The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
RY JOHN K. ZEAL

Washington, Aug. 3.-UP)-Pres- ident Roosevelt's legislative leaders called up his 800,O00,0 900 housing bill for House vote today. Its de- feat by a 40 vote margin was fore- cast.
 The vote was ordered at the last minute by New Deal advisers. They were aware that the House would defeat the president again, but de- sired to complete the record of House legislators on White House recom- mendations for this session.
 The vote will come on the same procedure by which the House killed the main lending bill Monday-on a rule to consider 1t.
 Today's move came as Congress pressed. toward adjournment which is expected Saturday, or Monday at the latest.
 With the wind-up nearing, both houses sizzled and snapped with con- troversy. Tempers were short. The legislative program was nine-tenths complete, but trouble threatened at several points.
 Status of major bills was: 1. Final deficiency appropriation: Passed by House at $54,OO0,000 and sent to Senate appropriations com- mittee. Expected to reach Senate floor Friday with trouble brewing over House elimination of $119,000,- 900 commodity credit corporation fund and controversial amendments due to be offered in Senate. 2. $800,000,00O U. s. housing au- thority bond authorization increase: Passed by Senate; expected to be junked by House today with refusal to approve rule for its consideration
 3. Wage-hour legislation: House advocates of amendments opposed by administration fighting desper- ately against apparent pocket veto" by rules chairman Adolph Saba tn, D., Ill.,, of rule without which House can't take up the bill.
 4. Amendments freeing social security taxes at current levels and broadening benefits: ossibly doomed by controversy between House and Senate conferees, over amendment providing 2-for-1 fed eral contributions to state old age pensions up to $l5.
 Adjournment Saturday night was called 50-50 bet by Senate Majority Leader Alben w. Barkley, D., Ky. Vice President John N. Garner, an estute student of adjournment fever, booked train reservations to take him back to Uvalde, Tex, Saturday.
 Chief trouble spot appeared to be the deficiency bill.
 House appropriations committee economizers chopped nearly 75 per- cent from the sum recommended by MT. Roosevelt, including a $119,000,- 900 fund for the commodity credit corporation. A strong administration effort was expected in the Senate to restore the farm fund.
 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.. Wallace said it would prevent the corporation from making essential crop loans and might drive farm prices down to 1892 levels.
 Also awaiting the deficiency meas ure were at least three senatorial riders, two of which were attached by the upper chamber to the lend- ing bill only to be lost when the House junked that measure.
 These were:
 Provision sponsored by Sens. Bur- ton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, and Rob- ert M. LaFollette, Jr., Prog, Wis, for refinancing farm mortgages; previously attached to the lending bill.
 Provision by Sen. Pat McCarran, | D., Nev., to restore prevailing wages to WPA; previously made unsuc- cessful effort to attach to lending bill.
 Any of these proposals, if approved by the Senate, probably would cause difficulties when the bill goes to conference with the House. Since the Senate was not expected to begin consideration of the defi- ciency bill before Friday, the pos- sibility of last minute jam throw ing adjournment over to Monday of next week or later was conceded to be good.