OUSE REBELS FIGHT ROAD CUT Demands of Roosevelt To Slash Appropriation Ignored By Committee Committe Bill Sets ts Off Hot Debate in Senate f WASHINGTON Jan 6 UP The The house roads committed committee today rebelled against President Roosevelt's demands for economy economy econ econ- omy to aid in bala balancing tiie budget shortly after alter the con congress con on gress began work worl on the r re reduced reduced re- re independent offices ap- ap p p- p bill The house appropriations com om om ommittee had acceded to the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's demand for cuts in pork barrel funds in the bill which totaled which was under the presidents president's re request request request re- re quest and under the current year Chairman Wilburn Cartwright D. D Okla of the house roads committee corn com o led the attack against curtailing cur cur- tailing ailing expenditures for roads He e introduced a bill proposing to continue continue con- con heavy highway appropriation a for or 1940 and 1941 and argued in support of full funds for roads Gives View I am a strong advocate of economy economy econ- econ omy imy but I 1 Ib believe lieve that r reductions duct ons should hould b be made in all agencies of the government and not just make roads the goats he said f During the special session President President President dent Roosevelt sent a message t to congress requesting that highway appropriations for 1939 1039 be scaled sealed down to levels to effect ef ef- ct an economy of From another quarter the presidents president's presidents president's presidents dents dent's demand for economy met mt support with the announcement ment of Secretary of ot Treasury Henry Mor- Mor Jr that there appears t 0 P be no immediate need for additional funds to meet relief demands While econ economy my was No 1 subject In n the house debate flared in the senate over the billand bill billand billand and a senate committee investigating ing unemployment heard President William S. S Knudsen of General Motors Motors Motors Mo Mo- tors corporation express doubt that President Roosevelt's suggestion for stabilization of production through industrial conferences would prove effective S. S Opens Fight 1 Senator Tom Connally D. D Tex opened the fight on the ing bill which was carried ove over from the special session with the charge that the m measure asure was an unconstitutional political gesture and a gratuitous insult to the southern southern south out em ern states Some of Senator Connally's supporters sup sup- porters described the fight as an undeclared filibuster Cartwright explained that the new roads bill proposed authorization of for primary ro roads ds for each of the fiscal years 1940 and 1941 and continuance of the policy of federal aid at the same rate that has been effective for several years year He said id that this was about abou the cost of two battleships He said that is proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed in the bill for each year for eliminating railroad grade crossings and annually for secondary secondary second second- ary roads including to market roads rural free delivery mail roads oads and public school bus routes Provision Provision Provision Pro Pro- vision was made tentatively for continuation continuation continuation con con- of development of ot high highways ways and trails in forests national parks and Indian reservations and public lands on the same basis as authorized in the Hayden Cart wright act of f 1936 Development plent Lags Highway development still I lags laga g far lar behind the steadily increasing Continued on Pa Page Pace e Two Column Two House Committee on Roads Rebels Against Funds Slash Continued from Page Pae One demands of traffic Cartwright ar ar- ar- ar gued It is necessary that new authorizations authorizations au- au be made by this congress congress congress con con- gress if ifan an orderly program of highway highway high high- way is to be main- main tamed After Cartwright artwright had concluded his argument Represent Representative tive James JamesW W W. Wadsworth R. R N. N Y commented commented com corn on the budget situation in a speech from the floor The Man in the White House HOWIe has never known and never will know how a dollar is earned he said The nation will have to dedicate itself to thrift common sense and frugality frugality- t to get out of its its- present financial condition Chairman Burton K Wheeler D. D Mont of the seh senate te rail inquiry announced that Edsel B. B Ford will appear as a witness tomorrow when tomorrow when the he interstate comme commerce commerce c committee reviews dealings with the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania railroad and cor- cor for the T V A plus a contract contract contract con con- tract authorization The bulk of the saving over this years year's expenditures resulted from a cut in funds for the civilian conservation corps and re reductions reductions reductions re- re i of for the veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veterans veterans' vet vet- erans' erans administration and for the railroad retirement board Increases of for the social security board for forthe forthe forthe the interstate commerce commission commission commis commis- sion zion for the civil service retirement fund and for the national labor relations relation board offset offset offset off off- set the economies In reporting the bill bilI to the house the committee included a sharply worded criticism of governmental publicity expenditures s. s the primary purpose of which it said is to build up a public demand for the services of the agency issuing the publicity The drastic cut in C C C funds conformed directly to the budget 1 b bur u r e a us u's recommendations and would give the agency for the next fiscal year in contrast to the for the current year To Eliminate The committee said the slash would mean elimination of C C C camps and reduction of enrollees enrollees enrollees en- en from to Final decision has not been made the re report report report re- re port said as to what camps will be abandoned The committee denied a labor re relations relations relations re- re lations board request for to add 12 to its Washington staff but approved an increase of for 31 additional field em em- described as necessary because because be be- cause of the impetus given the agency's agency's agency's agen agen- cys cy's work by the supreme courts court's validation of the Wagner act An outlay of for tor or the veterans' veterans administration won committee committee com corn approval It includes for construction construction construction tion of additional hospital facilities but no specific projects were listed