Regulations Ban Use of Funds for Politics Washington, Jan. 28.
The Senate today approved the $725,000,000 Works Progress Administration dedcieney appropriation bill carrying $150,000,000 less than recommended by President Roosevelt. The bill also carried stringent regulations banning the use of relief funds in politics.
The measure was approved by a voice vote after a day of bitter debate on scores of amendments, one of which was introduced by the Administration in an attempt to restore the $875.- 000,000 appropriation recommended by the President. This amendment was rejected by a vote of 47 to 46 by a coalition of rebellious conservative Democrats and new Republican Senators.
The ban against the use of relief funds in polities is one of the most severe ever approved by the Senate. The regulation severely penalizes anyone seeking to influence the votes of W.P.A. workers and bans the solicitation of political funds from any kind of Federal employee.
The new ruling came as a direct outgrowth of the widespread charges that W.P.A. funds had been used to influence the last elections. A report on this question recently submitted to the Senate testified that irregularifies had occurred in at least four states.—United Press.
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