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Show PAY BILL STIRS HEATEDDEBATE WASHINGTON, Dee. 14 UPS A printing mixup delayed house action ac-tion today on amendments to the Iwaffea and houra bill and Dermitted more time for heated general discussion dis-cussion of Its provisions. In that debate Representative Lambertson (R., Kan.) said It would set up a dictator for Industry and asked return of the measure to tative McReynolds D., TennJ, also attacking the measure, said it would sacrifice industry and the people of the south. "The self-appointed nursemaid of the measure." McReynolds said, re-ferring re-ferring to Representative Mary T. Norton (D., N. J.), the bill's manager, man-ager, "has so mishandled the diapers dia-pers and the safety pins that through frequent c hangings the child is suffering from a pernicious skin rash." Hopeless Reactionary RepresentaUve Celler D., N. T.) interrupted to call McReynolds a "hopeless reactionary." Mrs. Norton had intended to offer, of-fer, as a substitute for the pending administration measure fixing wages and hours for labor, a print containing 100 amendments her committee had approved. Through some slip the revised prtmswersnoTTeaJy when" the house convened. A small group of rebellious northern north-ern Democrats displaced southern colleagues at the spearhead of leagues today at the spearhead of house opposition to the administration's administra-tion's wage-hour bill. Four members from north of the Mason-Dixon line proffered substitute substi-tute measures which would impose inflexible wage-hour standards on firms engaged in interstate commerce. com-merce. Although the proposed substitutes differed in some details, none would permit any wage or hour differentials differen-tials between the north and the south. Some of their proponents admitted frankly the purpose of the revisions was to alienate members who would support a more flexible measure. Administration forces gained some southern support for the bill last week by agreeing to Include differentials. differ-entials. Southerners contended that without them industry in their region re-gion would be hampered by the legislation. leg-islation. The senate agreed to fix a limit on the amount of corn and wheat each farm can market under marketing mar-keting quotas to be imposed by the "ever-normal granary" bill when supplies became large. This was one of the controversial sections of the bill which had been passed over numerous times during debate. Quotas Are Ordered The provision agreed to order the secretary of agriculture, acting through state, county and local farmer committees, to fix a quota for every farm, irrespective of whether the farmer had signed a contract Producers of less than 100 bushels bush-els of wheat or 300 bushels of corn, or those who consume 75 per cent of production on the farm, are exempted ex-empted from the quotas, if they wish. Feeding of grains to animals for market Is outside the definition of consumption on the farm. ! The marketing quotas were defined de-fined as production from acreage , allotted to corn or wheat Production Produc-tion on excess acreage would be taxed 50 per cent of the "parity price" if sold. Cotton Brings Dispute Southern senators then engaged in a dispute over the method for determining cotton acreage under the compulsory marketing quotas. The original draft of the bill provided pro-vided all "tilled acres" should be considered In making cotton allotments. allot-ments. Several southern senators said this was unfair because ground planted to peanuts, wheat, corn, tobacco to-bacco and sugar cane would be considered, con-sidered, with the result that areas where cotton alone was planted might be penalised. Other portions of the president's legislative program were advancing slowly. Both senate and house banking committees continued their study of the housing bill, the senate group beginning the final consideration consid-eration of amendments. Senator Barkley told reporters the bill might be finished late in the day. |