Evening star., 1938-05-12

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Prolongation of the battling bust
ness depression, 1ohich set in last
jail. determined President to UNDER
take another pump -primtng adpen-
lnre, which ,oiu cost in all some
s4,50o,0oo,oo0 Opponents of pro-
gram charge it is economically un-
sound and designed in part to pro-
mote Ne,o Deal political fortunes In
November elections
BY the Associated Press.
The White House beat down todav
a Republican attempt to turn the ad-
mlnlstration of relief over to the
states. The standing vote was l0e
to 80.
The first amendment to the s3.054.-
100000 lending-spending bill. offered
oy Representative Bacon, Republican.
OF New York, was the minority pro-
posal for decentralization of relief. It.
proposed to set up Bipartisan boards
10 handle relief funds and to require
States to put up 25 cents for every 81
contributed by the Federal Govern.
ment
Under that arrangement" Mr..
Bacon said. more and more relief
money would reach the people in &C.
tual need"
BY this plan" he said, we believe
we will 60 long way toward elinai.
mating politics in relief and relief in
politics.
While conceding that perhaps States
should have more control over relief.
representative Woodrum, Democrat.
OF Virginia said it would be inadvisable
TO change the machinery In this
fashion during time of emergency.
Republicans said they would make
another attempt, just before a vote on
passage Of the bill. to put their pro-
gram into the measure.
Would Cut N. Y. A. Funds.
Representative Taber, Republican, Of
New York Immediately offered an
amendment to cut the fund for the Ma.
tional Youth Administration from
$4,000, 900 to $4,000, 900.
"dSE Dy the N. q.
A., the New Yorker said that orrani-
zation conducted an investisation Ia
oetermlne at what age children cease
10 enjoy riding on merry-go-rounds,
representative Murdock, Democrat.
OF Utah declared that Mr.. Taber in
selecting the most extreme case - had
ignored the help N. Y. A. had sdv,n
millions of high school and college
students.
Mr.. Taber's amendment was shouted
down.
IN the pro and con debate on the
legislation, preceding consideration Of
amendments, Representative Drksen.
Republican, of Illinois said the bill
contained a device for torpedoine our
State constitutions.
Ihe device, he said, is a provision
which would let the Public Works Ad-
mnlstration advance funds for public
works projects in States or subdi-
visions which have reached LEGAL debt
limits.
The Government could construct
and lease the projects to the local
puohc bodies or the latter agencies
could pay back IS per cent Of thu
construction cost, with interest. In Is
years.
"Why Have an Agreement"
wouldn't an agreement for 4
lease mean an lncurment Of debt?"
He said he was fearful enactment of
the provision might lead tn other d.
vices to circumvent State constitu.
tions.
1T would be better to grant the
money outright" Mr.. Dirksen con-
tinued, rather than to nullify and
dismember the organic acts of the
States"
Defending the program. Represents
ative Greenwood, Democrat, of Indi.
ana said the United States cannot
afford to do less for its needy citizens
than other nations have been doing
for years.
He declared the Federal debt at
present is about $50 less per capita
than it was at the end Of the World
War.
Administration leaders have made
one concession to opponents Of the
relief bill, announcing they will accept
an amendment to let the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. supply $4,000, 900
additional for rural electrification pur-
poses. Representative Rankin, Demo-
crat. of Mississippi had urged that
5000 ,0OO,OO be provided for that