Evening star., 1947-07-02
.CongressSpeeds
Move for Funds
Agencies
Compromise Appears
Near on Stopeop
Finance Formula
By Don S. Worren

fund problem of Federal and
District Government agencies,
pending enactment of many
belated 1948 appropriation bills.
were being made today by House
and Senate leaders.
Soon after converting at noon,
the House sent to conference it's
fight with the Senate over the scope
of the stop-gap measure to provide
carry-over funds until regular ap-
preparations are available.
A compromise between the House
and Senate seemed in the making.
While upholding the position of the
House for a limited grant of
emergency funds. Appropriations
Committee Chairman Taber said it
was possible a solution might be
sent to the White House by the end
of the day.
House COnferees Named.
He obtained unanimous consent
from the House for the immediate
consideration of the recomemnda-
tions of the conferees at any time it
Is ready.
The House named as its conferees
the entire membership of the De-
flciency Subcommittee of the APP
preparations Committee, including
Chairman Taber and Representa-
tives Wigglesworth Of Massachusetts,,
Engel of Michigan, Stefan of Ne
braska, Case of South Dakota and
Keefe of Wisconsin, all Republicans.
and Cannon of Missouri, Kerr Of
North Carolina and Mahon of Texas,
Democrats.
The Senate proposal would permit
agencies to spend one-twelfth of the
1948 estimates per month until Con-
gress passes the regular appropria-
ton.
Many Details to Settle.
There were, however, "a lot of de-
tails" yet to be settled.
Mr. Taber predicted all permanent
appropriation bills, except that for
the District, would clear Congress by
the middle of the month. First pay
rolls for Government employees for
the new fiscal year will be due after
that date
The District bill. Mr. Taber pre-
dicted, will be enacted few days
after July Is. Its pay roll crisis will
be avoided if funds are provided by
July %.
The appropriations fight was eased
in one direction yesterday when
the Senate House deadlock over
lopegatfng funds for Federal labor
fIand" security agencies ended AS a
major cause of the dispute dropped
out of the picture.
This was Edgar L. Warren, chief
of the Labor Departments Con-
ciliation Service, who resigned as
the climax of bitter controversy
with Congress, which had bottled
up the departments funds.
| Senator Knowland, Republican, OF
California said House and Senate
| conferees-acting almost simultan-
eouSly with Mr.. Warren's reSig-
nation-agreed on compromise bill
carrying $1,675 900, 900 for the 1948
fiscal year. This was about 81
000,000 less than the Senate pro-
posed.
House Bill Denied Funds.
The committee deadlock had CEN
tered on a House demand for the
custer of Mr.. Warren and 100 of his
top aides. The House bill had de-
MED funds to pay them.
Senator Knowland said all funds
to operate the Cancellation Service
are dropped from the compromise.
The new Hartley labor law
provides for new independent Con-
ciliation Service after August 81, and
temporary funds to operate the
service until then are provided in the
stop-gap appropriation.
Mr. Warren had been the target Of
sharp criticism by Mr.. Keefe, who is
chairman of the House Appropria-
tions Subcommittee in control Of
the Labor Departments purse
strings. Mr.. Keefe asserted that Mr..
Warren formerly belonged to two
organizations listed as Communist
front" groups by the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
To Mr.. Warren's defense came
industrialists and more than a
dozen of his wartime associates in
the War Labor Board, who said
his loyalty, ability and integrity
were beyond question.
| Resignation Accepted.
| Mr. Warren will be succeeded by
a presidential appointee, not yet
named, to head the reconstructed
Mediation Board. On Senate con-
frmation of this official, Secretary
of Labor SchWellenbach will name
him to head the present conciliation
service until August 81. The Secre-
tary explained that this action will
insure continuity of operations in
the handling of labor disputes and
expedite the agency's conversion.
In accepting the Warren resigna-
tion, Secretary SchWellenbach said
the Cancellation Service, under his
direction, contributed in large
1See APPROPRIATIONS, Pg. A-5J