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Show Lahor Chief Sounds Warning j At Hearing On Relief Bill that the measure would pass atfer vxtcmU'd dr-bnte. In his testimony, MeGrady said Cvafins in New York were per cent ol' normal, and that cotton had reached the lowest price in 200 years." "Mr. Hoover and his associate; j start at the wrong end. What is needed is not an increase in the credit power of financial agencies t'nat exploit and oppress the people We demand for the working classes ; immediate rciief and employment." WASHINGTON, June 20 (UP) A prophecy by Edward F. MeGrady Me-Grady of the American Federation of Labor that, if relief is not afforded, af-forded, "it will be a cry to save the government" next winter instead of pleas to help the needy brought applause today in a crowded senate committee room. "The president and congress must realize that conditions are not going to get better but that they will get worse," MeGrady said in testifying on relief legislation be fore the senate manufacturers' committee. "We are heading into very serious ser-ious consequences' and the leaders ! must understand that the situation I j should be met intelligently and boldly before congress adjourns. "Save the Government" "If they do not, next winter it will not be a cry to save the needy, but a cry to save the government." The senate, meanw'hile, took up the $2,000,000,000 Wagner construction construc-tion relief program, with indication |
