The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
PRESIDENT HITS
 COALITION HARD
That Group Must Take All Responsibility If Relief
 Rolls Increase
BY T. F. REYNOLDS United Press White House
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Hyde Park, Aug. 9-(UP)-Pres- ident Roosevelt today began dispos- ing of the last of the 145 bills pas sed by the 76th Congress after charging that congressman who de- feated his neutrality, lending and housing program had gambled with the fate of humanity and the fu- ture of American business.
 He made these charges yesterday at a press conference, with Mrs. Roosevelt standing at his side and offering comments, and he left un- answered the question of whether he will appeal to the voters of the country to retaliate against the congressman who opposed him.
 A mall pouch from Washington brought MT. Roosevelt most of the bills still awaiting signature or veto. These include the final deficiency bill carrying $119,000, ,000 to enable the commodity credit corporation to continue operations in support of crop prices, and the social security revision measure.
 End By Friday
 MT. Roosevelt plans to dispose of pending bills before Friday night and leave the summer White House here Saturday morning for a vaca- tion aboard the U. s. s. Tuscaloosa off the coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
 In sharp criticism of the Repub- lican minority in Congress and the 25 per cent of the Democratic ma jority that teamed up to defeat the neutrality, spending and housing bills, MT. Roosevelt said this bloc had made two bets with American people-that war will not come be- fore Congress meets again and that private enterprise can take up the slack caused by dropping 1000, 1000 persons from relief rolls, as well as the virtual suspension of the PWA program which gave employment to 100000.
 MT. Roosevelt said he hoped that Congress wins those hazardous bets, but that if it loses, the congress sional group that opposed him must assume full responsibility before the people.
 Comments For Today
 The conference was yesterday, but 1t was specified that MT. Roosevelt's comments were for publication in today's newspapers.
 Mrs. Roosevelt was present, lean- ing against a bookcase. Once, when the president was discussing the curtailment of relief, she comment ed that relief expenditures had in- creased general purchasing power. MT. Roosevelt seized upon the sug- gestion and said that the dropping of 3,000,000 workers and their fam- flies from relief and PWA projects would greatly diminish purchasing power.
 MT. Roosevelt said he had hoped to provide graded adjustment pe- riod in which private enterprise could employ displaced relief work CTS but that his opponents had created a precipice. He said 1t is hard to get down precipice with out danger to life and limb and the descent usually entails a slowing up.
 Uneasy Situation
 The lending bill, he said, had been intended to provide a graduated descent from the level of high un- employment. The situation has been that 3,000,0 ,000 persons have had relief jobs and 100000 have work ad on DyUA nrnianfc ha eaid and these 5000,000 persons, together with their families and dependents represent 20,000,0O0 Americans.
 The congressmen's gamble" with the neutrality bill, he said, might affect 1,500,000,0o0 humans in the world. His plan had been to elim- mate mandatory arms embargoes on belligerents and he said the con- gressmen who bet he was wrong had