Bitter Fight Looming Over His Intention to Keep Down Appropriation Washington, Dec, 10.
harmony between Democrats and Republicans, which has characterized the current session of Congress to date, was severely strained to-day and an additional complication appeared as a bitter fight between President Hoover and Congress loomed.
The rift between the Democrats and the Republicans became evident to-day during senate consideration of the bill providing for G.$100,000,000 to be used for the relief of unemployment.
Senator Kenneth McKellar, De-morat of Tennessee, led the attack on President Hoover and on the Senate Republicans. The Democratic leader was vitriolic in his denunciation of the President. He vas emphatic in his support of the relief measure. charge," said Senator Me-Kellar, "that President Hoover himself has led a series of raids on the United States treasury. After the stock market crash of a year ago Mr. Hoover himself requested that millions of dollars in taxes be refunded. Mr. Hoover himself requested "a federal subsidy for! American shipping. And now the President wants G$150,000,000 for gambling and specul by the federal farm aid board.
"But the request ty farmers and unemployed workingman for relief} is termed a raid on the treasury,' Senator McKellar said.
Senator McKellar asserted that President Hoover is unreasonable when he opposes an appropr
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