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ficiency bill, containing salary money
already due thousands of Federal
and District employees for recent
weeks, and continuing the balances
in the Presidents emergency fund.
This bill has been snagged by
House insistence on dropping from
the Government payroll Robert
Morss Lovett, Government secretary
for the Virgin Islands, and two
employees OF the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, Goodwin B.
Watson and William E. Dodd, jr.
House Refuses to Recede.
After the House refused yesterday
by a record vote Of 307 to II to re-
cede from it's position, the Senate
sent the bill back to conference
without debate, and the conferees
probably will bring the issue back
to the Senate in some form for an
other vote today.
The Presidents emergency fund,
held up in the urgent deficiency bill,
is $89 1000 900. This bill does not
carry the clause in the others, vali-
dating obligations incurred after
June 80. and Chairman Cannon OF
the House Appropriations Commit
tee contended that, legally, no
agency depending on presidential
emergency funds could incur an OBJ
legation or meet a payroll.
In addition to the II war agencies,
the departments without appropria-
ton acts today are Agriculture, In
terror, Labor and Federal Security
Agency. These are in the final
stages Of conference and should 60
through today.
Fate of NYA Undecided.
In the Labor Federal Security bill,
the continued existence of the Ma
tional Youth Administration hangs
in the balance. The House gave it
only $3,0O0,OO0 to wind up its af-
fairs by January /. The Senate
voted s48 900, 900 for another year of
training youth for war work.
The conferees decided late yes
terday to take the issue back to
the House today for a separate vote.
II the House refuses to yield. the
chances are the conferees will try
to compromise the difference, or
put 1t up to the Senate again, de-
pending on the trend indicated by
the House roll call.
. Elmer Davis told Senator O'Ma-
honey the amount allowed by the
Senate for domestic activities of
owl will require liquidation OF
two-thirds of the work, eliminate
half the employees of that branch
and close the go field offices of Owl
Limits Activities.
) By beating the O'Mahoney amend
ment, the Senate restricted the do
mestic branch funds to these pur-
poses: For the directors Office. $l25,-
900; program coordination, $225, 900;
news bureau, 100000; bureau OF
special services, $950.000; radio bu-
reau. s8l1,499, and motion picture
bureau, only $4,000, to maintain
liaison with Hollywood.
Senator O'Mahoney tried to give
the motion picture bureau $3.50, 900
and to restore the functions OF the
field offices. the bureau of books and
magazines, and the development OF
war posters.
Senator Tydings. Democrat OF
Maryland, led the fight against add
ing to the sum the Appropriations
Committee had recommended, di-
recting his fire chiefly at the field
offices. The increased amount
failed, despite the support OF MI
nority Leader McNary of Oregon,
who expressed full confidence in
the ability of Palmer Hoyt, new
head OF the domestic branch Of OWL
Senator McNary pointed out that
Mr.. Hoyt, who comes from Oregon,
was managing editor of one OF the
Oldest Republican newspapers in
the West.
When Majority Leader Barkley
made the same argument, Senator
Taft, Republican of Ohio asked
what assurance the Senator could
give that Elmer Davis or Mr.. Hoyt
would not resign. Senator Taft ar
gued there was danger in basing
appropriations on confidence in in
dividuals.
McKcllar Defends Officials.
Senator McKellar, Democrat OF
Tennessee, in charge Of the bill
praised owl officials for the show
ing they made before the commit
tee, and Senator Mead. Democrat
of New York spoke in defense OF
the agency.
The Senate reversed it's commit
zee by keeping in the bill a House
provision to prevent OPA from or.
dering grade labelling on goods, or
motion OF Senator Taft.
The Senate. however. struck ou'