Evening star., 1944-09-03
Compromise Sets Up
Dual ControI il Bill
For Property Disposal
By the Associated Press.

One log jam over Legislation
to cushion the Nations economic
structure against the! impact OF
q sudden German surrender was
broken yesterday, when Senate
and House conferees compro-
missed their biggest difference
over a bill to govern disposal OF
upward of 100000, 100000 of the
wars leftover goods.
They wrote into the bill pro-
vision setting up a four-member
policy-making board, but authoriz-
ing presidential appointment of q
surplus property administrator with
authority over actual sales.
The agreement reconciled differ
ences between Senate-approved
legislation setting up aneight-mem-
Der board with authority to ap-
point its own director and to
supervise disposal, and House in
sistence on one-man control.
While many other points of con-
f1ict remain to be settled, both
Senator Thomas, Democrat, O.
Utah, speaking for the Senate
group, and Chairman Manasco OF
the House conferees, meeting fol
the fourth eight-hour day, ex-
pressed optimism over prospects
for ironing them out this week.
Conferees Tackle Recsnversion.
Meanwhile. a separate group o!
conferees got together for the first
time on the even more controversial
reconversion and demobiliza ton
bill.
While they did not even touch
the explosive postwar unemploy.
ment compensation issue at tn,
tWo-hour session, Chairman George
OF the Senate group later talked
hopefully of an agreement b,
Wednesday.
Senator George is leading a figh
TO restore a House ejected provi
sion extending coverage to $500 90,
Federal employees under State rate,
with the Government paying tn,
cost, which he estimated at 400 ,O0O,.
GOO. The House also rejected T.,
Senate provision permitting Gov
ernment payments up to $500 t.
transfer stranded war workers bacl
to their homes or new job locations
Under the property disposal com.
promise. the four-member boarc
would determine policy and make
quarterly reports to Congress.
Would Provide Veto Power.
The congressional review would be
by giving the direc-
tor OF war demobilization and re-
conversion authority to override
either the board or the administra.
tion If their acts interfered with
either the general war or recon.
version program.
Inc once OF demobillzation and
reconversion is set up in the recon.
versions bill before the second con-
ference committee.
Senator Chandler. Democrat, OF
Kentucky emerged yesterday after
noon from a session of the surplus
bill conferees expressing
optimism over prospects for House
acceptance Of a Senate provision
under which the Interior Depart.
ment would dispose OF surplus resi-
Dental and business properties and
The Agriculture Department would
handle sales of surplus farm lands
Representative Manasco said, how
ever, no vote had been taken on
this issue and that the House con.
ferees probably would insist on q
series OF reservations. Under the
House bill, owning agencies would
dispose of surplus properties through
normal trade channels.
We are going to insist thai
neither the Interior nor the Agricul-
ture Department will have power tc
grab lands for Government forests
parks or other use by simply clas.
them as whatever they want
them to be-" Mr. ManaSco said