Washington, Apr. 18.
House leaders, aiming for adjournment within the next thirty days, rushed work on the Administration's omnibus "pump priming" bill in an effort to bring it to the floor by May 1 despite mounting opposition from Republicans and some Democrats.
Mr. Wiliam B. Bankhead, Democratic Representative from Alabama, and the majority floor leader, Mr. Sam Rayburn, Democratic Representative from Texas, agreed that the House Appropriation Committee would have the bill ready by May 1 or possibly sooner.
Mr. Rayburn said he believed that President Roosevely would not insist on passage of any additional measures this session. permitting a deen-up of pending appropriation bus and routine business and leading toward adjournment by May 20.
Mr. Bankhead said a White House conference had nor discussed monopoly legislation nor income taxation of Federal securities or the salaries of Federal employees. Most Con-pressmen believed these and other pending measures would be postpone ed until next session.
Mr. Edward T. Taylor, Democratic Representative from Colorado, commenting on the speeches of Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Michigan De-morat, and Mr. John D. M. Hamilton, Chairman of the National Committee of the Republican Party, made the charge that the Republicans bad refused to offer anything but criticism.
"If they want to make a political issue of human misery," Mr. Taylor said, "let them come on. They can shout allithey want but the bill will Pass."—United Press,
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