THE RELIEF BILL
RACE AGAINST TIME
NEW PROVISIONS
"DEFINITE HARDSHIP TO MILLIONS"
WASHINGTON, July 1. With the clock racing against them, the New Deal supporters tonight were [forced to accept provisions in the 1940 Relief Bill which they had earlier fought bitterly. After signing a measure whereby 11,755,600,000 dollars will be made available for relief work during the fiscal year commencing tomorrow, Mr. Roosevelt issued a statement declaring that it contained provisions "which will work definite hardship and inequality on more than two million citizens." He added that the measure reached him from Congress at 10 p.m., and "obviously I cannot withhold my signature and stop relief for the needy." The funds in the existing appropriation expired at midnight. Mr. Roosevelt also signed a 1,194,498,633-dollar Agriculture Appro-i
priation Bill. He pointed out that if he withheld his approval the Agricultural Department and the Farm Credit Administration would stop functioning tomorrow. He added that Congress must provide additional funds to meet the expenses not included in the Budget.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 9
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