Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-25 | Page 1 | Senate Gets Two Billion Relief Bill

SENATE TE GETS TWO BILLION RELIEF BILL Bourbon Solons Salons Submit Measure Measure Measure Mea Mea- sure for Revival of Industry BY COMMITTEES Wagner Presents Act Takes Issue With Hoover B By Dy Associated Press WASHINGTON May 25 A 25 A 2300 Democratic bill for unemployment I ment meat relief and revival of industry was laid today before the senate with the approval of or the combined Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic steering and policy committees The bill was introduced by Senator Wagner Democrat New York on behalf behall be be- half hall of the five Democratic senators who drafted it He took issue with President Hoovers Hoover's objections to a abond abond abond bond issue for public works telling the senate there is no merit in the presidents president's criticism that public works provide but transitory employment Surely transitory employment is be better better bet bet- ter than none Furthermore federal public works work do not differ in that respect from local local lo lo- local cal toll bridges and tunnels which L I arc are agreed to by the president president- Other members of the subcommittee tee ee that drafted it were Senators Robinson Robinson Rob Rob- inson jason of Arkansas Walsh o of Montana Pittman of Nevada and Bulkley o of Ohio CONSERVATIVE PROGRAM Wagner said the bill offered a as conservative a program of legislation as the severity o of the present emergency emergency emer emer- gency will permit and added We cannot overlook the fact tact that according to the department o of labor there here are in cities holding less than han third one-third of the nations nation's population population tion ion more than families who are ire living on charity Meanwhile l in the house Speaker Garner announced his relief elief program had been drafted into legislation and would be introduced in n the house tomorrow The senate Democratic b bill proposed proposes to o divide the for public works as follows For federal aid highway systems For emergency construction o of pubic public pub pub- lie lic ic roads For prosecution o of river and harbor rejects projects already authorized 00 For prosecution of flood control projects alread already authorized 00 For continuation of construction of the he Hoover dam For air navigation fac facilities under the he commerce department construction construe construe- tion ion o of lighthouses and boats 00 For construction projects already authorized under the bureau of yards and nd docks nav navy department 00 For emergency construction of pubic pub ic lie buildings already authorized PERMANENT IA PROJECTS Most of these items are taken token from pending ending appropriation bills The remainder remainder remainder re re- re- re of the would be available for permanent improvement projects selected by the president from rom those already authorized Representative Snell the Republican can an leader upheld the administration program for relief relict Our budget for lor the coming fiscal year car calls caUs for tor an outlay of for public works and and buildings 1 he ie said nid S This is two and one one-i 31 times the ordinary expenditure for such pur- pur poses oses The amount will take care of I everything in the offing that has any reasonable need or justification for spending pending money Then if it we can in addition create under the reconstruction corporation some ome way to advance money to states for or the construction of ot projects which are arc re ready to be put under way and only awaiting the funds and also to help private industry we will go as asar asfar asfar far ar as we can toward providing em- em