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dent. He said, too, that he believed
the George bill should be passed.
Except for Senator Bailey none
OF the opponents of Mr.. Wallace
made any statement to the Demo-
cratic conference.
Senator Mcclellan, another op-
ponent of the Wallace nomination
expressed the opinion that mo votes
have been changed" by the Barkley
appeal.
Senator Barkley said after the
conference that no attempt had been
made by him or by the conference to
bind the vote, of any Senator. He
said he never had any idea of max
ing a motion to recommit the Wal
lace nomination. What he hoped,
he said, was that the nomination
would be kept on the executive cal
endar ready for action after the
George bill is passed. He said he
had had assurances from the House
leadership that the George bill
would be acted on promptly if sent
to that body by the Senate.
Senator OMahoney declared that
any attempt to require a vote on
the nomination before vote on the
George bill would be an attempt to
force the hands of Senators who
want to vote for Wallace and would
be a most improper procedure"
Hannegan Works for Wallace.
Before the Senate met today, a
representative of Robert E. Fanne-
gan, Democratic national chairman,
said Mr.. Hannegan was working in
Mr.. Wallace's behalf by talking with
some 16 or l8 middle of -the-road-
ers" who might vote for him as Sec
retary, but not loan administrator.
Both the nomination and the bill
went before the Senate with ma
jority reports from the Commerce
Committee opposing Mr.. Wallace's
confrmati ton and recommending the
George measure. Minority reports
taking opposite views in each in
stance were filed overnight by Sen
ators Pepper, Bilbo, Mead and Mag
nuson, all Democrats.
The committee voted, IA to 5,
against Mr.. Wallace and Is to 4
for the George bill.
The majority report filed by Sem
ator Bailey on the nomination did
not 60 into the merits Of the con-
troversy. His report on the bill did
voluminously-but without MENTION
ing Mr.. Wallace by name.
Report on Nomination.
The report on the nomination
recalled the adverse committee re-
port, and added:
Regardless of general custom, it
Is the view of the chairman of the
committee that the Senate is obli-
gated, certainly with respect to an
appointment to the cabinet, to ad-
wise and consent or to refuse to
advise and consent, upon receiv-
ing a nomination. The committee
does not have authority to reject
or affirm confirmation to any Office,
but authority only to recommend.
THE recommendation in this in
stance is that the Senate do not
advise and consent to the appoint
ment of the nominee as Secretary of
Commerce"
The minority said that there are
only two reasonable bases on which
the Senate could deny the President
his choice of a cabinet member.
They could question the honesty or
integrity of the Presidents nomi-
nee, or they could question his COM
petence to fill the post for which
he was designated
It added: mo one has raised the
issue of Henry Wallace's honesty or
integrity. His record as a public serv-
ant has been unblemished. Nor
can any one seriously question his
competence"
The minority then set out Mr..
Wallace's accomplishment while
Secretary of Agriculture, and in ad-
dition, credited him with establish
ing "a clear conversion policy for
American industry" while he head
ed the old Supplies, Priorities and
ALLEGATIONS Board, when the war ef-
fort was getting under way.
InOSe VINO oppose the cOnLrma-
ton of Henry A. Wallace are f1aunt-
ing the popular will as expressed In
the November elections" the minor
ity asserted.
The majority report on the George
bill said: "The consequences Of the
vast political control that conceiv-
ably could be exerted by a cabinet
officer in whose hands was placed
the administration of these lending
agencies cannot be measured.
1.-THE man who has charge of these
agencies could so administer those
powers as to determine the eco
nomic direction of the country. and
with that, its social and political
character"
The report said the committee
was mindful of the fact that Con-
gress passed special legislation to
permit Jesse Jones, whom the Pres
ident ousted to make way for Mr..
Wallace, to hold both the Com
merce post and that of Federal loan
administrator at the same time.
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