Evening star., 1943-12-19
Congress
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funds for nearly all branches Of
Government, went quickly through
both houses yesterday, after Senate
conferees agreed to drop the Nc
Kellar amendment, which sought to
curb the power of the Budget Bu-
reau to impound funds made
available by Congress for specific
purposes.
For all practical purposes, the
work of the first session was fin
ished yesterday, but Senate Major
ity Leader Barkley explained that
the Senate Finance Committee will
meet Tuesday morning to make a
formal report on the revised
S2,284,OOO,OOO revenue bill, which
the Senate will debate on its return.
The bill, though higher than the
81, ,140O00,0O0 approved by the House,
is still only a skeleton of the
Treasury's s1o,5OO, 100000 tax pro-
gram.
The House is not expected to COM
plete action until next month on
mastering out pay for members of
the armed forces, which the Senate
passed Friday. with sliding scale
from 5000 to $500, based on length of
service.
Also hanging fire in a House COM
mittee is the Senate resolution ap-
proving an eight-cent-an hour pay
increase for incorporating railroad
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the urgent
issues confronting the administra-
ton. Sterilization Director Fred
Vinson had vetoed the recent eight
cent rise.
Farm Recruiting Extended.
In the adjournment cleanup yes
terday both branches extended for
30 days the farm labor recruiting
service, which would have expired
December 81. An unexpended bal
ance of $6,75O,0 900 is available to keep
the program going, under the War
Food Administration, until the new
session starts.
The staff of the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee investigating the liq-
uor industry will continue to gather
information, but hearings will not
be resumed during the Christmas
holidays.
In abandoning his fight to restrict
the power of the Budget Bureau on
the supplemental supply bill, Sena-
tor McKellar, Democrat, of Tennes-
see announced he will re-offer the
proposal on later appropriation
bill.
The McKellar amendment, which
the House successfully resisted, had
two objectives:
First. it would have cancelled
any Army or Navy funds which the
heads of those departments founc
no longer necessary. Rejection o1
the amendment preserves the Bud
get Bureaus power to hold such
funds in reserve for possible USE
if the war situation warrants.
Ban Impounding of Funds.
Second, it would have prohibited
the bureau from impounding funds
appropriated by Congress for spe.
ciflc projects in any Government
agency
In the final meeting of the con.
ferees yesterday the Senate alse
yielded on s100,OO0,OOO of addi.
tional money it had put in the bill
for war housing and other com.
munity facilities in congested areas
Elimination of these Senate in.
creases left s5O,0O0,00O for housing
For the Farm Security Admins
tration the final draft allows
$6,500,0O0 for administrative ex-
penses, and a compromise limit OF
$67 100000 on rehabilitation loans
This was a cut of $30,000,000 from
the Senate loan allowance, but
$7,500,000 more than the original
House figure.
A compromise also was reached
on the Senate program to induce
doctors and dentists to move to
communities in need of medical
services. The conferees allowed
100000 instead of $345 900. Doctors
who agree to remain in the new
location for one year would be given
relocation allowances of $3.50 a
month for the first three months
The conferees changed the local
communitys share from $10O to Is
per cent
owl Gets 5000, 900.
The supply bill authorizes the
Navy to transfer $750,000,000, In
stead Of the Senate's $500 0,000, 900
from its ordnance fund to its stock
fund. The House decided to make
this transfer instead Of authorizing