The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-31
Trumon Ends Honeymoon With SoIons
 Enters Bottle
 To Salvage
 Reeonversion
By MERRIMAN SMITH

Washington, Oct. 31 = (UP) - President Truman, dropping his usual concilatory tone with Congress plunged into his first major fight
 with the lawmakers today in an ef- fort to salvage three basic blanks of his reconversion platform.
 The President sounded the battle cry last night in his wage-price speech. Tn blunt and vigorous lang uage, he singled out two House conn., mittees as responsible for dam aging delays" in passing joblesS benefits and full employment. legis- lation. And he criticized both the House and Senate for favoring reS- toration of the U. s. Employment Service to the states.
 The reaction in Congress was that MT. Truman was picking himself a losing fight.
 Fear Chances Killed
 Chairman Carter Manasco, D., Ala, of the House Executive Expen- ditures Committee-which is con- sidering the full employment bill- said he feared the Presidents speech killed any chance of getting committee approval for even conn., promise measure. A Republican member of the group, Rep. Ralph E. Church, of Illinois, agreed.
 Members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which voted to shelve the Presidents request to ex- pand unemployment compensation, likewise were dubious that the speech would improve the outlook.
 Takes stand of Predecessor
 The Presidents blunt stand ap- peared to have brought a definite l conclusion to the honeymoon" period of his relations with Con- gress. Previously, he operated as "one of the boys" a former Sena- tor who dropped into the offices of old friends for lunch and sought to | put over his program by friendly | persuasion.
 Last night, however, he sounded | like the late President Roosevelt | when. he was in full-blown battle | with a balky Congress.
 Early in his address, the Presi- dent recalled that he had asked | Congress to expand unemployment l compensation "to help workers through the difficult months of un- until reconversion can be effected" He wanted jobless workers to be guaranteed up' $25 3 week for 26 weeks.
 Lays Responsibility in House
 The Senate passed a watered- down bill which the House Ways and Means Committee promptly shelved. Some members blamed the current labor situation for the ac- ton.
 Declaring that the responsibility for passing the bill now rested sole ly with the Ways and Means Com mittee, Mir. Truman said:
 T hope that this committee will fulfill its obligation to the people of the nation, and will give the menl- oerS of the House an early chance 10 vote on this important legisla- tion."
 '@The American People" he said, 'are entitled to know now that this government stands for prosperity snd jobs-not depression and relief Passage of full employment bill will give the American people this 
 At Door of Committee
 The President wanted legislation inder which the government would eek to stimulate jobs when neces- Iary by aiding private industry and, hat failing, to set up public works The Senate passed di- uted bill and the legislation has Ilrice been stalled in Manasco's Ex- scutive Expenditures Committee. The President called ManSsco to he White House last week in on ef- 'ort to speed tip action.
 "The responsibility for the dam- lging delay in enacting this legis- ation," the President said last light, lis definitely at the door of he committee on expenditures in he executive departments of the House of Representatives"