Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Jobs-for-AII Measure
Is Expected 10 Pass
Senate This Week
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The full employment bill is vir-
tually certain to pass the Senate
this week, but only after a spir-
TIED battle over amendments to
place limitations on the pledge
of public spending to assure jobs
forsall available workers.
As the Senate floor debate gets
under way Tuesday. a House COM
mittee headed by Representative
Manasco, Democrat, of Alabama
will start three weeks of hearings
on the measure, which seeks to
head off future depressions by hav-
ing the President and Congress
make an annual study Of the en-
ployment outlook in private in
dustry.
Meanwhile, the House Ways and
Means Committee will tackle the
emergency unemployment compen-
sation bill tomorrow morning, with
indications that it may go even
further than the Senate in cutting
down the administrations program
for Federal aid to displaced war
workers during reconversion.
Concurrence on Two Issues Seen.
The Ways and Means group prob
ably will concur in Senate provi-
sions making Federal employees and
maritime workers eligible for I'M
employment compensation and Or
dering the return of United States
Employment Service Offices to the
States.
The Senate killed President Tru-
mans request for higher weekly
payments, up to maximum of $25
but kept his recommendation that
the duration of benefits be extended
up to Is weeks. There il a move
on in the House committee to strike
out the longer duration also, which
would leave State laws unchanged
for workers in private industry
There is some House opposition also
to the Senate allowance of travel
pay up to 5000 to get migrant war
workers back home or to another
job, but this feature has a chance
to survive.
Senate Republicans held a party
conference yesterday to review the
full employment bill, without at
tempting any formal action. On
final passage the bill is expected to
poll comfortable majority, since
most Senators will want to indorse
the general objective of the bill.
Close decisions are in prospect
however, on some of the amend
ments, with indications that party
lines will be split on such basic
issues as the scope of public spend
ing.
Declaration of Long Range Policy.
The bill itself is a declara ton of
long range policy, and would have
to be followed by specific legisla-
ton whenever the annual surveys
indicated a volume of private bust
ness activity insufficient to provide
full employment. Congress would
seek to stimulate more private en-
ployment by reviewing its policies
on taxation, banking credit, monop-
oily, wages, hours. foreign trade and
other related subjects as well as
public works.
The main fight is expected to be
waged over the ultimate pledge to
provide such volume of Federal
investment and expenditure as may
be needed, in addition to the in
vestment. and expenditure by pri-
vate enterprises, consumers and
State and local government, tc
assure continuing full employ
ment. ."
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
made public last night an amend
ment he and Senator Radcliffe
Democrat, of Maryland, plan t.
offer, striking out those quoted
words, and substituting this modi
fed spending pledge:
In furtherance of the objectiv,
of full employment and to supple
ment investment and expenditure
by private enterprises, States ant
local governments, the Federal Gov
eminent shall, consistent with it
needs, obligations and other essen
tial considerations of national pol
icy, proceed with a comprehensive
program of public works and othe
expenditures so planned that the.
can be speeded up and enlarged
when other employment decrease
and retarded when full employment
is otherwise provided"
Encourages Spending, Says Taft.
Senator Taft told reporters the BIZ
does nothing the President and Con
gress could not do without it in any
future emergency. He added, how.
ever, that 'it encourages the polio.
of public spending and the ide;
that you can spend yourself intt
prosperity without danger of an.
other difficulty"
Asked if he thought the bill wouls
bind a future Congress, the Ohit
Senator predicted this Congress
would not follow it year from now
A divergence of opinion cutting
across party lines was indicated
however, by the comment of Sena
tor Morse, Republican, of Oregon
who called the bill "a great eco
not,,io insurance ,olicv for tho u,orl