The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
SENATE SHELVES POSTALPAYBILL; VOTE BLOCKED Parliamentary Filibuster Halts Action On Ster-
 ling Measure CHAMBER VOTES
 TO CONSIDER BILL Administration Bloc De- fers Definite Action.
 Until Later Date

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-An- other unsuccessful attempt was made in the senate today to bring vote upon President Coolidge's veto of the postal salary increase bill. Those desiring to override the veto succeeded by a vote of Il to 30 in getting the issue before the sen ate, but the parliamentary situation prevented a decision and the bill went back to it's place on the table.
 The move for immediate consideration of the veto was made by Senator Ash hurst, democrat, Arizona, during the opening hour after Chairman Sterling of the post office committee, had intro duced a bill proposing increased postal rates in line with recommendations by Postmaster General New. The Arizona senator objected to the second reading of the Sterling bill, thus preventing the measure being referred to committee.
 Situation At Standstill
 As result of today's skirmish, the postal pay situation is practically at a standstill, Senator Ashurst, said later. The Sterling bill cannot be referred to committee for action until routine aggressive business is again in order. Likewise, the vetoed measure cannot be called up in the face of unanimous con sent agreement giving right Of way to the Muscle Shoals bill and then to the Isle of Pines treaty, until the same op- portunity is afforded.
 Thirteen republican senators voted today with A democrats and two farm er-labor members to bring the veto before the senate, while three democrats opposed immediate action. Supporters of the presidents position declared later that several senators who recorded themselves as for disposition of the pos tai pay bill, would have opposed move tut override the veto and that, lacking these votes, the opposition had failed to show sufficient strength to re-enact the vetoed pay bill.
 Appeal Is Taken
 A tangled parliamentary situation developed from Senator Ashurst's mo- ton to take up the pay bill, which was met by Senator Sterling's move that both the bill and the vote be reterreu to his committee. Under the rules, this ordinarily would have thrown wide open the doors of debate. Several anti. veto senators, however, at once called attention to the unanimous consent agreement entered into Saturday by which debate today was to be limited to ten minutes by any one senator The chair ruled that the agreement had applied only to the Muscle Shoals ques' tion. Senator McKeller, democrat Tennessee, appealed from this decision The appeal itself, was then taken by Senator Sterling as opening unre stricted debate and he proceeded to hold the floor until the conclusion of the "morning hour" automatically displaced the postal bill.
 Under the Sterling bill rates would be increased on third class matter so as to yield about $1S,000,000 more eact wear, and on fourth class matter to in crease the income by $12,O00,OOO, while 12,50O000 would be sought from posta cards and miscellaneous first class mail S10. 0.S76,000. From second class, in cluding newspapers, and $4, 16l,WN from insured and c. o. D. mail.