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Sie sealed RE SETS ge ata ag eee oe a iy . “ft Wir ay ae or ae ee, ‘yp te eee wade, iter eee, irs. Rooseve" “ ays FVA— Should Not Be Hampered Staiement Indicates Disapproval of McKellar Bill; Opposition to Poll Tax Is Expressed ,By EDWARD FREEMAN ,that NYA and CCC should be re- Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in an interview here last night raid the TVA should continue its operation without congressional limitation. g|method af Insuring maximum wer ba b-y, tained and perhaps combined, and thal the 40-hour week was the best materials production. She said also that she had always been opposed to the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting and favored Congressional action in ridding the copntry of it, rather than waiting for "the proved slowness of states” in abolishing it Arrives By Plane The First Lady arrived by plane yesterday afternoon to participate in a three-day session of the South- ern Conference for Human Wel- fare which held {ts first meeting at the War Memorial Auditorium Jast night. | Mrs. Roosevelt, in her press con- | ference at the Noe! Hotei, said she | favored a ceiling on prices, WERES and profits, but said such a ceiling must guarantee that labor uniona have certain safeguards, the most limportant of which she said ts col- lective bargaining. = i “The Tennessee Valley Author- ity,” she said, “has done such @ a A ! Is. Roosevelt (Continued From Page One) Continued on Page 10, Calumn 2) eed job that it should continue just as it ia without interence from Congress or anyone else. It has an important part to play in the win- ning of this war.” A bill has been introduced in the senate by Sen. K, D. McKellar of Tennessea which would place all VA expenditures under direct con- &ressional control, making neces- Rary congregsional appropriation before, norma) expenditures could be made. TVA proponents have de- Clared that passage of the bill would seriously hamper TVA's Operation, despite its importance © war production power manufac- gre. “She said the NYA was “extraordi- tify useful even now,” but sald 4 it, like the WPA, was bound » \ange somewhat. Perhaps, she 1 \a combination of the NYA, Ly gahe said trained youth in in- 6 nd speedy production, and “, © which she sald empha- gtSsary outdoor work and Being of healthy bodies, saw Teo Young eA” Mrs. Roosevelt aaid, ee to a group too young ? peLindustry, and by the uN ‘¢ old enough for in- Miscive-they will be ready." Solcemphasis in industry EE ction. Seeded! the juat that. tm etme“ Clincine frem Hasovill. Tennesse in alist 3 m Uesiwitle, Tennesse §-20~42 loo - (0855-52 i tol - - el rr te . AL