Evening star., 1939-08-06

great a respect I may have for it's
author"
When Senator OMahoney, DEM
ocrat, Of Wyoming made a final ef-
fort to get through a bill for the
protection of witnesses appearing
before congressional committees or
Government agencies, he reminded
Senator Austin that few days ago
the Vermont Senator had no objec-
ton to the measure.
That was true two days ago."
Senator Austin replied, adding that
his objection was not aimed at the
bill, but related to the circumstances
under which it came up.
Il consider it in the public inter-
est that this Congress adjourn"
Senator Austin concluded.
S13,540, 100000 Funds Voted.
The session which ended last
night appropriated s13 $40 900 900, of
which s10,7O0,0O0 900 was regular
and permanent appropriations, and
the remainder in trust funds and
reapproprlation of unexpended bal
ances. The total is exclusive of con-
tract authorizations to be appro-
priated later.
Thus, although it blocked the ad-
ministration's new lending and
housing bills in the closing days of
the session, 1t already has reached
about the same level of the last
session in spending
On the eve of adjournment, the
public debt total, as of August 2.
stood at s40682 ,6O0,215, as compared
with s37 y225, ,000, 900 on approximately
the same date last year. Since the
present authorized debt limitation
is S45, ,000, 900 900. this indicates the
1910 session probably will confront
the issue OF hoisting the ceiling on
the debt, in addition to the other
major problems left on the waiting
list last night.
Some of these other unfinished
questions are: Neutrality, revision of
the Wagner Labor Act and the wage
hour law, and the bill to widen the
lending power of the Housing Au-
thority.
Considering, in addition, the fact
1910 will be presidential election
year, and the proverbial bee is buzz
ing around the heads of at least half
a dozen Senators on both sides of
the aisle, the session beginning next
January should be lively one from
start to finish.
Garner MingIes With Colleagues,
Vice President Garner, who also
Is IN the limelight as a Democratic
presidential possibility, mingled with
his colleagues in the Senate cham
Der during the final hour, while Sem
ator Plttman, presided as president
pro tempore.
Although final deficiency appro-
priation bills frequently snag ad-
]ournment plans on the last day,
yesterdays measure went through
both houses without difficulty after
the House conferees early in the
day had accepted the Senate amend
ment restoring s119,599,918 for the
Commodity Credit Corp, to restore
the corporations capital impair
ment.
The remaining $66 100000 in the
bill was for wide variety of emer-
gency requirements of the several
Federal departments and inde-
pendent agencies.
In most cases where the two
Houses had voted for different
amounts, the conferees compromised
on a midway figure. Among these
adjustments were: For personal serv-
ices in the wage-hour division, $915,-
600; for civil aeronautics, $4,000
600; for grants to the States for
public health work, $1,5OO,OOO; ad-
ditional allowance to Social Sc
ourity Board for salaries and ex-
penses, $1,750,OOO.
S258,366 for District.
AS finally passed, the deficiency
bill also carried $258,366 for miscel-
laneous needs of branches of the
District government, most important
OF which are: For care of INDECENT
insane at St. EliZabeth's Hospital