The Archive · 1937

DETERMINED EFFORT TO PRESS LEGISLATI

Washington, July 16.

President Roosevelt in a series of conferences with Congressional leaders to-day moved to revise his plans in the fight for enactment of hi Judicidry Reforms bill and other Administration legislation Immediately following the lat?

Sen, Joseph I. Robinson's funeral, the Fresident held a lengthy conference with Sen. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina. Senator Byrnes later said they discussed the Unemployment Census Bill but declined to add whether the Judiciary Bill also entered the discussion. Sen. Cárl A

Hatch of New Mexico next saw the President but he declared a "personal matter" was the reason for his call at the White House.

Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi a candidate to succeed Senator Robinson as Majority Leader, discussed this important post with the Chief Executive and came away with the nee that the White House assur would make no attempt to nce selection of the Leader ow The President the task of said electing a new Leader was entirely vp to the Senate Democr Senator Harrison said. He added that he had reported to the President the progress that has been made c legislation designed to plug loopholes in existing tax laws but denied they had discussed the Judic One of President Rooseve gnifieant conferences to-view of the dissension existing the Democratic Party, was v James A. Farley, Postmast and the Administration's chief political strategist. The burden of their talk could not be learned, but Sen.

Key Pittman, of Nevada told re porters that he favoured postponing. election of a new Leader until th next session of Cong to allow me for party wounds to heal.—

United Pr Visit to Manila Possible Messrs. D Pearson and Robert Allen in the r syndicated column o Washington news, "The Washington Merry-go-Round," to-day asserted ihat President Roosevelt is still planning a visit to the Philippines this autumn "if and when Congress final ly passes his most essenti r tion." They said the Presidents plans are still subject to c ' but he made the trip it would be on [board either the 0.5.5. Houston o Basque refugees, mo to France was ist crurer but a British aa stay children, sequently ench War refugee ship to French waters. here his con! private talk with Mr. John Van A MacMurray, Chairman of the Join Committee studying legislation affect-the islands. He he would leave for the Pacific Coast on Monday, en route to Manila. Mr, Mac-Murray, former U.S. Minister to China, started his journey to Manila to-night, accompanied by his wife and daugh United Pres

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