The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-03
THE ISSUES VOTED ON in THE SENATE:

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MURRAY r w r |
No. 1. Overriding the Presidents
Veto of the Smith-ConnaIIy Anti-Strike
Bill.-This vote took place on June
25, 1913, and was carried in the Sen
ate by vote of Sc to 25.
| No. g. including Farm-Labor Costs
! in Computing Parity.-This is the so
called Bankhead amendment to the
agricultural appropriation bill, in
structing the Department of Agricul-
ture to consider labor and certain
other costs in computing parity. The
net result of the amendment is to in
crease the value of parity. This
amendment was originally passed as
the Bankhead bill by the Senate on
February rs, 1913, with only two dis
senting votes, cast by Green and Ger
ry of Rhode Island, and was vetoed
by the President At the time of the
veto the bill was referred back to
committee instead of being allowed to
die, and was reported back by the
committee as an amendment to this
bill. This amendment was defeated
in the senate on June IL, 1943, by a
vote of SO to 81.
No. 8. Continuing Loan Powers of
the Farm Security Administration
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offered by Senator Byrd or Virginia
to strip the F'SA of it's power to make
loans to small farmers and transfer
the loans to the Farm Credit Admin
istration and the supervision of the
loans to the Extension Service of the
Department of Agriculture. This
amendment was defeated on June 10,
1943, by a vote of 25 to SO.
No. a. Increasing Appropriation for
Soil Conservation Payments by $780,
900, 00O.-On June s, 1913, when con-
sidering the appropriation bill for the
Department of Agriculture, the Senate
committee in charge of the bill rec
commended that the appropriation for
soil conservation payments should be
from $3OO,OO0,O00 to $400,-
900, 900 to cover the commitments
made by the Secretary of Agriculture
to farmers in his crop program an
nouncemnt of December, 1912. The
was passed on JANE s,
1913, by a vote of 40 to 20.
No. 5. Appropriation for Crop In
surance.-Senator Russell of Georgia |
moved that the Senate concur with |
the House on the Conference Report |
on the agriculture appropriation bill |
and appropriate no money for the con-
tinuance of crop insurance. This mo-
ton was defeated in the Senate on
July 1, 1913, by a vote of Fl to SO.
Later, however, the Senate did agree
with the position of the House, and
The crop insurance program is to be
No. 6. Prohibiting the Use of Com
modify Credit Corporation Funds for
Roll Back of Prices.-This amendment
20 the CCC appropriation bill passed
he senate on June rs, 1943, by vote
Of 80 to 36.
Federal Funds for Price Roll Backs
Later on July 6, 1913, an amendment
@ the Commodity Credit Corporation
dill was offered by Tydings, prohibit
ng the use of ANY federal funds for
he purpose of the roll back of prices,
md this amendment was passed by
he Senate by vote of &c to %. On
July s, 1913, however, the Senate fl
tally receded from its position and
with the House in with
Irawing any prohibition against roll
Jacks.
No. 8. Appropriation of Funds for
he Domestic Branch of the office of
Var Information.-Th House voted
10 appropriation for the Domestic
Branch of the Office of War Informa
ion. The Senate restored part of the
ppropriation for limited operations of
he Domestic Branch. On June 30,
enator O'Mahoney offered an amend
lent to the bill for the Appropria-
ions of War Agencies in the Execu-
i've Office of the President to in
rease the appropriation for the Do
lestic Branch of the Owl from 3d.
100000 to $5,000,000, to enable it to
motion more efficiently, even with
s more limited functions. The
mendment was defeated by vote Z
{ "a to 40.
No. g. Appropriation for the Nation
Resources Planning Board. - The
louise refused to make any appro- Z
ration for theNRPB in the independ
Mt offices appropriation bill. The
enate committee in charge of the
i'll offered an amendment to appro-
rate 100000, an entirely inadequate (
I'm, for this agency. Senator Nc
ellar offered an amendment to the
,mmittee's amendment to increase
lis appropriation to 100000. This Z
nendment was defeated on May 81,
)43, by a vote in the Senate of 81
, 40. The 100000 amendment was 8
assed by the Senate, but later, in s