Evening star., 1943-03-13
Committee 10 Study
Postwar PLANNING
SET Up in Senate
Bi-Portison Group Takes
Responsibility Passed to
Congress by President
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A bipartisan Senate committee
today shouldered the responsibility
passed on to Congress by President
Roosevelt for the formation OF a
program to open jobs to soldiers
and keep the wheels Of industry
turning after the war
Chairman George said he would
call the committee together early
next week to get speedy start on
what he described as the "tremen-
dous job of fulfilling a Senate
mandate to point the way toward
postwar economic stability. The
Senate approved an initial expendi-
ture of $4,000 for expenses Of the
inquiry.
Commenting on Mr.. Roosevelts
assertion at press conference yes
terday that it is squarely up to Con-
gress whether the Nation should suf- :
fer any delay in providing jobs to
returning soldiers and discharged
war industry workers, Senator
George told reporters:
Will Funnel Information.
I'VE are willing to accept that re-
sponsibility because 1t rests on us.
We will consider all of the plans
and recommendations submitted to
us in drafting our reports to the
Senate"
Majority Leader Barkley, who was
named to the committee along with
Minority Leader McNary, said it was
his belief that the chief task of the
group would be to funnel informa-
ton on postwar economic problems
to Congress for final action there.
He said careful consideration
would be given to a lengthy report
of the National Resources Planning
Board, which has aroused both crit
icism and praise In Congress, largely
because of its recommendations for
Government intercession In private
business. The President noted that
the House had declined further
funds for operation of the board,
and there was clear indication this
decision would be subjected to con-
troversial review in the Senate.
fcppeF 10 seek funQS.
Senator Pepper. Democrat, of
Florida, member of the George
committee, said he for one would
move in the Senate to restore the
funds for the board, which is headed
by Frederic Delano, the Presidents
uncle. But Chairman Byrd of the
Joint Committee to Reduce Nom
essential Federal Expenditures,
served notice he and others intended
to resist any such effort.
Membership of the postwar COM
mittee is divided between six Demo-
Gratis and four Republicans. Besides
Senators George, Barkley and Pep
per, the Democrats include Senators
Hayden of Arizona, O,Mahoney of
Wyoming and Lucas of Illinois. Re-
publicans include Senators McNary,
Vandenberg of Michigan, Austin of
Vermont and Taft of Ohio.
All appeared to be in agreement
that the final responsibility rests on
Congress to make postwar plans
now, though there was some di-
vergence Of opinion-formed gen.
orally along party lines-on what
those plans should be.
When word of the Presidents re-
marks at his press conference
reached the Capital, Senator Rey-
nolds, Democrat, of North Carolina
asserted the administration ought
to disclose how it hopes to pay
rapidly accumulating war debts be-
fore it ''pours more millions into
postwar job planning"
Senator Hill, Democrat, of Ala
bama told reporters he believed Con-
gress should now pass the legisla-
ton and make the appropriations to
provide adequate plans for employ
ment Of our soldiers when they re-
turn home"