The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-12
AGRICULTURE,
CIVIL BILLS
ARE VETOED
BY WILSON
Provision Repeating Daylight
Saving Law Opposed by
President - Sees Serious
Consequences
five MEASURES SIGNED
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, July 12.-President
Wilson today vetoed the agricultural
bill because Of It's provision repeating
the daylight saving law.
The president also vetoed the sun
dry civil bill.
The president explained that he We
toed the sundry civil measure 'be-
cause of certain items of the bill
which seem to me likely to be OF the
most serious consequences
Message to House.
In regard to the agricultural blu
the president sent the following COM
munication to the House Of Represen-
tatives:
II take the liberty of returning H. R.
1857, an act making appropriations for
the department Of agriculture for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1920 with
out my signature.
Il realize, of course, the great in
convenience which may arise from the
postponement Of the legislation at this
time, but feel obliged to withhold my
signature because Of the clause which
provides that at and after o'clock a.
m. on Sunday. October 26, 1919, next,
the act entitled an act to save day
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the United States approved March 10,
1918. be and hereby is repealed
II believe that the repeal of the act
referred to would be very great incon-
venience to the country and I think
that I am justified in saying that 1t
would constitute something more than
an Inconvenience. 1t would involve a
| serious economic loss"
In regard to the sundry civil bill
the president In another communtca-
ton to the house said:
Under the vocational rehabilitation
bill, which became law June 81, 1918.
the congress has sought TO fulfill the
expectations of the country that the
soldier. sailor and marine, disabled In
the recent war should be given an
opportunity to secure. at the expense,
and under the fostering care OF the
federal government. such training as
he needs to overcome the handicap of
his disability and to resume his place
as a civilian. be able to earn a living
upon something like equal footing
with those with whom he was associat-
ed before he made his great sacrifice
for the honor and defense of the coun-
| try.
| Rehabilitation at Height.
THE work Of ehabilitation under
this admirable law Is now at its
height, and was to have been given
greater speed and certainty by the
| amendment to section 2 of the voca-
tional rehabilitation bills, which I
have today signed and which places
the whole responsibility for vocational
training in a single agency, virtually
transferring from the war risk insur-
ance bureau to the federal boards for
vocational education $6.000.000. with
which to support disabled men In
training at the generous figure Of $50
a month for single man and s100
| a month for a man and his wife.
1T is a matter of very grave con-
cern. therefore, that at the very mo.
ment when these disabled men are
coming in constantly increasing mum.
bers to the government to avail them.
should appear in the sundry civil ap-
propriation bill which / now return,
limiting clauses which will do much
more than seriously cripple and re-
tard the beneficial work o. restoring
these men to useful and contented
lives. These clauses would probably,
in fact II put into effect, nuliify the
whole purpose OF the act and render
its administration practically impos-
sible"
Signs Wire Return Bills.
Late Friday the president signed
the army. navy, deficiency and DIS
trfct Of Columbia appropriation bills
and the resolution repeating the act
under which the telephone, telegraph
and cable companies were taken over
during the war.
All the appropriation measures sign.
ed by the president become laws i'm.
mediately with the appropriations ret
roacttve to July 1. but the wire reso-
luton does not become effective until
the end of the month when the prop.
critics will be returned to their owners.
Under the resolution intrastate tele-
phone rates established under govern,
ment control will remain effective for
four months unless modified sooner
by state rate-making bodies.