Evening star., 1943-07-04
Pay Bill Semi
To White House;
Killed
Congress Leaders
Hope for Recess
This Wednesday
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

The $143, 100000 urgent def1-
cheney bill, carrying the delayed
salary money for thousands OF
District and Federal employees.
was sent to the White House by
Congress last night, after a day
of steady progress toward the
summer adjournment some time
this week.
Other developments at both ends
of the Capitol on the remaining ap-
preparation bills were:
The Senate virtually ended the
life OF the National Youth Admins
tration, when it voted, 80 to 33, to
accept the House action giving the
New Deal Agency only 100000 to
wind up its affairs by January l.
BY that action the Senate gave up
its fight for $48, 10000 to keep NYA
going another year. The agency
was created in 1885 to provide work
relief and training for youths be-
tween 16 and "a.
The House rejected, 302 to %,
the McKellar proposal to require
Senate confirmation of all en-
ployes of the II war agencies who
get $4,500 or more a year.
Compromise on Custer.
The House accepted the Senate
approved compromise under which
Robert Morss Lovett, Government
Secretary of the Virgin Islands.
Goodwin B. Watson and William
E. Dodd, jr, employees of the Federal
Communications Commission, would
have to be nominated by the Presi-
dent and confirmed by the Senate
by November Is if they are to re-
main on the payroll after that date.
This action ended the deadlock
ove- the urgent deficiency bill, in
which the House had been holding
out for immediate dropping of the
three men from the payroll, on
grounds they had been identified
with subversive movements. Until
it adopted the compromise the
Senate had been opposing vigorous
ly this method of deciding the issue.
The measure also prohibits Presi-
dent Roosevelt from using the funds
allotted to his Office to finance agen-
cies for which Congress has denied
appropriations.
/ Another Deficiency Bill.
Late yesterday the Senate Appro-
priations Committee reported out
another deficiency bill, after raising
the House total from s36, ,245 900 to
1887, 900, 900 to provide for variety
of last-minute projects, principally
for war housing and community
facilities. This is likely to be the
last bill passed before the recess.
which some leaders hope will start
Wednesday.
The House accepted Senate action
restoring part Of the cuts the
House originally made in funds for
the Office Of War Information and
Office of Price Administration.
Representative Dirksen. Republican
of Illinois. tried to send the 2932.-
600 1000 war agencies bill back to
conference for further restrictions
on OPA, but was beaten, 238 to SO.
AS the result of Yesterdays action,
OPA will get sl55 100000 instead of
the SLIT 100000 allowed by the Sem
ate or the sl30 900, COO recommended
by the House.
owl Cut Deeply.
The Owl cut was levelled at its
domestic branch, which is left with
only s2,750000 as against an original
estimate of about S8.500,000 The
House had cut the item out entirely,
| but the Senate had allowed
S3,561 900. For the overseas branch,
the two chambers compromised on
$4,000 900. There is another
s5,000,000 fund which Owl may
spend only if the President approves
its use for military purposes.
The Senate tomorrow will en-
deavor to end the one remaining
dispute in the $875 100000 farm
bill-continuance of the crop insur-
(See APPROPRIATION Do Az