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ministration leaders are believed to
be reconciled to the necessity of ac-
cepting the compromise. In the
House the Ways and Means Com
mittee is reported to be more op-
posed than the Senate committee
to Federal boost in State pay
mentS.
Asekd if he believes Mr.. Truman
will go along with the substitute
measure, Chairman George of the
Senate Finance Committee said:
Il cannot say what the PreSi-
dents position will be, but I am
inclined to think the administra-
ton would not oppose it."
However, Mr.. Truman reminded
reporters at his news conference to-
day that he had previously stated
his position-which called for the
$25 maximum for rs weeks. The
President said he would have a
further comment when the legisla-
ton is finally passed and sent to
him.
States Feared Wedge.
From a practical standpoint. Sem
ator Kilgore saved most of the
financial assistance he sought for
displaced individuals during the
emergency period of relocation
What he lost was the battle to force
the weekly rate to a uniform $25
maximum regardless of State laws.
Officials of most of the States
fought that proposal as an enter
ing wedge for liberalization of the
compensation. The
same issue will come up later in
the Wagner -Dingell "cradle-to-
grave" social security bill, on which
hearings have not been held.
Senator George emphasized that
all decisions last night are tenta-
tive, subject to review when the
committee meets tomorrow morn
ing, after drafting experts have re-
written the bill. The tentative un-
derstanding is that, even If worker
has not worked long enough to get
the maximum under his State law,
the Government will keep his pay
ment going until the 26th week, If
he has not found job.
Compromise Failed.
The original Kilgore bill made
the s25 maximum mandatory by
providing that II State failed to
make an agreement on the supple
mental payment the Treasury would
pay it directly. ~
In a last-minute effort to save
his bill, Senator Kilgore proposed
that the s25 figure be offered to the
States on an optional basis, but the
committee turned this down also.
Although the compromise follows
the substance of the Vandenberg
proposal on extending coverage. the
committee rejected the plan Of the
Republican Senator to vary the Fed
eral extension in proportion to the
number of weeks the State already
allows. He proposed SO per cent
lengthening of duration, so that if
State pays for 20 weeks the Fed
eral Government would continue it
for 10 more weeks.
Connally Plan Rejected.
The committee also rejected an
alternative by Senator Connally,
Democrat, of Texas for a fiat ex-
tension of 10 weeks to whatever Pc
riod each State is allowing.
Instead, the committee accepted
the uniform 26-week period, which
Senator George said would be man
datOry, and if State refuses to
handle the Federal aid for any ad-
ditional period, Mr. Snyder's Office
will arrange for direct payments.
No difficulty along this line is ex-
pected, however, from States.
The original Kilgore bill also
raised the unemployment compen-
Sation for veterans from the $40
weekly rate in the CT Bill of Rights
to $25, plus IS dependency allow
ance. Senator George said this was
eliminated because the Finance
Committee has pending a separate
series of amendments to the CT bill.