Evening star., 1941-08-18
New Lease.Lend
Plea Planned
By Roosevelt
White House PorIey
Gets Full Account
Of SEQ Conference
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

President Roosevelt probably will
submit q supplementary budget
message to Congress on further
lease-lend legislation requirements,
Senate Majority Leader Barley an
nounced this afternoon following a
White House conference of legisla-
tive leaders and the Chief Executive.
At present, the Senator said, the
dollar needs for continuance of this
program are being studied by the
Budget Bureau with little likelihood
that the recommendations will be
submitted to Congress for several
weeks.
Senator Barkley said this question
of financing the continuance of the
program was ajor subject of to-
days conference. and that the Presi-
dent also gave his Capitol Hill lieu
tenants a full accounting of his
history making consultations at sea
with Britain's Prime Minister
Churchill. The Senator said he did
not know whether Mr.. Roosevelt
planned to submit any formal re-
port to Congress on the Anglo-
American conferences and the re-
sulting eight-point declaration Of
war and peace objectives.
Tax Hearings Scheduled.
The Senate leader said completion
of Senate Finance Committee hear
ings on revenue legislation are
scheduled for the end of this week
with hopes that the committee will
complete its draft of the measure
next week. 1t is planned, he con-
I tinued, to have the measure on the
Senate floor Immediately after
Labor Day.
No legislation of major import.
ance is slated for Senate consider
alton ahead Of the tax measure,
the Senator said.
He added that price control legis-
lation. which has been requested by
the President. was not discussed
at today's meeting.
Senator Barkley said there had
been only casual conversation today
on the Far Eastern and French
situations.
Those at Meeting.
Present at the meeting we're Vice
President Wallace, Senator Barkley,
Senate Finance Comittee Chairman
George, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Chairman Connally,
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman Bloom and Acting Speak
er Woodrum.
Aside from this meeting with the
congressional leaders, Mr.. Roosevelt
planned only luncheon conference
with Lease-Lend Administrator Hop
kins, leaving the remainder of the
day free for consideration of an
accumulation of paper work.
Among the matters which Stephen
T. Early, White House secretary,
said were receiving immediate atten-
ton of the President was the ship
workers strike at the Kearny, N. j.,
shlpbuilding plant. Mr.. Early said
the Chief Executive wanted to make
fun study of this situation today,
indicating that in event settlement
has not been effected inside another
"a hours there may be Federal in
tervention to force resumption of
work at the plant.
Nine Bills Signed.
AS Mr.. Roosevelt turned to his
schedule of paper work. the White
House announced that since his re-
turn from the vacation cruise last
Saturday he had already signed
nine bills, including the act de-
ferring from selective service men
who have reached their 28th BIRTH
day.
The mandatory deferment ap.
plies to men who on July /, 1941. or
on July of any subsequent year
have reached their 2Sth birthday
without being inducted into service.
The provision for release from serv-
ice applies to men who were % or
older when inducted, provided they
had reached that age by July l, 1941.
Mr. Early said the Budget Bureau
is studying the legislation enacted
last week for extending the service
of inducted troops by another 18
months and that the measure prob
ably will be sent to the White House
for signature later today. The ST.
500 100000 supplementary defense
appropriation bill, also passed last
week, arrived at the White House
this morning and was sent out i'm
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5)