Evening star., 1941-06-28
Conferees Disagree
On Relief Measure;
ParIey Breaks Up
Congress Is in Session
Today in Effort to
End Yeur-End Jam
Rs tie Associated Press.

A Senate and House conference
broke up in disagreement today over
the $685. .905 600 relief bill which
must be enacted by midnight Mon
day unless the Works Projects Ad-
ministration is to be deprived OF
funds.
Chairman Adams of the Confer
ence Committee told reporters:
I'VE simply could not agree about
the Senate's s50.00000 increase for
the disposal of surplus commodities.
Some think it should go in this bill,
some think it should go in the farm
bill and some think it should not go
anywhere"
The deadlocked committee, ap-
pointed to adjust differences be-
tween the Senate and House relief
measures, quit subject to Adams
call. He said he did not know when
he would call the group together
again.
The fiscal year ends at midnight
Monday, and beyond that time no
money will be available for the w.
P. A until the relief appropriation
is enacted
Key Bills Caught in jam.
The relief appropriation is ore OF
several key measures caught in the
year-end jam which leaders hoped
to ease through unusual Saturday
sessions of both Houses today.
The Senate. working under an
agreement to vote by l pm. was
expected to give substantial ma
jority to a bill continuing for two
years from July l the President
emergency powers to devalue the
dollar another 9 cents and to op-
crate the $4,000, 600 900 stabilization
fund. Before a final vote could be
taken. the chamber had to dispose
of an amendment by Senator
Adams, proposing elimination OF the
devaluation power.
The scantily- attended session yes
terday gave prompt approval to the
biggest single appropriation meas
ure in history-the $10,384 ,S2l ,624
Army supply bill. And before the
day was over, a joint Senate-House
conference committee met and
agreed on the Senate total, which
was s558.312.132 above that approved
by the House and which included
$500 900 600 for the construction OF
Is new munitions plants.
The conferees deleted a provision
inserted by the House, which would
have denied employment on defense
projects to persons who refused to
abide by decisions of the National
Defense Mediation Board.
No Question: About Total.
Eighty-minute consideration OF
the measure was devoted mostly to
the reading of committee amend
ments by Senate clerks. Occa-
sionally, however, Minority Leader
McNary obtained acceptance of mi
nor changes from the bills mana
gers. There was no question re-
garding the total amount of the
measure.
The Senate also sent to the
White House measure extending
the life of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministation for two years and in
creasing from $4,000, 100000 to
SIS 900, 900 900 the amount of mort
gage insurance 1t may have out
standing.
Also approved in the swiftly paced
day was a measure to provide $780,
600 900 for recreational and sanitary
facilities for workers in defense
areas.
The measure continuing Mr..
Roosevelt's monetary powers drew
considerable opposition speechmak-
ing yesterday, but it generally was
conceded that the measure would be
approved intact.
Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, who has called the powers
Immoral and unnecessary" in the
(See CONGRESS, Page A-30