Evening star., 1947-03-24
7 heneies Face Fight
FoILives as House
Tabs Up Funds Bill
BY the Assoeiaisd Press


Be- the National Labor Rela-
tions Board and the Cancellation
Serve faced battles for their
existlce today as the House took
up I, $1,685 ,586, $50 Labor Depart
menFederal Security Agency ap-
propate bill.
Wh two days of debate on top
two nendments were in the off1ng.
On Democratic-backed, would
reste Cancellation Service cuts.
II other, Republican-proposed,
wou abolish the NLRB outright.
Meter may be voted on until to-
morw, however.
Rfresentative Gore, Democrat,
Of ennessee told newspapermen
the democratic amendment will be
offed to Offset the action of the
Replican controlled Appropria-
tiorC Committee abolishing the job
of d Cancellation Service and ap-
proHately 100 other top spots
und the director.
II committee struck at the
Corliation Service after criticizing
Direor Edgar L. Warren and as
sertg that ANY one whose back
grord may be subject to question"
jhorl not be employed by the Gov
2rnnnt.
Warren Testimony Cited.
NJ Warren had acknowledged
durE committee questioning that
. he zee belonged to the American
Leate for Peace and Democracy
and the Washington Bookshop,
whit the committee said are Com
munt-inspired fronts" But he
saidle joined them without any
knoedge that they were Commun-
ist ganizations" and resigned as
soons he found out.
Fl former members of the War
Labc Board have rallied to Mr..
Warns defense, and House Dem
ocrat Floor Leader Rayburn called
the mmittee's action utterly un-
justbd."
.Th identity of the Republican
whosvill offer the death-to-the-
MIR amendment was not dis
close but Republican committee
meners said it definitely would be
laid sfore the House.
Thcommittee cut $3.50, 300 from
the soard's $7,984,o00 budget and
said ome committee members "be-
lieve1at the board should be abol-
ishedand its functions re-created
undenew law"
Passage Predicted.
Representative Keefe, Republican,
Of Wconsin, who headed the sub
comlTtee which wrote the bill, pre-
dictes its passage without major
cham.
MrGore, who has accused Re-
publins of not acting in keeping
with heir announced plans to cut
the Tesident's 1947 budget by $6,-
000,0W00 told neWspapermen the
final deduction would amount to
only 40,000,000 at the present rate.
He aimed an $800,000,000 reduc-
ton ttax refund anotments in the
alreaS-passed Treasury appropri-
ation5ill and a $50,000,000 cut in
hospil construction funds in the
pendB measure are "phony."
Thecommittes eliminated from
the Heral Security appropriation
$50, 10000 budget estimate for hos
pital snstruction under a 1916 act
proving for Federal aid to States.
Instes it granted authority for the
PubliHealth Service to incur con-
tractu obligations up to $15O,000,-
900 tecover the entire authorized
progra for the fiscal years 1947
and 18.
hdget Juggling Denied.
"Th is not juggling with the
budgefigures," Mr.. Keefe said in
rejoinar to Mr.. Gore. GAS mat
ter offact, the practical way in
whichHe handled this item may
run tt necessary actual appropri-
alton eyond $50,000,00O."
Fres budget woes for the Repub-
llCdllS dlllc. 1llCd1lW1lAC, 1tOA4i 4ooi
of the own number-au members
of confessional labor committees
whichave been working on various
propods to overhaul existing labor
legislaon.
Representatives. Hartley of New
JerseNnd Lands of Indiana and
Senats Ball of Minnesota and Ives
of Ne,York told a reporter in sep
arate terviews that the new union
cure ks they expect Congress to
pass vi "cost money"
Forlne thing, most Republican
membs say they look for broad
eningf the Wagner Act to make
certah union practices unfair"
This lould give the NLRB more,
ratheIhan less, to do.
Also considerable sentiment has
h,liIt 4 for q new mediation agency