Evening star., 1943-06-30
House Insists Again,
301 10 II, on Ban on
Pay for 3U. 5. Aides
Stond Voted in Foce
Of Fourth Refusal by
Senate to Accept Plan

BY record vote of 301 to II, the
House today stood by it's rider to
the urgent deficiency bill, seeking to
drop from the Government payroll
Robert MorSs Lovett, Government
secretary for the Virgin Islands;
Goodwin B. Watson and William E.
Dodd, jr., employees of the Federal
Communications Commission.
The latest test came on motion
by Representative Marcantonio,
American Laborite of New York,
that the House drop its provision
and agree with the Senate. The
Senate four times has voted against
accepting the House provision.
The bill now will 60 back to con-
ference and probably be brought up
for another test in the Senate The
last Senate vote late yesterday
turned down a compromise under
which the three men would remain
on the payroll until November Is
and then be dropped unless by that
time their names had been SUBJ
mitted to the Senate and confirmed.
This failed in the Senate. however,
by the narrow margin of 35 to 80.
Payrolls Held Up.
The controversy is holding up pay
roll money of thousands of Federal
and District employees
The Senate-House deadlock over
removing the three employees from
the Federal payroll has brought
about a new clash between Ma jority
Leader Barkley and Senator NC
Kellar, Democrat. of Tennessee, act
ing chairman of the Appropriation
Committee
Several times. the Senate con-
ferees headed by Senator Nickel
lar reached an agreement with
House conferees on the urgent de-
ficiency appropriation bill contain
ing a provision relating to Mr.. Wat
son. Mr.. Dodd and Mr. Lovett.
Senator McKellar asked in the
Senate yesterday to be excused from
the Conference Committee, saying
he felt ''downhearted and weary"
over Majority Leader Barkley's op-
position, which he blamed for the
Senate's continual rebuffs.
Senator Barkley asked Senator
McKellar to continue to serve, and
that precipitated clash between
the two veteran Senators over how
Senator Barkley should conduct
himself as majority leader
Senator McKellar said speech
by Senator Barkley certainly de-
feated this measure twice today"
and declared he thought the Ken
tucklan makes a great mistake,
as majority leader. in not standing
by committees of the Senate when
they make reports
Senator Barkley who had said
that legislative action against the
three Federal employees "outrages
all the principles of fair play and
democracy, as we now think we are
fighting to preserve it in the world"
took exception to Senator Nc
Kellar's criticism.
Won't "Stultify" Convictions.
The Kentuckian said legislation
to remove individuals from the pay
roll is unconstitutional and that he
was not required to "stultify my
own convictions on constitutional
question in order to stand by
committee"
Senator McKellar then accused
him Of failing to uphold the Ap-
propriations Committee during the
past few months. and Senator Bark
ley retorted that he didn't recall
any particular instances of that, but
the fact he was majority leader
didn't necessarily make him an
"automaton.
Senator Clark. Democrat. of Mis-
souri jumped into the debate to
defend Senator Barkley. saying it
is more important for the majority
leader to stand by the Senate than
to stand by the Appropriations
Committee
1t was not the first time Senator
McKellar has criticized Senator
Barkley as majority leader. He was
particularly bitter last year after
Senator Barkley had ordered the
"arrest" of several Senators, in
cluding Senator McKellar, who were
absent during debate on an anti
poll tax bill when no quorum could
he mustered