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rendering "hypocritical lip service to
the cause of constitutional govern
ment."
Il accuse this Machiavellian alli-
ance," he went on, 'of fostering and
encouraging unhappy division in the
ranks of labor. not because they love
one side more than the other, but
because they want to keep the work.
ing man helpless and supine, so that
they shall continue to hold him in
the tight clutches of economic
bondage"
Half way through the speech, Sem
ator Pepper was stopped again, this
time by Senator George, who wanted
to know if he had reference to any
one in the Senate Senator Pepper
insisted in response to repeated
questioning that he had mot desig-
mated any ore in the Senate"
Has the Senator from Florida the
courage to name anybody" the
Georgian pressed.
Rules Cited by Lee.
Senator Lee, Democrat, of Okla
homa broke in to observe that ii
Senator Pepper should name any
one he would be going counter to
parliamentary rules.
Senator George again inquired If
Senator Pepper meant to refer to
any one in the Senate, and the Flor
ida Senator again said, Il did not
name any one in the Senate"
Later. Senator Bailey, Democrat
of North Carolina, who often has
taken issue with New Deal meas.
ures, took the floor with this par.
liamentary inquiry:
Would it be in order for a Sena.
tor to characterize the remarks Of
another Senator, insofar as the
relate to himself or to his friend!
in the Senate, as cowardly ane
mendacious? Is that in order?"
The chair advised the North Caro-.
lima Senator that any member woule
have the right to call him to order
To this. Senator Bailey replied:
II will just say this, whether ii
order or not, I shall say it to hin
privately"
Downey Joins Discussion.
Senator Downey. Democrat, O
California joined in the discussion
briefly with a plea that lawmaker
make an effort to recognize tn,
right Of those who do not agree with
them to have differing viewpoints
Declaring this country will fac,
grave problems for a number o.
years to come, the Californian de.
clared:
God help us. in America, if W,
cannot meet these problems no.
only with intelligence, but also with
spirit of tolerance and a recogni.
ton of the right of the opposition
to its own views"
Both houses had finished the two
major bills-social security and tn.
deficiency measure-by S pm, bu
Senate Majority Leader Barkiey
held off the adjournment resolu.
ton in the hope of getting actor
on the Pittman bill to enable the
War and Navy Departments to as.
sist Latin American republics to i'm.
prove their military and naval estab.
lishments, and on number of othel
miscellaneous measures the House
already had approved.
When these efforts failed, Senator
Barkley brought out the concurrent
resolution for sine die adjournment
and had the usual committee ap-
pointed to communicate with the
President to find out if he had any
further business to lay before the
Congress. It was while the Senate
waited for the House to act on the
adjournment resolution that the
oratorical battle developed.
Vandenberg Stops Pittman Bill.
The Pittman bill was stopped by
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Of
Michigan, who declared it would put
the United States in the position of
being "a munitions huckster." When
he served notice it would not pass
if he could prevent 1t, Senator Pitt
man withdrew it.
When Senator Barley sought
unanimous consent to call up list
of House-approved bills, Senator
Austin of Vermont, acting Repub-
lican floor leader, served notice he
would object to every bill however