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Show ADIOURIuMH plan mm IN CONGRESS Revised Sugar Bill Passes House by 198-23 Vote WASHINGTON, Aug. M (UP) The senate paeeed the third de-fldenry de-fldenry bill a carry-all measure providing about 1140.000.000 to cover expenditures previously authorised au-thorised by congress and sent It back to the house for concurrence la amendment which added more than (40,000,000. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (AP) Congressional leaders virtually abandoned hope of adjourning congress tonight when senate-house conference committees failed to reach an agreement on the important Wagner housing bill. House Leader Raybura told re-portera re-portera resolution for adjournment adjourn-ment tonight definitely would not be brought before tho house. He said he had told Senate Majority Ma-jority Leader Barkley it would be impossible to adjourn before tomorrow to-morrow and Barkley had agreed With him. Senator Walsh (D.. Mass.), ranking, rank-ing, senate member of the housing bill conference, had said the committee com-mittee probably would not reach an agreement before tomorrow. "It can't be done," he said, when Informed that leaders wanted to wind up the session tonight if agreement agree-ment could first be reached on the housing bill. End In Sight House leaders were not so optimistic op-timistic but the house membership displayed a distinct desire to get the long grind over with as soon as possible. ' In quick succession representatives representa-tives accepted a conference report on the revised sugar control bill and approved . minor senate amendments amend-ments to the administration's tax loophole measure. Both bills were dispatched, by this final congressional congres-sional action, to the White House. The sugar bill which came before both bodies in a conference report was approved by the senate yesterday. yester-day. It carried a provision restricting refined sugar imports from Hawaii and Puerto Rico during the first 28 months of the three-year bill, designed de-signed to replace the expiring sugsr production and marketing stabilization stabiliza-tion law. Several weeks ago President Roosevelt indicated ho would not accept a measure with restrictions on refined shipments from the island possessions on ths ground they would be "discriminatory." Sponsors said they believed that provision for lifting the restrictions March 1, 1M0, would win presidential presiden-tial approval for the measure. Vote Is 1M-ZS The measure was accepted by a standing vote of 1M to 23, indicating, indicat-ing, sponsors said, that it could be passed in the house over a presidential presi-dential veto. Major features of the bill include: Division of the domestic market among various producing areas United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cubs, Philippins islands, Virgin Islands and other foreign countries. Limitation on refined sugar imports. im-ports. A tax of 60 cents per 100 pounds en raw sugar to finance benefit payments pay-ments to growsrs who complied with crop control and other regulations. Sponsors estimated the tax would raise f70.000.000 annually, or 120.- 000. 000 more than necessary for benefit payments. The raw sugar quota system would expire December JL 1M0, while the refined quotas would expire March 1. 1940, unless congress voted otherwise other-wise la ths meantime. Quotas Lasted Figured on a basic annual domestic domes-tic consumption of . 63,670 short tons, the quotas were : Domestic beet, 1,550.000; mainland cane (Florida and Louisiana), 430.000: Hawaii. au.OOO; Puerto Rico, TM.000; Virgin Islands, 9000; Philippines, 1.029.781; Cuba, 1,811,- SOeaUaaaS en Paaa itrek tOslaaiB Tve) ADJOURNMENT -PLANJIMHED (Continued from Pes One) 478: and other foreign countries, 26.412. Refined sugar import quotas within with-in ths above quotas were: Hawaii, 29.61 ; Puerto Rico, 126.033; Philippines, 60,214; Cuba, 375.000. The bill authorizes ths return to the Philippine government of taxes collected on sugar from their region. Southern Democrats in the house have killed the administration's wage-hour bill for this session by the simple trick of keeping silent Many of them attended a party caucus last night called to consider forcing ths rules committee to release re-lease the measure for floor debate but they didn't answer rollcalL As a result the chairman had to announce a quorum was not present and that no resolution could be adopted. The bill was virtually dead even before the southerners and a few others tried their silent treatment The powerful rules committee, usually an administration adjunct has blocked its consideration in the house ever since the senate passed it early this month. House advocates, however, said Democratic leaders had agreed to head a campaign for early enactment enact-ment of the bill at the next session. |
