Evening star., 1941-11-26
House Rejects
Gore Plan for
Administration Wins
First Round as Move
Loses, 218 to 63
Earlier Story on Page AID.
Bv J. A. OIEARY.

The administration won the first
round in the fight over price control
legislation late today by defeating
the Gore plan for an overall" CELL
ing on wages as we'll as prices to :
prevent initiation.
The decision came on a standing
vote of 2l9 to So. A roll call vote
was not possible under the rules.
since the House is still working as
a committee Of the whole on amend
mentS.
Although the overall" plan had
been offered by Representative
Gore, Democrat, of Tennessee, as a
substitute for the banking COM
mitteeS selective control plan. its
defeat by no means gives the COM
mlttee plan clear sailing.
Bitter Fight Ahead.
It still faces bitter fight over a
committee amendment giving the
price administrator power to issue
and revoke licenses to industry 70
handle commodities on which he
has elected to place price ceilings
Another controversy is brewing
over a committee proposal to let
the administrator buy and sell any
commodity as a means of regulating
the price.
Under the surface Of these various
obstacles, ran a growing current of
sentiment for recommittal of the
whole subject to the Banking Com
d
probably Friday.
The House turned next to the
amendment of Representative Pfei-
fer. Republican. of New York, to
limit the life of the price control
measure to the calendar-year 1942
AS reported from committee. it
would run to July, l943. The
change was rejected on a voice vote.
Economic Strait jacket
In a final argument against the
Gore plan, Majority Leader McCor-
mack told the House it would pro
duce an economic strait-jacket"
and defeat its own purpose.
The majority leader also took note
of the movement for recommittal
by reminding his colleagues that
sending the subject back to COM
mittee would not end it.
we have got to pass legislation
whether today or tomorrow" said
Mr.. Mccormack. The American
consumer must be protected"
Mr.. Mccormack made a special
appeal to the farm bloc. telling
them the committee bill now pend
ing is eminently fair to agricul-
ture, whereas if this measure is re-
committed the next one may affect
agriculture more drastically.
Fears RECOMMENDATION.
Representative Rankin. Democrat.
of Mississippi took the floor earlier
to call the Gore plan "one of the
most dangerous pieces of legislation
to come before this House since L,
have been member"
A moment later Representative
Cooley, Democrat, og North Caro-
lima said the American way of life
IS at issue on this bill.
He said the pending legislation.
would mean regimentation of every
phase of American life. and the de-
struction of free enterprise.
Representative Patman. Demo-
crat, of Texas, Opposing the Gore
substitute, insisted an "over-all"v
price ceiling on all prices and wages
would be impossible of application.
Monroney Defends Plan. =
Defending the Gore substitute,
Representative Munroney, Democrat.
OF Oklahoma. replied that the plan
of Price Administrator Leon Hem
derson is to try TO regulate the
1900 600 commodity prices In the
price structure but to do it by plac.
ing ceilings on only IS or 100 COM
modities. Mr.. Monroney contended
that is impossible.
Representative Barry, Democrat,
OF New York. raised the point that
since the Gore bill gives the ad-
ministrator discretion to make ext
ceptionS to the overall" price CELL
ing, he could exempt any COM
modify, and therefore. the Gore billS
also Is selective control plan. .,
Mr.. Monroney said the discretion
is intended only to exclude non-~
essentials. and reminded the New
Yorker that Mr.. Henderson would
administer either bill If Mr.. Hem
derson can be entrusted with broad
power to determine where ceilings
should be applied. under the COM
mittee bill he could be entrusted
to grant proper exemptions from
an overall control plan. Mr.. Mon
roney contended.