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rolls for 30 days and that actors, act
reSSes and technicianS may be re-
tanned 80 days.
Many representatives of the thea
ter. including Tallulah Bankhead
daughter of Speaker Bankhead, had
pleaded for retention of the theater
program. contending it was the only
means of livelihood for many able
! artists.
Senator Adams told reporters that
in the Conference Committee meet
ing he had never seen any conferees
more anxious to eliminate some
thing than were the House managers
about the theater program"
They put on a show of their own
to get the projects stricken out" the
Colorado Senator asserted. That
was the last thing we yielded on, but
If we hadn't yielded on that, the
conference would still be going on
Principal items in the legislation
are STAT 900 900 for the w. P. A.
$l43 000,0 900 for the Farm Security
Administration. and $4,000. 900 for
the National Youth Administration
Before sending it to final approval,
the conferees deleted House-ap-
proved provisions substituting a BIZ
partisan three-man board for the
present single w. p A. administrator
and earmarking sl25,00O.0OO of the
w. P. A. funds for the Public Works
Administration.
Before the Senate adopted the
conferees' report there was a caustic
exchange of personalities between
Senators Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia and Murray, Democrat, of
Montana, which caused Senator
Burke. Democrat, of Nebraska to
remind them they were violating
Senate rules.
Murray Gives Lie.
Senator Holt, sharp critic of the
w. P. A., had charged that the
Montanan, an administration sup
porter. had backed "Communistic"
elements in the w. P. A. Senator
Murray violently denied this.
Senator Holt shouted that w. P. A.
officials here had taken appoint
ments away from Senator Wheeler.
Democrat, of Montana during the
last election and given them to SEN
ator Murray
That's absolutely lie" Senator
Murray shouted.
Senator Holt merely grinned
Senator Murray went on to assert
that the West Virginian was "ob-
sessed" with the idea of discredit-
ing w. P. A., and added that his
record thus far had shown him
incompetent to represent the people
OF any section of the United States"
The bill was not approved until
four hours had been given over to
debate devoted chiefly to complaints
by various Senators that their pet
amendments to the measure had
been stricken out.
When it reached the Senate dur
ing the afternoon. Vice President
Garner sought to gavel it through,
announcing:
Without objection the bill is
Mr.. President Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan
shouted before Mr.. Garner could
say passed" and the debate was
on.
The text of the Presidents state
ment in signing the bill follows:
This is another main appropria-
ton bill for the fiscal year begin
ming tomorrow, July 1st. 1t comes
to me from the Congress at 10 pm.
on June 30.
Obviously I cannot withhold my
signature and thereby stop work
relief for the needy unemployed.
The bill contains, however, num-
ber Of provisions which will work
definite hardship and inequality on
more than two million American
citizens-about eight million if we
count in their families-people who
through no fault of their own are
in dire need.
I call attention to some of the
hardships imposed by this bill:
(a) 1t requires that security wages
in different localities shall not be
varied in greater degree than is
justified by differences in the cost
OF living. But the same provision