The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-19
BONUS BILL IS ADOPTED SIX TO ONE Approved 355 To 54 In
 Landslide House 3 Victory
 VOTE SUFFICIENT
 TO OVERRIDE VETO Maximum Cost Is Placed sa. At Two Billion
 Dollars rG INVOLVED SITUATION IS FACED IN SENATE Must Become Law,' Author De- n, clares On Eve Of Vote On Third Bonus Bill
INVOLVED SITUATION
 IS FACED IN SENATE

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 WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The House today for the third time in four years passed soldier bonus bill. The vote was 355 to b4, and was taken after 40 minutess debate.
 Twenty speakers took the floor dur ing the brief period, however, advocates of. full cash payment option assailing the rule under which the bill was taken up, which limited debate and prevented the offering of amendments. % l. Die hards" of both parties declared against the measure on principle, while proponents argued it was a measure which could become law.
 The measure provides for paid-up 21- year endowment life insurance policies and cash payments to veterans entitled to not more than $50 in adjusted service credit. Provisions of the old bill for vocational training and farm or home aid are eliminated.
 The insurance provision Is somewhat different from the deferred payment certificates proposed in the old bill and because of these changes the measure faces an involved situation in. the Sen ate. Members of that body have asked time to study the new bill while others already have prepared different pro- posals. The finance committee, to which the measure will be referred, is now oc- cupied with the tax reduction bill.
 ''Must Become Law
 Chairman Green of the ways and means committee, who introduced the bill, reminded the House during the short debate preceding the vote that two previous measures had not been enacted into law "for reasons known to aIi," and insisted this measure twill and must become law"
 When asked by Representative Bank head, democrat, Alabama, whether he had conferred with President Coolidge as to the prospects for the bill becoming law, Mir. Green replied that he had not, aud added he did not know the Presi- seiits attitude toward the measure.
 The old bill, after passing the House and Senate, was vetoed by President Harding. -
 The Vote today showed S2 more than the two-thirds necessary to pass a bill over a veto.
 Although veterans, particularly on the democratic side, bitterly assailed the measure because 1t failed to carry an option for full cash payments, only 20 democrats and 54 republicans voted against it. Analysis of the vote showed 177 democrats, 175 republicans and the three independents voting for the meas ure. Four members voted present and nine did not vote.
 The maximum cost of the bill is esti- mated at $2;119, 900, 900, spread over 20 years. The highest annual maximum cost would come in the first year and is'estimated at $135, ,000, 600. Mir. Green declared the cost of the measure could be met by appropriations and would re- uuipe no additional taxes. The bill pro vides for an appropriation not to exceed EaOO, ,OOO, 900 for next year to meet the east of the measure. If the estimated maximum expenditure should be neces- eary the first year, the additional Rnount could be drawn from the treas ufyA surplus, Mr. Green said.
 For The Bili
 2 Republicans: Andrews, Anthony Bacharach, Barbour, Beck, Beedyy Beers, Bega, Bixler, Boines, Brand oi Ohio; Browne of Wisconsin; Brumm Burdick, Burtness, Cabel Campbell Christopherson, Clague, Cole of Iowa Cole of Ohio; Colton, Connolly, oi Pennsylvania Cooper, of Wisconsin Cooper, of Ohio; Cramtors Crowther Curry, Dallinger, ,Darrow, Davis, oi Minnesota Dempsey. Denison. Dlckln' son of Iowa; Dowell, Dyer, Edmonds Elliott, Evans, of Iowa Fairchild, Fair field, Faust, Fish, fitzgerald, Fleetwood Foster, Freaer, Frees, French, Frehng' huysen, Fuller, Funk, Garber, Gibson Graham, of Illinois; Green. of Iowa Criest.
 r sHadley, Hardy. Haugen, Hawley Hersey, Hickey, Hill, of Maryland Hoch, Holaday, Hudson, Hull. of Iowa W. E. Hull, of Illinois; James, John son, of Washington; Kearns, Keller Kopp' Kurtz, LaGuakdia, Lampart 1SnFley. Larson, of Minnesota; Leath erwood. Leavitt, Little, Longworth, Mo Kenzie' McLauEhlin, of Michigan; Mo Tauchlin, of Nebraska Mcleod, Nc Greeor. MacLafferty; Madden, Manlove Mapes, Kitchener, Miller, of Illinois Miller. of Washington Moore, oi Illinois; Moore, of Ohio; Morgan, Nor Nelson, Wisconsin Newton, of Mis- soilri Nolan, Paige, Patterson, Peavey Psrlman. Porter. Purnell, Ramseyer Ransley, RathbOne, Reese, Reed of New York; Reid, of Illinois Roach, Robin son, RObison, Rogers, of Massachusetts Rosebloom, Sanders, of Indiana san dsrs of New York; Schaefer, Schall Schneider; Scott, Sears, of Nebraska Shreve. Simmons, Sinclair. Sinnott Smith Smith. Speaks, sproul, of Illinois Sproui of Kansas; Stalker, Stephens strong, of Kansas; StrSag SS;g.ear or te&1ss Ssst vania; Summers Of WashinSton ''~ss'
 gS' TaSer, Taylor, of Tennessee; Thatch or Thompson, Timberlake, Tincher Vaile;: Ware; vestaI, Vincent, Xoight Winter, Wood, Woodruff, WurZ6ach A,aS sas, White of Maine, Wiliams, ,,,! Gi is., Mlsn igan. Williams of Illinois. Williamson Winter, Wood, Woodruff, Wursbach yNyant, Yates, Young, Zihlman.
 Total republicans for, 175. ,,
 DemOcrats-Abernethy, Allen' All