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Show PRESIDENT FIRM FOR WAGE BILL WASHINGTON. Dec. SO (I.VS1-President (I.VS1-President Roosevelt today advised a trio of Democratic congressmen that he still feci it is necessary to hsvt some kind of wage-hour legislation legis-lation at the earliest possible moment. mo-ment. In turn, the congressmen Representatives Rep-resentatives Healey of Massachu- setts, Mead of New York and Me- Keough of Illinois assured the president they agreed with bis philosophy and wouldJend every effort after the holidays to writs a bill into the statute books. WASHINGTON, Dec. 40 M Congressional leaders rushed the housing bill to the senate today in an attempt to enact one major measure before midweek adjournment adjourn-ment of the special session. A subcommittee voted unanimously unani-mously yesterday to recommend to the senate legislation differing in only a few details from the bill passed Saturday by the house. The full committee was called together this morning to add Its approval. Majority Leader Barkley (D.. Ky.) said he expected the final senate vote to be as one-sided as the 325-X3 325-X3 rollcall In tha house. The senate and house measures were so similar, leaders said, that compromising 1 h differences should take virtually no time. Thus they hoped to send the legislation to the White House before adjournment adjourn-ment Wednesday or Thursday. Booeemlt Holds Parley The only legislation passed so far by both chambers has been a crop control program. The house and sens re bills are so greatly at variance, vari-ance, however, that an agreement cannot be reached until next month. President Roosevelt called in his lieutenants on capitol hill today to discuss nis entire legislative program, pro-gram, including the wage-hour bill which tha house sidetracked. Many congressmen expressed doubt that the measure could be revived for months. Despite that setback and tha general gen-eral lack of accomplishments, administration ad-ministration chieftains called the special session a distinct success. They said it would lessen materially mate-rially the length of the 193s session, beginning January 3, because the "spade work" on the president's program has been done. "Spade Work' Dona An Informed house member said Mr. Roosevelt already has begun applying pressure to prevent the regular session from running beyond be-yond May L He based his statement state-ment on what ha termed the "unusual "un-usual activity" In tha house appropriations appro-priations committee. Hearings on two major appropriation appropria-tion bills those for the navy and independent offices arc finished, and a third, on the treasury-post-office supply measure, will and early this week. Navy Budget Rise Members of tha house appropriations appropria-tions committee disclosed that budget estimatea for administrative expenses had been increased for very major governmental agency. Increases also had been recommended recom-mended for other activities, they amid, although soma items had been cut Aa Increase of about $50,000,000 has been recommended for the navy department, they reported, to finance tha start of construction f aeveral new ahipa, Including two nor MO.000,000 battleships. The appropriation for the current fiscal year was 1518,000.000, which Included Includ-ed funds to start two battleships. NOMINEE REJECTED WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 (INS) By a rote of seven to five, the senate sen-ate finance committee today rejected reject-ed President Roosevelt's nomination of T. Roy Yoke to be Internal revenue rev-enue collector at Morgantowa, W. Vs. |
