Evening star., 1945-02-01
.SenateDe|ays
Wallace Vote
By43-41 Margin
George Bill Given
Precedence in First
Test Of Strength
FARM GROUPS OPPOSE Williams
as REA administrator; action de-
layed. Page Al
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

BY GOULD LINCOLN.
Administration forces favoring
the confirmation of Henry A,
Wallace to head a Commerce
Department shorn of control
over Federal lending agencies
won their first test of strength in
the Senate today by obtaining
consideration of the George bill.
That measure would divorce the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
and other lending agencies from
the department.
This victory was gained after Mr..
Wallace's supporters had skirted
dangerously near defeat. BY a mar
gin OF only two votes-43 to 41-the
Senate had refused to pass a motion
by Chairman Bailey of the Senate
Commerce Committee to 60 into ex-
ecutive session to consider the NOM
nation Immediately Senators gen.
orally conceded that this would have
meant the former Vice Presidents
rejection.
This parliamentary maneuvering
followed Democratic caucus where
Majority Leader Barkley had urged
his colleagues to keep the Wallace
nomination on the SenaDe calendar
/ until after passage of the George
bill.
Despite Senator Barkley's plea,
Senator Bailey announced on
emerging from the meeting that he
would seek immediate consideration
OF the Wallace nomination by mov-
ing that the Senate go into>execu-
tive session.
Taft Changes Vote.
| The original vote on the Bailey
motion was tie, AZ to 42sbut SEN
ator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
changed his vote in order to be able
to move reconsideration of the mo-
ton, as he may do at any time
within two days. A tie vote defeats a
motion such as Senator Bailey made.
! After announcement of the vote,
Senator Taft sought to move to re-
consider. Vice President Truman, in
the chair, however, had recognized
Senator Barkley. who moved to take
up the George bill. The Vice Presi-
dent, therefore, declined to recog-
nize the Ohio Senator.
The motion to take up the George
bill was approved, SO to 2.
Vote On Bailey Motion.
Ten Republicans, 80 Democrats
and l Progressive voted against the
Bailey motion and 26 Republicans
and Is Democrats voted for it.
/ The roll call was as follows:
Nos-Barkley. Bilbo, Briggs, Cha
vez, Downey. Eastland, Enender,
Fulbright, Greene, Guffey, Hayden,
Hill, Johnson of South Carolina,
Kilgore, Lucas, Magnuson, Maybank,
Mcfarland. Mcmahon, Mitchell,
,Murdock, Murray, Myers, OMah-
oney, Overton, Pepper, Russell, Tay-
lor, Thomas, Oklahoma; Thomas,
Utah; Tunnel, Democrats. Akin,
Austin, Brewster, Burton, LANCER,
Morse, Saltonstall, Shipstead. Taft.
Wilson, Republicans, and La Fol-
ACteC, 1 4oSi idoSlNS-GOGdl, 10,
Ayes-Bailey, Bankhead, Byrd,
Connally, George, Gerry, Hoey, John
son of Colorado, McCarran, McClel-
Ian, Mcclellan. O'Daniel, Scrugham.
Stewart, Tydings, Democrats. Bridges.
Brooks, Buck, Bushleld, Butler,
Capehart, Capper, Gordon, Donnell,
Ferguson, Gurney, Hawks, Hicken-
looper, johnson of California, Milli-
ken, Moore, Revercomb, Robertson,
Smith, Thomas of Idaho, Tobey,
Vandenberg, Wherry, White, Wiley,
Willis. Republicans. Total, Al.
Walsh Comes Out for Wallace.
Earlier Senator Walsh, Democrat.
of Massachusetts, announced he
would vote to confirm the Wallace
appointment, even though he does
not approve of some of the ideas
expressed by the former Vice Presi-
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