Evening star., 1938-01-06
RELIEF AND FARM
ITEMS SARE FOUGHT
Presidents Budget Backed
as Whole, However,
by Legislators.
By the Associated Press.


By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's budget esti-
mates for relief and farm benefits
congressional opposition
today despite favorable Democratic
reaction to his message as a whole.
Several influential Senators, not yet
ready to be quoted by name, also said
they would oppose the Presidents re-
quest for power to veto individual
items in appropriation bills. They
characterized it as an invasion Of
congressional authority over appropri-
atoms.
Complaints about the proposal to
fix next years relief expenditures at
$1,000, 900, 900, compared to this years
total of $500, ,0O0,00 came from
Senators La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin and Schwellenbach, Demo-
crat, of Washington.
Schwellenbach to See President.
Senator Schwellenbach, who told
the Senate yesterday he would seek
early action on his resolution to re-
quire that w. P. A. give work to any
one unable to find private employ.
ment, said he would confer soon with
Mr.. Roosevelt on the relief situation.
The Washington Senator contended
w. P. A. officials were unable to meet
the present relief burden under an
amendment requiring them to make
the 81 500, ,000,o fund last until next
June 80.
Some farm Senators protested
against holding 1889 soil conservation
funds to s440, ,0OO,O00-the amount
allotted for this year-but Chairman
Jones of the House Appropriations
Committee expressed pleasure the
amount had not been cut below that
figure.
Spending Cut Approved.
Many legislators voiced approval of
Mr.. Roosevelt's proposal to cut $685.
600, 900 in total expenditures, even
though some Of them criticized spe-
cif1c curtailments.
Senator King. Democrat. of Utah,
long a critic of heavy spending, COM
mended "the temper in which the
President admonished us to be ra-
tional in expenditures" and said, "By
and large it was good message"
Republicans in both Senate and
House criticized the budget, although
Representative Knutson. Republican
OF Minnesota said: "Mr. Roosevelt
deserves full cooperation of Congress
in any effort he makes to bring Fed
eral expenditures somewhere near
receipts"
Republican Leader McNary of the
Senate said: 1T is regrettable that
the President found it impossible to
balance the budget" The deficit, un-
der the figures submitted, would
amount to s949, ,606, 900.
House leaders, with the budget be-
fore them, cleared the way for imme-
diate consideration of the appropria-
tion bills carrying out its provisions.
They decided to consider this after
noon the bill supplying funds for in
dependent Federal agencies, and ex-
pressed hope it would pass this week.
The Senate. by an agreement
reached during the special session,
took up the controversial anti-lynch-
ing bill. Administration leaders we're
concerned lest Southern opponents
start filibuster that might delay con-
SideratiOn Of the entire Roosevelt pro.
gram.
The first item on that program
crop control legislation-still was be-
fore a Senate House Conference Com
mittee, which was discussing the
troublesome problem of large farm
benefit payments to extensive land
owners.
The Senate granary bill proposed a
scale-down on all payments over 5000
with forfeiture Of 95 per cent Of pay
ments over $2,500. The House bill
fixed top on payments at $500
and proposed a scale-down Of Is per
cent on all above $1,000.
Agriculture Department officials and
some members Of Congress objected
to both on the ground they would
prevent cooperation of large land
owners and thus defeat the purposes
Of the control system.
The Senate voted $50,000,000 yes
terday for 1898 seed and crop produc-
ton loans, similar to those authorized
last year.
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