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Show Glass and Harrison ' Favor Relief Slash Virginian Would Cut Appropriation for WPA Even More Drastically Than House WASHINGTON, Jan. IS (UP) Chairman Carter Class (D.. Va.) of tha eenata appropriations commute today favored cutting the WPA appropriation bill mora drastically than the SlaO.OOO.OOO rvuucuon approve! oy uie nouae. 1 never discus matters of this kind before they roach th senate floor, but t think that ere $e00.-000,000 $e00.-000,000 Is too much." Oku said to reporter. The house voted 1718,000,000 after rejecting President Rooeevalt's request re-quest for f87B,0O0,OO0. Glaa I In a strategic position to make hi opinion felt alnc hi committee must send th final committee com-mittee draft to th senate floor for action. He mealed his position a Works Progress Administrator Francis C Harrington opened an administration administra-tion fight to restore the kiH to Preeldent Roosevelt's $ST5,000,000 figure. Harrington told an appropriations appro-priations subcommittee that figure ia the absolute minimum adequate ta carry WPA for th next fire months. Senator Pat Harrison (D, Mi.), chairman of th aenate finance committee, com-mittee, Joined th bloo of senators rebelling against th appropriation. Harrison said he would support any move to cut the appropriation to 100.000 000 a figure 1 270,000 XX) below Mr. Roosevelt's request "Nothing ha happened sine 1 appeared before th house appropriation appro-priation osmmltte to change my view en the question of relief (Continue rm Pan Two) Mtuniii Cianl I GLASS FAVORS FU RTHER SLASH lOMMrf ta Tm Omt fund, IUrrlfi(tea told the senats . subcommittee. He bad asked tba boaee group for i750000. Senator generally predicted that the senate would support bow refusal re-fusal to accede to the adminlstra-tlon'f adminlstra-tlon'f eetUnate. Some privately expressed ex-pressed deelre te make a further reductloa la W T A fund. Senator Cart A. Match (D., W. M ) Introduced leveral proposed amend-menU amend-menU to the relief bill to divorce peeitios from W P A. He had the support of (wo eenate eommltteee The Shepperd campaign expenditure! expendi-ture! committee and the Byrnes committee oa unemployment and relief. The Hatch amendmenta would: 1. Prohibit eollcitatlon of fundi for political purpoaee from W P A pereonnel or any pereon receiving relief. 1. Make It unlawful for any pereon per-eon to offer a reward for political activity to W P A worker. 1. Penalise pereone attempting te Intimidate or threaten W P A work ere. 4. Make civil aenrtoe rulee agalnat political activity apply to the relief kill. |