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Show Western Senators Agree on Vote to Set Silver Price UPPER HOUSE -WILL BALLOT-OIISlRATE BALLOT-OIISlRATE Pact Reached as 'Must' Bills' Deadline Approaches WASHINGTON, June 24 (AP) Western senators agreed today to end their lengthy speechmaking oi the administration monetary bill by voting Monday on a silver price-fixing amendment Majority Leader Barkley (D., Ky.) obtained the agreement for a vote n the amendment sponsored by Senator Pittman (D., Nev.) after the senate had to send Its sergeant at arms out to round up enough members to conduct business at the usual Saturday session. - The amendment would require the secretary of the treasury to pay (1.27 an ounce for .domestic silver, compared with the present pries of 4.64 under the silver purchase program, continuation of which beyond be-yond ths Juna 10 expiration data is provided in toe monetary bill,.,.., 'Mart' Bills Periled ' Ths agreement to vote was obtained ob-tained after Majority Leader Bark-ley Bark-ley reprimanded the senate for ths half-hour delay in obtaining a quorum quo-rum of 48 senators. Ths fight over monetary legislationwhich legisla-tionwhich extends for two years the S2.000.000.000 stabilization fund and presidential powers for further (old devaluation haa threatened to hold up other important legislation legisla-tion that the administration wants passed before July 1. including the 11.700,000,000 relief bilL The agreement cams after assurances assur-ances from Barkley that the treasury treas-ury would continue its pries of M M cents an ounce failed to placate the westerners. Deadline Near Both factions kept an eye on the calendar. Next Friday midnight the government's fiscal year ends and a number of bills. Including tfis monetary and relief measures, must bs enacted before then or important im-portant administration powers will end. Barkley's statement that the treasury would continue the present silver pries for six months after June SO was coolly received by Senator Sen-ator Pittman D, Nev ). Referring to a previous reduction reduc-tion in the price, Pittman said: "There is no satisfaction in ths perpetuation of the unemployment of 318,000 persons In seven western states caused by the reduction in the price of silver from 77.S cents to M.M cents an ouncs. "I Intend to make no mors appeals ap-peals to the executive branch of ths government. I Intend to trust to the justice and intelligence of the congress. I am satisfied congress con-gress will bs Just." Ths senate talkfest Is directed at legislation continuing for two years the administration's emergency Monetary powers. Scheduled to expire June SO. the existing authority permits the administration ad-ministration to devalue ths dollar further, to maintain the $2,000,000.-O00 $2,000,000.-O00 stabilization fund and to buy domestically mined silver at prices above the world market. |