Sen. McNary tells press that Republican Senators want lending bill amended. Washington, D.C., July 20. Senate minority leader Charles McNary seated at the conference table with reporters as he announced results of a Republican conference this morning on Sen. Alben barkley's lending bill. 'The Republicans will offer amendments calculated to remove some of the unusual powers contained in the program, decrease the appropriations and approve the bill if at all possible', he said. Sen. Barkley announced that he had changed the name of his bill from 'the self-liquidating projects act' to 'works financing act', and chanced the term 'self-liquidating' to 'recoverable assests!' 'There isn't [...]