill and sped the
measure toward Il final vote by
capitulating to opposition de-
mands for compromise,
Before packed galleries the
house rejected, l9l to 10y, a mo-
ton by Representative John ).
O'Comor, d., n. ", to strike out
the enactment clause and thus
kill the measure. A shift IN Il
votes would have assured victory
cor the Republican insurgent
Democrat coalition.
The vote, which came shortly
after the house began reading the
bill for amendments, slgnallcd adj
ministratiOn leaders to offer three
compromise amendments in order
to swing sufficient votes behind
the bill to ensure swift passage.
The amendments, pledged to the
opposition during five days Of the
most turbulent and bitter debate
of the session, would give con-
DRESS veto power over executive
reorganization orders and exempt
the veterans administration and
bureau Of education from conSoll-
datiOn or change.
Representative Lindsay Warren.
D., 4. G.. rendered the FIRST adj
miniStration concession when he
moved TO amend the bill so as to
retain the education bureau in the
department of the interior. 1t WAS
tentatively approved.
Earlier, a part Of the bill de-
filming Mr.. RooScvcltS rrorganlZa-
ton power, WAS stricken out on Il
point TO order raised by Repre- ,
sentative John Tabcr, r., n. Y,
minority member Of the rcorganl-
cation committee and Il leader of
the opposition.
Shortly before rcccSSing last
night, the house completed read
ING amendments to title Of the
bill and agreed to reinscrt this
provision in Il perfected form, de-
spite bipartisan objection.
In the final hour the house re-
jcctcd series of opposition
amendments. These included
amendments which would have
eliminated provisions for creation
of Il department Of public welfare
and prevented abolition Of the
present civil service board for Il
single administrator.
Also rejected were amendments
to exempt from executive trans
fer the national mediation and
the railway retirement boards and
the bureau Of reclamation; and
one which would have removed
from the proposed welfare depart
ment the functions of promoting
public health and sanitation.
The tense atmosphere surround
ing the vote on the enactment
clause gave way to petty bicker-
ing over debating time because
the bills supporters would not ac-
ccpt rule permitting "pro
forma" amcndmentS--a motion to
strike out the last word in order
to get five minutes Of speaking
time each.
Minority Leader Bertrand Fl.
Smell, r., y. u, charged that an
open agreement not to limit de-
bate was being violated. Chair
man John J. Cochran, D., Mo-, Of
the reorganization committee, said
he had not objection to relaxing
debate rules but could not control
impatien supporters who blocked .
the proposal. '
The second compromise amend
ment was offered by Representa-
tive Frank G. Kniffin, D., O., ten
tatiyely accepted by teller vote, it
provides that reorganization or
derS shall not take effect for go :
days and that in the meantime
congress, by concurrent reSolu-
ton, could set them aSide--thuS
granting veto power by majority
vote.
OppositioniSts were loath to adj .
nit that the vote on the OCOnnor 4.
motion was indicative of final
sentiment, contending that sew
eral representatives who voted
against this proposal ultimately
would ballot against passage.
Administration leaders, how
ever, considered the vote q major
test and renewed predictions that
the bill will be enacted this week |
or early next. ...
The measure faces another test
when, prior to final vote, the BIZ
partisan opposition will offer a
motion to send it back to commit
tee, thas preventing further con-
sideration ut this session.
Among the charges and conn
demonstrations which marked the
amendment debate were opposi-
ton warnings that the admins
tratlon seeks merely to pass some
KIND Of Il reorganization bill in
the house, after which it will go TO
conference for an adjustment Of
differences with the. senatc-ap-
proved bill. - W.
They contend that once in con,
adjustment. -.
Just lie down and take i
easy, the doctor advised. "Don'
try to come to dinner. Call the
StewardeSs if you want a cup or
tea or something. :"
30 through the whole long evo-
inmg she lay in her berth and
listened to the wild Atlantic lash
ABOUT IN fury. Over she would
roll to the other side of the bed
10 stop, trembling against the wall