Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-03-12 | Page 1 | Senate Urged to Rush Relief

I ITO SENATE URGED TO RUSH RELIEF Democrat Interrupts Huey Long Plea WASHINGTON I 1 Mi b. b p JP Senate Administration forces won two test votes otts on the work relief bill today in tn one instance smothering ering an amendment by Senator Hucy I P. P Long Lone 75 5 to 5 B Br ny United Press V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 12 As Huey Hucy Long moved again into into debate over the work relief I program the senate was warned to today today today to- to day that all the people who are dying dying dying dy dy- dy- dy ing of starvation will die before we pass this bill unless we make faster D progress The warning came from Crom Senator M. M M. M Logan D D. Ky Iy who interrupted inter inter- a plea by Long for aid to colleges Im Im not trying to hold up this bill Long retorted All Im I'm doing is trying to get the senate to listen to the standpoint of our educators in the colleges Clause Stricken I haven't said much about the bill yet I read in the papers that I Im I'm conducting a silent filibuster against t it Senator A. A W. W Barkley CD D D. Ky interjected Let me mc say that between between be be- tween that type and the other we infinitely prefer the silent ter The senate approved the first of the appropriation committees committee's amendments striking out the broad public welfare clause in tho the bill and substituting as the bills bill's objective tho the providing o of work relief relle and re relie re- re lie lief Criticizes C C C Senator Edward P. P Costigan D. D Colo Cob proposed an amendment to the committee amendment which would add a n specific declaration permitting use of the work relief relfe fund in useful public projects Long proposed propose that Costigan accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac a further change so that the mone money could be used for educational purposes as well Id like to have several hundred million se se seaside aside for the purpose of oC advancing ad it It to universities to be given students wanting to attend college Long Lorg said The Costigan amendment was defeated de tie 56 to 32 Administration 1 forces believed use of the appropriation appropriation for relief relict and anti work re relief re re- Ue lief liet adequately covered the measures measure's measures measure's meas meas- ures ure's purposes