Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-26
Agriculture Funds
Measure Is Headed
For Vote in Senate
By the Associoied Press

Inc DllllOu-QOllar agriculture
appropriation bill headed toward
a vote in the Senate today amid
signs that a break may be coming
in the congressional logjam on
1882 money measures.
Senator Russell. Democrat, of
Georgia. floor manager for the
farm bill. told a reporter he hoped
to get Senate approval on the
measure late today or tomorrow
Debate has been limited to half
an hour on each amendment.
Most of the debate and voting
yesterday centered upon the soil
conservation funds to be paid to
farmers on next years crops.
BY a single vote, SO to 81. the
Senate rejected an $50 million
slash proposed by Senator Fergu-
son, Republican, of Michigan, in
the $3.50 million for farmer pay
ments in fiscal 1852 which began
July /. Also rejected-41 to So
was a move to cut the fund by
$3.50 million.
Differ on Methods.
Pending today was an effort tc
trim the farmer payments to 1925
million, the amount authorized ir
a bill passed by the House.
The House has rejected twice
Senate House conference commit
tee reports on Department money
measures, largely because it diff
fered with the Senate on methods
of cutting down the number Of
Federal employees.
1t did this first several weeks
ago in the case of the Labor-Fed-
eral Security Agency bill. Yester-
day it repeated the performance
when it rejected a conference
committees report on the indie
pendent Offices bill.
Broadly, the differences between
the House and Senate, which
threatened a stalemate on regular
appropriation measures for the
year which started July l, were
these:
The House in passing all regular
appropriations bills, with the ex-
ception of two, attached the "Jen-
sen rider"-named for its author
Representative Jensen, Republi-
can, of Iowa.
Senate Cool to Jensen Rider.
| The Jensen rider. with a few
exceptions, such as in cases of
hospitals, prohibited departments
and agencies from filling more
than one-fourth of all job vacan-
cies occurring during the current
fiscal year.
The Senate apparently wanted
no part of the Jensen rider. In
stead. it approved a provision
known as the Ferguson formula
named for Senator Ferguson.
Republican. of Michigan-which
usually provided for a fiat 10 per
cent cut in funds for Federal
employees.
The Labor Federal Security
Agency money bill came out of a
conference committee with the
Ferguson formula apparently the
winner. 1t provided for an esti-
mated fiat 10 per cent cut in
personnel funds. The House
turned it down.
Yesterday the House sent the
independent Offices bill back to
conference, refusing to yield on
the Jensen amendment or to ac-
cept a Senate provision allowing
$4,000 public housing units to be
started this year instead Of the
5000 voted by the House.
Ferguson Agreeable.
| Ranking Democratic members
of the Senate Appropriations
Committee could not be reached
Immediately, but Senator Fergu-
son indicated he would be willing
to accept something like the
House bill plan for cutting en-
ployment.
I'm just for economy and eff
ficiency in Government and
have no pride in authorship in
this matter" he said.
| Senator Bridges, Republican. OF
New Hampshire. senior Republi-
can on the Senate committee, SAID
he also thought a compromise
would be worked out.