Evening star., 1939-01-27
W.. P. A.
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Of Massachusetts,, who has opposed
the administration on several major
issues, announced he would support
the larger appropriation.
He said that while he wished the
relief drain on the Treasury could
be lightened, I'VE are face to face
with facts and stern realities
While administration supporters
held the floor nearly all day yes
terday, keeping the debate going,
party leaders were busily seeking to
strengthen their ranks. A number of
well-known New Deal officials were
reported to have visited or telephoned
Capitol Hill during the day.
Commenting on the passing OF
another day devoted largely to
speeches in favor of the admin
istration's higher estimate, Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri said:
You had the opportunity of see
Ing a very unusual spectacular
old-fashioned filibuster in behalf OF
q bill instead of against it"
An afternoon of routine argument
over relief statistics and economics
generally was interrupted late in
the day by brief furry of excite
ment, when Senator Adams charged
that notices had been posted on bull
letin boards at w. P. A. national
headquarters here urging employees
to wire Senators in protest against
the reduced bill.
Cites Wording of Notice.
Senator Adams said one notice
read as follows:
'"Spend Is cents. Send telegram
to your Senator today. Protest w.
P. A. appropriation cuts. Protest
civil service ban on w. P. A. en-
ployes. Protect your job
The Senator then exhibited sam
pie telegram which, he said, accom-
panied the notice "in order that they
might not be misled as to the kind
Of telegram that they should send"
The sample telegram was addressed
to Senator Adams, who has charge
of the bill as modified in committee,
and read:
Respectfully urge you support
4875 100000 appropriation and op-
pose civil service ban on w. P. A
Senator McKellar promptly noti-
fed Col. F. C. Harrington, works
progress administrator, who told the
Senator he would investigate i'm
mediately and call the Senator back
A few minutes later Senator Nc
Kellar announced in the Senate
Col. Harrington had advised him OF
finding such notice IN one place
in the building, that 1t had been
put up without his knowledge or the
approval of any responsible official
that he would investigate 1t anc
regretted the incident had occurred
In offering the notice and tele-
Gram for the Record, Senator Adams
said:
I'VE have had much stated or
the floor in reference to political in
fluence upon w. P. A. workers. The
Committee on Appropriations ha!
recommended provisions Incorporate
ing what are known as the Hatcf
amendments, prohibiting under very
extreme penalties any effort to In
fluence politically those upon thu
w. p. A. rolls. I am advised, how
ever, that the same limitations dt
not seem to operate in the reverse
way, and am sending to the desl
and ask to have incorporated II
the record a bulletin which wa
posted upon the bulletin boards upor
two floors of the national headquar'
tiers Of the w. P. A.
There is no politics in it-none.
Senator Adams said he had no OBJ
lection to the notice, but though
the Senate should know about 1t.
Later, responsibility for posting
the notices was assumed by w. P. A
Local No. l of the United Fedora
Workers, President Merton Fried
man making the following, explana-
ton:
"These telegram forms were
posted by representatives OF w. P
"A. Local No. l on special bulletin
boards which are reserved for union
notices exclusively. These telegram
forms were neither sponsored by the
" administration nor did they appear
on ofacial bulletin boards. The
union feels that each smploye does