Evening star., 1943-07-08
Deadlock Gives
Senate Another
Subsidy Vote
Conferees Unable to
Aqree on Provisions
OF CCC Measure
By J. A. O'LEARY.

BY ]. A. OLEARY.
Conferees on the deadlocked
food subsidy ban in the bill ex-
tending the life of the Commod-
ity Credit Corp. decided today to
report their inability to agree,
which will give the Senate an
other chance to vote on the issue.
Supporters of the administrations
program to use subsidy payments to
roll back food prices predicted the
Senate would drop its stand against
the program until fall, which would
clear the way for Congress to start
it's summer recess tonight or to-
morrow.
Administration forces were conf
dent they have the votes now to
reverse the action by which the
Senate adopted the ban two days
ago, So to %.
Compromises Worked Out.
Both chambers also are expected .
to ratify before evening the COM d.
promises worked out by conferees
last night on the few remaining dis
putes in three appropriation bills. g,
Majority Leader Barley said the.
Senate would be asked to accept a
House-approved bill which continues
the CCC and permits continuance Of .
the present meat-butter rollback.
Senator Barkley told reporters a
proposal to insert in the bill policy
declaration putting Congress on rec
ord as opposed to food price subsi-
dies had been rejected unanimously
by the conferees. He said House
members had steadfastly refused to =
accept any part of the Senate ver-
sion, which would place a specific
ban on such payments.
House and Senate conferees late
yesterday compromised their differ
ences in the $500 10000 second de-
f1ciency bill and the $4,000 900 900
war agencies bill, but both branches
will have to ratify the agreements
today before the deadlock is def
nitely broken.
The Senate conferees gave up
their fight to save the Federal CROP
insurance program, which the House
has been insisting be terminated.
The House, on the other hand. Is
expected to take another vote today,
on the McKellar amendment by
which the Senate is seeking the
/ right to confirm all high-salaried
employees of the lS war agencies.
Vote on Taber Plan Likely.
The conferees indicated last night
that Representative Taber, Republic
can. of New York will be given an
opportunity today to obtain vote
on his modified version of the Nc
! Kellar proposal. which was blocked
on a preliminary roll call yesterday
by the narrow margin of six votes
ITO to 176.
| AS advocated by the Senate. the
| thousands of employees now working
in the l8 war agencies, at $4,000 or
more year, to be reappointed by
the President and confirmed by the
Senate Immediately.
The Taber compromise would not
July /. and would apply only to new
appointments at salaries of $500
| or more year. 1t reads as follows:
mo part of any appropriation
contained in this act WAR Agencies
bilD shall be available to pay the
salary of any person at the rate OF
S., 500 per annum or more, appointed
| after June 30, l943, unless such per-
son shall have been appointed by
the President by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate; pro-
vided, that those appointed between
June 80, l943, and November l. 1943,
may hold Office until the latter date
unless sooner than that the Senate
shall have refused to give its advice
and consent as to any such ap-
pointee.'
Issue Holds Up Another Bill.
The Labor Department Federal
Security appropriation bill also is
still held up by the same issue
whether the Senate should retain
the power given it temporarily last
year to confirm all appointments at
$4,000 or more year under the War
Manpower Commission.
If the House accepts the Taber
compromise in the War Agencies
bill, it is almost certain the same
provision will be adopted for the
Manpower Commission.
In the effort to end their differ
ences, Senate conferees also aban-
doned last night their amendment
to the second deficiency bill carrying
1882 600 to complete % airports
that were started by the defunct
Works Projects Administration.
The $4,000. 900 Senate fund to re-
habilitate farms in the Midwest
damaged by recent floods, objected
to by the House yesterday was re-
stored by the conferees, but changed
from grants to loans
A plan for disposing OF the S55,-
100000 worth of property and ma
chinery of the National Youth Ad-
ministration, which is to be abol-
ished by January 1, also has been
worked out by the conferees and
| awaits ratification in the House and
Senate. 1t gives the Army and Navy
/ first call on the NYA equipment,
after which any non Federal insti-
| tuition in the States could borrow
what is left for use in local training
! programs until six month after the
| war.
!