The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-16
By Dreso Pearson

The three Congressmen had called White House Secretary Dave Niles day earlier to see if he had any suggestions to help in the fight to bring in a minimum wage bill without the crippling Pace rider. That night Outand was called at home and asked to be at the White House next day along with Hook and Biemiller
 They left their Presidential conference with definite assurance that the Chief Executive wants the original Minimum Wage Bill without extraneouS matter.
 "That's the Bill we want" Truman told them, land we're going to keep fighting for it."
 The entire conference was in dead earnest, with no pleasantries exchanged.
 "rf 1t comes up here with the Pace Amendment, I'll simply veto 1t just like did the RescsSion Bill couple of months ago with the rider returning USES (U s. Employment Service) to the states.
 "This business of attaching unrelated riders to bills is no way to legisate-and won't put my sigma ture on that sort of thing"
 Congressman Hook House sponsor of the original Minimum Wage Bill, assured Truman that there was majority of four" in the House Labor Committee against the Pace Amendment and said he was con- hdent that the House also would reject the Amend- ment when the measure comes to the floor He re- ported that steering committee of 75 House mem bers had been formed to push the Bill
 Outand and Biemiller also advised Truman that sentiment was increasing in Congress to raise the legal minimum pay standard from the 65-cents-an" hour base approved by the Senate to>75 cents
 "Our slogan is '75 for 75," they explained, re- ferring to the 75 members on the steering commit tee, and their goal of 7S cents an hour ..
 "Of course we still may have some troupe WltH the Rules Committee" said Hook. We are not sure what will happen there or what kind of rule they will give us for floor procedure"
 Truman laughed at this and said he appreciated their problem.
 "No one knows what will happen in that Com mittee," he agreed. "As you probably know, there is a fellow statesman from Missouri among its mem bers."
 He referred to conservative Democrat Roger O. Slaughter of Kansas City and Independence Missouri who represents the district adjacent to Trlman's and Is one of the most anti-Administration members of Congress.
 Note-CongreSsma Slaughter IS being nicknamed the Ham Fish of the Truman Administration" be- cause like Congressman Hamilton Fish of RoosevetS home district he opposes the President on everything
 Representative Al Elliott of California, former prze-hghter threw Federal workers out of his ohce when they became abusive while trying to argue for the Pay-Rase Bill for Federal employees. Elliott bumped the two Federal workers heads together then White Maine Republican, refused to sign the recent report on reorganization of Congress If contained data on broadcasting Congressional debates Other Congressmen on the Committee proposed two snort wave stations one in the East and one in the west let the people hear what their representatives say on the floor of Congress. Bills to broadcast con gressional proceedings have been introduced by Sena- tor Claude Pepper of Florida and Representative John Coffee of Washington. Senator Glen Taylor one of the best of the new Senators, will campaign in- tensively to try to defeat his colleague, Senator Charles GoSsett, in the Idaho primary in June Both men are Democrats-Taylor a liberal and Gossett reactionary.
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