The Washington times., 1924-05-07
PARTY LEADERS
AWAIT VETOES .
NERVOUSLY
Warm Conflict Between Con-
gress and White House
Expected
By GEORGE r.. HOLMES.
international News Service.

Six weeks of, warm conflict be-
tween the White House and Con.
gress stretched away in front Of
! politically nervous party leaders to-
day-and at the end the two great
nominating conventions.
Out of the hectic turmoil in which
Washington has labored for weeks
! over a multitude Of controversial
\ issues such as investigations, taxa
ton, immigration, the bonus and
what not, Republican leaders have
now gained fairly comprehensive
estimate Of what to expect between
now and June 1. And they are
worried accordingly.
They expect President Coolidge
to veto the compromise tax reduc-
ton bill, fathered by the coalition
/, Of Democrats and Republican in
surgents.
They expect him to veto the Sol.
dier's' Insurance bill.
They expect him to veto the Nc
Nary.Haugen farm relief bill-if
1t passes.
They expect him to sign the new
Immigration bill.
with the exception Of the immi-
grafton bill, each Of these other
acts will lead to hot conflict in
Congress-so hot in fact that 1t
may interfere with the general Re-
publican plan to adjourn Congress
by June 1, and result in Congress
sitting during the summer.
TO OverRide Bonus Veto.
On the bonus, Republican leaders
expect the Presidential veto to be
bver-ridden.
On the tax reduction bill, the Is.
sue is more finely drawn and
neither Democrats, Republicans or
insurgents are certain whether the
measure can he passed over a veto.
The bill will be laid on Coolidge's
desk probably by May 81. 1t Is
the understanding OF Republican
Senators who have talked with the
President that he will write dis
approved" across it. and return It
to Congress with the recommends
ton that there be passed imme-
diately in its stead a resolution
horizontally reducing 1928 income
taxes by % per cent.
This would somewhat appease the
public demand for lower taxes, and
at the same time permit the de.
feated Mellon program to be car
ried to the people in the approach
ing election.
Doubt On Tax Bill.
Such is understood to be the
Presidents present plan Of action.
Whether such a resolution could
De passed or not is pr0blematical.
Whether the compromise tax bill
could be passed over Presidential
veto Is similarly problematical. With
the whole House and one-third Of
the Senate up for reelection, mem
Ders OF Congress do not want to 20
before their constituents with taxes
still not reduced, and they do not
relish the Presidents putting them
IN the sort Of a hole that would
result from a veto of the main bill.
Western G. o! p. In Arms.
Western Republicans are up in
arms over the prospect Of Con.
gressional adjournment without
passage OF some sort Of farm relief
legislation.
A number Of agricultural Repub.
leans, led by Dickinson, Of Iowa.
laid their case before William M,
Butler, President Coolidge's cam
paign manager, yesterday, and
urged him to use his influence
with the President in favor Of the
McNary-Haugen bill, which the
President considers as radical. %
They got little satisfaction. Butler
said he would consider the mat.
ter" ..s.
At the same time, a number Of
Republican Senators, among them
Jones of Washington, Gooding of
Idaho, McNary Of Oregon, Brook.
hart Of Iowa, and others served flat
notice on Republican leaders today
they would oppose a June / adj
1ournment unless some farm legis.
lation is enacted.
There will be no adjournment
unless Congress passes some farm
relief legislation and reduces freight
rates." GoOding said today. We
will stay here all summer If
necessary.
IF we don't do something for
the farmer, neither the Republican
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