[1935 Ja 18, 1,4; 19:2]
 
ROOSEVELT OFFERS HIS SECURITY PLAN
  FOR JOBLESS, THE AGED AND WIDOWS;
    PROGRAM SPLITS CONGRESS PARTY LINES

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SHARP RIFT OVER DETAILS
All Parties Hail Theory,
but Criticism Rises on
Methods of Aid.
Borah and M'Nary Hit $15 Fed-
eral Pension as Too Small—
Townsend Foes for It.
DEMOCRATS PLEDGE ACTION
Snell Plans Republican Parley
—'Program Carfully Worked
Out,' Says Robinson.
special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
  WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The reaction to President Roosevelt's social security program, as outlined in his message to Congress, was the shattering of party lines so far as this issue was concerned.
  Democrats, Republicans, Progressives and Farmer-Laborites were unanimous in their support of the principle of Federally directed social security. Criticism was confined almost entirely to the methods proposed.
  A good deal of immediate comment was averted when Republican leaders in the House decided to call a conference to consider a course of action on the President's proposal.
  "I for one do not intend to talk about the program until I have had time to study it and discuss it with the other," remarked Representative Snell of New York, minority leader of the House.
Differences on Old-Age Plan.
  A complaint that the program was inadequate in its proposals for old-age pensions came from Senators Borah and McNary, Republicans, while Representative McGroarty, Democrat, of California, who introduced the Townsend Plan Bill in the House, also regretted the old-age provisions.
  The message was hailed by Representative Michener, Republican, of Michigan, as a decisive blow to the "Townsend Planners," while many other Republicans, including....
[continues with quotes from SENATORS Robinson (D-Ark), Harrison (D-Miss), Borah (R-Ida), McNary (R-Ore), Couzens (R-Mich), Johsnon (R-Calif), and Norris( (R-Neb) and REPRESENTATIVES Speaker Byrns (D-Tenn), McGroarty (D-Calif), Lewis (D-Md), Fish (R-NY), Eaton (R-NJ), Michener (R-Mich), Dirksen (R-Ill), Taber (R-N?)]
  M'GROARTY. Democrat, of California—I agree with him in the main except as to old-age pensions. If he studied the Townsend plan his troubles would be over.