Show Bourbons Face Explosive Issues With Confidence Leadership Works V to Put Roosevelt's Program Program Program Pro Pro- gram ram Smoothly Through Congress WASHINGTON Dec 31 AP With AP-With With explosive Issues in the offing the dying year found the Democratic leadership laboring today to weld its ils huge majority Into a unit to put the Rooe Roosevelt adminis administrations administration's program smoothly through the seventy fourth congress opening Thursday Surveying a membership that ranges from wealth share men on the left to pillars of ot old line cons conservatism conservatism con con- s on the right leaders acknowledged acknowledged ac ac- ac that controversies are in an store But they said they found a consensus consensus' among many returning members that the last election was a am m mandate to follow President Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's veIts lead The presidents president's program program embracing ing a vast range of program problems topped by relief relic of the unemployed unemployed has has yet yetto yetto ct to be revealed in any detail Legislators Legisla Legisla- tors expect him to give an outline of principles and aims in a message which he will deliver on Friday probably in person Answer to Question On Saturday with the delivery of the presidents president's b budget m message will vill come th the answer to one paramount question How much will be spent for public works Sp Speculation has ranged from to but n no one has given any authoritative authoritative au au- au statement Representative Byrns I D i Tenn Term slated to be the speaker of the house howe there came today a prediction pre pre- diction that although be extended ded and widespread on some rome issues in the end the Democrats will work together Placing relief at the top of all alI pro problems problems lems he said the federal government had acted wisely in taking the lead leadin leadin in the attack on it Now he added business is improving and it uit will be one of our tasks to determine whether er and how to taper off oll the federal governments government's activities The Republicans weaker numerically cally in congress than at any time in years are arc in no position to win out out- I out and party fights They say their I Irole role will be one of constructive criticIsm cism Representative Snell R. 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N YI regarded as t tho probable choice for Republican leader in the house said his party's tf unction was to o put each proposal to lito a test of merit pure and simple Job Insurance Plan a way three plan of ot job insurance with employer empl and state government taking part he also said We must guard against plans for unlimited currency C Continued donY on Tane u Two Two- or BOURBONS FACE TRYING ISSUES Leaders Seek Unity Behind Roosevelt's Program Program Program Pro Pro- I gram Continued from PUll Page One I Ilion lion ion and further urther tinkering with I money I President Roosevelt secluded i himself him him- sel self elf for the third successive day to glue together what he calls the scraps of his message The Democratic steering steer steer- ing ng and policy committees of or the senate senate sen sen- ate planned to meet with Leader RobinSon of Arkansas to formulate strategy plans and committee ratios A As for the house several state delegations dele delegations prepared to caucus on the and leadership nomina nomina- ions The appropriations committee continued a fast pace hopIng hop hop- ing ng to have three or four annual money bills ready for the floor b by January 7 Just now the soldier bonus onus issue looks like a headliner Though the president has made no official statement high ion tion officials have shown no favor for or immediate pa payment ment in m full So strong trong is the congressional support for or such payment however that there here has been much talk of possible compromise Leaders were watching closely also alson in n an attempt to guage the strength of ot drives for currency inflation 4 H Many any Other Topics Be Besides Beides ldes relief reIfel P public works and an administration social security program program pro pro- gram which will include unemployment ment insurance and possibly old age p pensions many other topics are expected expected ex ex- to be debated among them Permanent legislation extensIon extension exten exten- sion slon of the reconstruction corporations corporation's corporations corporation's corpora- corpora tion's ions life changes in the agricultural agricultural tural ural adjustment and Bankhead colon cotton cot col ton on control act more money for home homeowners homeowners' homeowners homeowners' homeowners homeowners' owners' owners loans taking the profit out of war regulation of utility holding companies the St. St Lawrence seaway treaty and the world court A task confronting the senate enate Democratic Democratic Dem Dm conference today was finding something for the senate to work on the he first week or so while the house forges ahead with appropriations measures Some thought the Root formula for lor or American adherence to the world court shelved repeatedly in the past might be trotted trolled out of the foreign relations committee to take up the senates senate's time while waiting for the money bills to come from the house Others believed the court should once more more be postponed on the ground It would delay more Important important tant emergency measures With the virtually assured assured as as- for Representative Byrns Tennessee Ten Tennessee Democrat house Democrats will caucus Wednesday to select a floor leader See No Difficulty Senate leaders do not anticipate any difficulty in arriving at new new- committee committee com corn ratios In proportion to the increased in increased creased Democratic majorities but a fight is in prospect in the house Some Democrats there have been urging a 3 to 1 majority on committees committees committees commit commit- tees for their party on the ground the house is divided about that wa way but sut Representative Englebright of California the minority whip has served notice he will contend for liberal representation of the minority minor ity for safety sake on such ant lant committees as appropriations and ways was and means |