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Show HOUSE GROUP COOL TOWARD VPAREQUEST Dissatisfaction Is Voiced Over 875 Millions as Asked in Budget WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (INS) Sentiment in the house appropriations ap-propriations committee to slash President Roosevelt's $875,000,-000 $875,000,-000 emergency relief requeat grew today as members ex. pressed dissatisfaction with the case placed before them by W P A in the opening hearings. Democratic members, shying from being quoted by name, nevertheleaa privately predicted that the measure mea-sure will go to tha houee floor late next week with a slsable eum lopped off. Tha ranking Republican on tha committee. Representative Tiber of New York, was mora articulate, declaring: de-claring: t "There won't be over one vote on the committee. Democratic or Republican, Re-publican, for tha 875,000,000 figure. It will be cut." Another Republican member. Representative Rep-resentative Lambertson of Kaneaa, aaid: "There la strong sentiment in the committee to reduce the figure. Amounts all the way down to 1300,-000,000 1300,-000,000 are being mentioned." --' Oivea AigmneixaS - Tha new W P A administrator, Colonel F. C. Harrington, the army engineer who succeeded Harry ll Hopkins, spent more than five hours yesterday presenting arguments to tha committee behind closed doors In support of tha requeat. The consensus of committee members mem-bers at the conclusion of tha session ses-sion appeared to be that they were greatly Impressed with Harrington's military brlskneaa and his capabilities, capabili-ties, but they were plainly skeptical of the arguments they heard. When tha committee adjourned over the week end, Harrington and his aids were asked to return Monday for further examination. Mayor to Appear Tha committee, striving to complete com-plete testimony by Monday night, also planned to hear Mayor La-Guardia La-Guardia of New York, spokesmen for U. S. mayors, and representatives representa-tives from the C I O and the Workers Work-ers alliance, both of which favor a relief appropriation greater than that recommended by Mr. Roosevelt. Roose-velt. Meanwhile, the special senate committee on relief and unemployment unemploy-ment completed plana to meet next week to consider the proposal of lta chairman, Senator Byrnea, D B. C), for the establishment of a new relief policy by congreas. At a meeting of the committee yesterday, yester-day, Byrnes outlined his policy ideas and ssked tha committee to consider the possibility of including them In Its formal report to congreas due this month. Under Byrnes' proposal, congress would attempt to enact legislation to coordinate all tha relief activities, and revise the present systsm of allocating W P A funds to the states. The South Carolina member mem-ber favors congress setting up its own formula for the distribution of relief monies along the lines established estab-lished for the allocation of federal highway aid. |