The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-05
BUDGET BILL
IS REPASSED:
SENATE NEXT
Congress, on Eve of Adjourn
ment, Gets Busy-Mer-
chant Marine Measure Com
pleted For President.
BIG ACTS ARE DONE
(Ry Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, June 5.-After it
had been amended to meet President
Wilson's objections the bill establish
ing a national budget system July l, !
was repassed today by the house and
sent to the senate.
The president held that the bill was
unconstitutional because it took from
the chief executive the power to re-
move the comptroller general and the
assistant comptroller general, both of
whom would be appointed by him with
the advice and consent of the senate.
The president said he returned the
measure unapproved with the great
est regret" because he was in entire
sympathy" with its objects.
The vote, taken at midnight to pass
the bill over his veto, was 176 to 103,
or nine less than the required two
thirds majority. Thirty-five Demo
Gratis joined with the Republicans in
voting to disregard the presidents OBJ
lection.
Merchant Marine Bill Sent.
The merchant marine bill. approved
last night by both the senate and
house after differences had been
smoothed out by conferees was sent
today to the president for his sigma
eventual sale of the government meI-
chant fleet to Americans if possible,
and if not to foreigners.
The senate voted on the bill three
times and the house twice. 1t was
considered three times in conference
bofore it was whipped into shape ac-
ceptable TO the house. which finally
approved the measure by vote Of 14o
10 100 after a long debate.
The bill creates a shipping board I
Of seven members and directs 1t to sell
the governments ships as expeditions
~ as consistent with good Judgment
American would be able to pay for
vessels purchased in installments dur
ing a Is year period. Foreigners
would be required to make full pay
ment within 10 years.
The bill also seeks to encourage the
construction of ships by private in
terests and to encourage the extension
of Americas foreign trade
Adjourn at p. m.
With sine die adjournment set for
four D. m. both houses had busy ses-
sions today.
Many of the more important bills
were cleared away in night sessions
which lasted until early today, but
crowded calendars still confronted
both the house and the senate. The
house had been notified by Chairman
Porter of it's foreign affairs committee
that it would be called upon to act dur
ing the day on the senate resolution
declining to grant President Wilson
authority to assume on behalf of the
United States a mandate over Ar
menia. Forty minutes debate was to
be permitted and amendments were
10 be barred. Republicans expect the
resolution to be adopted.
Decision of the senate to recede
from its amendments adding $12,000,-
900 to annual rivers and harbors ap-
preparation bill presaged enactment
Of that measure which is the only one
of the big supply measures which have
not been sent to the president.
The original house bill carried $12,-
100000. The conference report on
the third deficiency appropriation bill,
carrying s5SOOO,0O0 including $14,00o,-
900 to meet the deficit resulting from
government control of telegraph and
telephone lines was adopted by both
senate and house early today.
The senate at it's night session con-
firmed the nominations of about 500
postmasters and when it convened TO-
day about COO more remained to be
acted on. Other pending nominations
included those of John SHELTON Will
Jams to be comptroller of the currency
and of Martin ]. Gillen to be a mem
Ter of the shipping board. Indications
rerr that neither of these nomina
tiOns would be confirmed before ad-
jOurnmCnt.
Act On Income Tax Measure.
InSiStCnt demands from Senator Har-
lis. Democrat. Georgia. had brought
from senate leaders the promise to
act on his resolution asking the treas
Ury department to make public the
earnings of large corporations as
shown by income tax statements.
Measures on which legislative ac-
tiOn was completed last night and
which We're to go to the president to-
day include:
The resolution repelling all war
laws with the exception Of the Lever
food act and the trading with the en-
Cmy act; the bill granting increased
pay to postal employees beginning July
l, and the merchant marine bill.
Measures which leaders said were
certain to fail of enactment included:
the bill to regulate the meat packing
industry, various tariff bills. the cold
storage bill, the sugar embargo bill
legislation to bar dangerous aliens
from the country and the bill authoriz-
ing the war department to operate the