The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-12
SENATE T0PASS
PENSION BILL
OVER VETO
Indications Are administrator
VIII BE Defeated IN First
Test Vote Today
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
International News Service.

By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
international News Service.
AT war with. the White House
over Legislation affecting national
finances, Congress drafted battle
plans today for the enactment
into law Of It's own financial poll
icies despite administration oppo-
sition Of presidential veto.
Three great financial measures
the Bursum pension bill, the world
war bonus and the new tax pro-
gram-were enroute to the stat
ute books in the face Of White
House disapproval, according to
all indications, because Of . 70
bellious Congress.
Revolt Il Spreading.
A revolt, started by coalitions Of
Democrats and insurgent progress.
sives, was reported spreading to
Administration ranks for the
avowed purpose Of overriding the
financial policies laid down by the
President.
The, first test ID due today In
the Senate on q reconsideration Of
the Bursum bill, which the Presi.
dent vetoed. It's advocates, in.
GLIDING some Administration Sena.
tors, predicted its passage by the
two.thirds majority required to
override the President. Similar
action by the House was conceded
II the Senate fight proved succeas.
full.
Re-enactment Of the Bursum bin,
II was contended. would indicate the
Preside1t has lost all control over
financial legislation. On the bills
original passage in the Senate, the
vote was 81 to 10 and its re enact.
ment virtually would assure SINH.
lar results for the bonus bill, which
passed originally 81 to II, and the
tax BILL which the Senate adopted
50 to 10. With an election approach.
ing, all observers were agreed that
the House would quickly approve
each measure rather than have itO
membership so to the polls without
the political support accruing from
the bonus and tax reduction IeGis.
lation.
Compromise impractical.
The new tax bill. into which the
Senate wrote the Democratic Sim.
mons rates. meanwhile, was to be
taken up in conference for adjust.
ment Of schedules which differed
from the Longworth plan, passed
by the House. The conference, Il
was said. will be forced to adopt
either the Simmons or L0nRworth
schedule on normal and surfaces
as q compromise would be imprac.
teal. The Simmons surfaces RANGED
up to 40 per cent, while the House
tax stopped at 871S per cent.
Democratic finance leaders, who
wrote their own rates throughout
the Senate bill by the aid OF in.
surgent progressives. threatened a
new row today over the selection
OF the Senates conferees. They
maintained the regular Republicans
should have only minority rep.
resentation In the conference ''be.
cause the bill was a Democratic
measure" This contention was un.
precedented In Senate history and
was likely to provoke heated op-
position from Administration leaders.
Reports continued that the bill,
regardless of its ultimate pro.
visions, will meet a Presidential
veto because the Mellon rates were
abandoned. At the same time, In
dications increased that both House
and Senate would repass the bill
over possible veto. OF the fifteen
votes cast against the measure in
the Senate, all but one were Ad.
ministration Senator'S. 1t was said
these opponents could only muster
another ten votes as their maxi.
mum strength in supporting a veto.
This lineup would insure re-enact.
ment of the bill, whether It con.
tanned the Longworth Republican
.compromise provisions or, the Sim.
mons Democratic rates.