Show RELIEF PLAN COMPROMISE TAKES FORM Hoover Statement Reveals Steps to Combine Various Various Vari ous Proposals CONFERENCES ARE HELD Tentative Agreement Between Leaders Reported By Associated Press WASHINGTON May 12 A 12 A compromise com corn promise federal relief relie program took shape toda today at conferences revolving about the White House and the Reconstruction Reconstruction Reconstruction Re Re- construction corporation and participated participated in by Republican and Democratic Demo cratie cratic leaders As the discussions concluded Pres Pres' President ident Hoover in a statement revealed the aim as being to combine simplify and put into concrete form various various vari ous relief proposals First of all however however how bow ever is placed a balancing o of the budget I Senators Watson and Robinson Republican Re Re-I Re publican and Democratic leaders re rc were visitors at nt the White House 1 Others there during the morning were President Hawes of at the reconstruction corporation Eugene Meyer chairman of the federal reserve reserve re reo re- re serve board and secretary Mills GOES OVER GOES OVER SITUATION The president went over dyer the situ situa situa- situa a lion tion separately with Watson at breakfast breakfast break break- K fast and later with Robinson Declining to discuss discuss- details Watson Watson Watson Wat Wat- son stated later a tentative agreement agreement agree agree- ment was in prospect Robinson yesterday esterday proposed a two billion dollar bond issue for federal construction and for assistance assistance as to the unemployed He discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed this with the president There is every indication the dent desires to work the problem out through the two billion dollar doliar reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction recon recon- corporation A nonpartisan relict relief program Is expected expected ex ex- ex to pry loose the wedge that will make mat possible an adjournment of congress by June 10 Speaker Garner and Representative tive Snell of New York Republican leader of the house have been in on I the relief consultations it is under under- stood TEXT OF STATEMENT The text of ot President Hoovers Hoover's statement follows At a conference this morning the president and Senator Robinson canvassed can ean the plan of Senator Robinson and the plans of the president to provide provide provide pro pro- vide for relict relief and to stimulate enlarged enlarged en en- employment Methods were considered of combIning combining combining com com- bining simplifying and putting into concrete form the different proposals so as to secure united nonpartisan and immediate action and not to delay delay de de- delay lay completion of the work at this session The president expressed his high ap appreciation of Senator Robinsons Robinson's action in opening the way for tor unified action and his confidence that a solution solution tion will be found It was agreed that the ite ito of any plan is balancing of the budget I Im m B By United Untied Press Pun WASHINGTON May 1 12 War 12 War on tariff thrift rates in the tax bill began in earnest today with the submission ofa of ofa a Democratic minority report denouncing denouncing de de- de tariff log lo rolling in the Continued on Paso Three RELIEF PLAN COMPROMISE TAKES FORM Continued from Page Pace One Ont finance committee and urging rejection rejection tion of the proposed d duties Senators Harrison Mississippi G George orge Georgia Walsh Massachusetts Massachusetts Costigan Colorado and nd Hull Tennessee Tennes signed the minority report seeking to eliminate tariff on coal copper lumber and petroleum and its products The lot log rolling methods which h have ha resulted ed- ed the in-the m in the incorporation of these particular tad tariff items the the r minority report said slid would be Indefensible indefensible In in- defensible ble even f if the committee were considering a general revision of the tariff But to resort to trades exchanges ex cx- changes of votes and on again on-again again off off- again performances that characterized character charleter the incorporation of these items in an emergency revenue measure isan isan is isan an exhibition that will raise serious questions in the public mind concerning concerning concerning concern concern- ing the capacity of representative government to f promptly and without self self interest interest in m great emer emer- gency The report analyzed the tariff items individually and pronounced the coal duties preposterous while conceding concede ing tag the embarrassment of the copper and lumber industries the Democrats complained that the rates were un un- warranted The senators cited a worldwide copper surplus and said if lumber umber were to be protected as in the bill the manufacturers o of agricultural implements hardware fixtures caskets caskets cas cas- refrigerators refrigerators- trunks picture frames tobacco boxes toys toS pencils airplanes etc might properly claim compensatory duties The report said the contention that a 4 cents a pound copper dut duty would prevent dumping of o foreign metal in the market was unconvincing |