Evening star., 1928-05-26
FARM VETO UPHELD
BY VOTE CHANGES
Three Republicans and One
Democrat in Senate
Switch Attitude.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A change of votes by three Repub-
licans, one a candidate for the preSi-
dental nomination. and lone Dem
ocrat today had helped to bury another
McNary- -Haugen farm relief bill.
In sustaining Presidents Coolidge's
veto of the measure yesterday, 81 to so,
the Senate lacked just four votes to OBJ
tain the required two-thirds majority
for repassage. Had the four Senator'S,
who voted for the bill when the Sem
ate passed 1t month ago. SO to %,
not switched to uphold the veto it
would have been overridden.
But this assistance was not forth
coming and farm relief legislation thus
was killed for the present session.
Author Of Two Bills.
Senator Curtis, Republican. Kansas
q candidate tor the Kansas City nom-
nation, was one Of the four former
supporters of the bill to go over to the
Presidents side He explained after
ward that he felt It was his duty, as
Republican leader of the Senate, to
uphold the Executive, much as /
sympathize with the farmers and much
as favor legislative relIaf for them.
Senator Curtis was the author of two
farm relief measures long before Con-
gresS until the McNary- -Haugen bin was
approved.
The other three Senators who for
merly voted for passage and helped
sustain the veto we're Sackett Of Ken
tucky and Waterman, Colorado, Repub-
licanS, and Fletcher Of Florida. Demo-
crat
The Senate's action yesterday con-
stituted the first showdown on the
McNary- -Haugen bill between the PreSi-
dent and Congress.
No attempt was made last year to
override the Presidents first veto.
which. for Its severity of denunciation
on grounds of unconstitutionality.
ranked almost on q par With the veto
message sent TO the Capitol three days
ago.
With party lines divided, the vote
found 10 Republicans and IL Democrats
voting TO sustain the veto and 90 Demo-
Gratis. 30 Republicans and the lone
Farm-Labor Senator lined up for re-
passage. Four Republicans were paired
for the veto. with four Republicans and
four Democrats against 1t.
Roll Call on Veto.
Those voting to pass the bill over the
veto were:
Repuhlicans--Blaine. Brookhart, Cap
per. CouEenS, Cutting, Deneen, Howell.
johnson, La Toilette, McAiaster, Me-
Nary. Norris, Nye, Oddie. Pine. Robin
son OF Indiana, Schall, Steiwer. Vanden-
berg and WatSon-20.
Observation-Disclosures. Barkley. Black,
BrouSsard, Caraway. Copeland.
DIN, George, Harris, Harrison. Halves.
Hayden, Hefiin. Kendrick. Locher, Me-
kellar. Nicely, Overman. Ptttman, Rob-
inson of Arkansas, Sheppard. Simmons,
ner and Wheeler-~29.
Farmer -Labor--S -Shipstead-t.
Total-~SO.
Those voting against passage were:
RepuhllcanS-B Bingham. Borah. Curtis.
Dale. Edge, FeSS. Qillett. Greene. Hale,
Keyes. Mclean. Metcalf. PhippS, Reed
OF Pennsylvania, Sackett. Shortridge,
Smoot. Warren and Waterman-l9,
DemocratS-Bayard. BleaSe. Bruce.
Fletcher. Gerry, Glass, King,
Swanson. TydingS. Walsh OF MaSSachu~
setts and Walsh Of Montana-~l2.
Total~~Sl.
Pairs were announced as follows;
Dupont for the veto. with Trammell
and Frazier against,
Moses for the veto. with Jones and
doodlng against.
Con for the veto. with Mayfield and
Tyson against,
both Parties Split.
The entire line~up OF % Senators, In
those voting and those paired,
showed - Republicans and IL Demo-
Gratis, u total OF IS. for the veto. and ~
2S Democrats and the
Senator, a total Of a6,
for overriding the President Senator
Reed. Democrat Missouri. was absent.
The veto found It's greatest group
support from New England Senators.
All Of them voted to sustain II, Hut
the two Democratic Senators from New
York were for repasSage, and trom that
point ON west there was a split In both
parties.
Senator MeNary, Republican. Oregon.
co-author Of the bill. expressed salts
faction with the vote Tie had provi-
ousiy predicted the futility OF attempt
Ing repaasage, but brought tho bill out
for the test as last resort for legisla-
ton at this session
Little discussion preceded tho vote.
Senator Robinson og Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, Thought the preai-
dent had been influenced Ia his views
by Secretary Hoover who, no said, ia
vored pOlley only Of restriction of
production 10 the needs OF this country,
Describing the bill as the only 50.
Mtlon Congress had heen able to agree
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