New Britain herald., 1924-04-24
BONUS PASSES BY
 VOTE OF 67 ID l7
Senate Has Enough Ballots to F.. Override Any Veto

Washington, April a4-The senate, following in the footsteps of the house passed the soldiers bonus insurance till late yesterday by majority suf- fcient to carry it over a presidential veto. The vote was 67 to IF.
 President Coolidge has declared against a bonus, but proponents of this particular kind of adjusted com- pensation legislation are hopeful that it will meet with his approval. Be fore the bill reaches him, however, 1t must go to conference for adjustment of minor differences with the house.
 Assured by republican leaders that they would vote to override a veto of the bill, but would support a veto of a cash bonus measure, the senate re- sisted all efforts to add a cash option.
 Cash Plan Defeated
 The test on this question came with the rejection, 4S to 37, of an amend ment by Senator Copeland, democrat, New York, which would have left with the former service men the choice of
 
 certificates provided for in both the senate and house bills.
 Many democratic senators who vot- ed for the measure in its present form denounced it as miserable makeshift." and gold brick" and formal notice was given that at some future time efforts would be made to amend 1t so as to enable the veterans to get cash.
 Roll Call On Bonus.
 On the final vote on the bill, nine democrats and eight Republicans op- posed 1t, while ss republicans, 33 democrats and two farmer-labor sem ators supported t. The roll call fol- lowslsg ss-s
 For ths bonus:
 Repubiicans-Brandeges, Brook hart. Bursum. Cameron, Capper, Colt Cummins, Curtis. Dale, Elkins. Fess, Frazier. Gooding. Hale. Howell, Jones, of Washington: Reyes, Ladd, Lodge, Mccormick. Mckinley, Mclean, Me- Nary. Norbeck. Norris, oddie, Phipps, Shortridge, Spencer. Stanfleld, Serling, Warren and Willis-S3.
 Democrats Adams, Ashurst, Brcussard, Caraway, Copeland. Fer ria Fletcher. George, Gerry. Harris, Harrison. Hefiin. Jones of New Mexi- co, Kendrick. Mcclellan, Mayfield, Neely, Overman, owen, Pittsman, Ral- ston. Ransdell. Sheppard. Simmons, Smith, Stanley, Stephens Trammell, Walsh of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana, and Wheeler, Dill.-32.
 Far7ner-Labor - Johnson of Min nesota, and Shipst stead-2.
 Total, CT.
 Against the bonus:
 Republicans Ball, Borah, Edge, Ernst. Fernald, Pepper, Smotth and wadsworth--S.
 emocrats--Bayard, Bruce, Dial, Edwards, Glass, King, Shields, Swan son, and underwood-s.
 Six senators who voted against the bill voted in favor of the cash option feature. They were Borah, republi- can. and Dial. Glass. King, Swanson and Underwood, democrats.
 Main Features Alike
 There is no difference between .he senate and house on the main features of the bill. Each has ap- proved the major provision which are:
 Cash payments to veterans whose adjusted compensation would not ex- ceod $50.
 Twenty year endowment insurance policies based on adjusted service pay at the rate of s1 day for domestic service and sl.25 . day for overseas service.
 Provision is made in the insurance feature under which the veteran, af- ter a period of two years from the date of the issue of his certificate, could obtain loans from banks up to % per cent of the current cash value of the certificate.
 Senate Amendments
 The more important amendments written into the house bill by the sen- ate were:
 That cash payments be made avail able immediately instead of after nine months from the date of the enact ment of the measure.
 That the insurance certificates would be issued after July 1, 1925, instead of January 1, 1925.
 lndI NeLeThnr bHOhtu Do EritNcu VI paying compound interest to the treas ury upon redemption of certificates which had been allowed to lapse as security for bank loans. Placing entire control of the admin istration of the act under the direc- tor of the veterans bureau instead of under the secretary of war and secre- fary of the navy. Eliminating employe, of the public health service from the benefits on the bill. Making the legislation applicable to 1 female yeoman Of the navy, female l marines, the Philippine scouts and | the Porto Rico regiment of infantry. | British and Czechoslovsk compeu- | ton has forced the closing of one-half | of Poland's textile mills, and the put | ing Of the others on two-day-a- 1