Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-10

The fact that not many. bills ever
survive a presidential veto makes par
ticularly impressive the large MAORI
ties by which in both houses of Con-
gress the pension bill for Spanish War
veterans was passed over President
Hoover's veto. The press of the country
interestedly analyses the event.
Believing that the Presidents act In
vetoing the bill will commend itself to
the country" the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
states that lin many respects 1t is the
outstanding political act of his admins
tration." The Duluth Herald calls 1t
sound and proper Veto" and says.
mo President, dealing fairly with the
veterans and with the country, could
have thought Of doing otherwise" The
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel thinks that
"in opposing the caSuistry and sophistry
of deep-measured bushel of Treasury
tapping under the gilded label of pen
sion the President was guided by the
same promptings as was Abraham Lin
| coin when. in his famous New York adj
dress of more than II years ago, he
urged, Let us have faith that right
makes right, and in that faith let us
dare to do our duty as we understand
it," And the News-Sentinel concludes,
Mr.. Hoover did his duty as he under
stood 1t, and as 1--WE are confidently o
majority of his fellow citizens under
stand it."
The Bay City Daily Times praises the
Chief Executive for having had the
courage to risk unpopularity in decid-
ing to veto or approve the bill on its
merits" The Muncie Star Is impressed
by the sound sense and Gncere patriot
ism" expressed in the veto. and the Gin
cinnati Times-Star thinks that through
it the president simply put teeth in
against spendthrift legislation" The
Newark Evening News advises him Ito
display the same firmness toward more
| iniquitous measures, such as the tarih,
and 1t will win him popular support"
As to the vote in Congress overriding
the veto, the Milwaukee Journal thinks
1t was cast "as bid for soldier votes"
an opinion also expressed by the New
York Sun in the words, with cleo
ton coming along, few members of
Congress can be expected to vote against
o pension bill, even when there are
sound reasons why they should do so"
The Boston Evening Transcript re-
marks, THE people want their soldiers
cared for properly, in point of money
and capitalization, but they have the
right to expect that Congress shall be
equally just and fair to them" while
the Roanoke WorldNews asserts that
nearly every Congress has extended
much inquiry into the merits OF the
proposals. It seems easy for Congress
men to be generous when other people
pay the bills"
That taxpayers and the business
community will not be greatly impressed
by the size of the majorities piled up
against the veto in face of the Presi-
dents criticisms of the bills remediable
defects" is the contention of the Chi
cago Daily News, which thinks that
questions Of justice are not decided
intelligently by stampede" The Louis
vile Times pictures the action In the
following words: Both houses, states
men falling over one another in a
craven, undignifled and wholly ignonin-
ious scuffle to square themselves with
all Of the voting kinsmen and kins-
Presidents veto by an overwhelming
majority"
The Dayton Daily News regards the
vote as disclosing, "for one thing, the
hypothetical pretense Of the regulars Of
the Presidents party. For a mess of
political pension pottage they admin
lister this kick to the President they
profess to serve" The st. Louis POST
Dispatch characterizes the bill as lone
OF the most daring and inexcusable raids
on the Treasury that has been perpe-
trated for many years." and thinks that
soldiers and sailors honorably entitled
to pensions must resent the cheapening
effect this bill will have upon patriotic
service"
will this congressional rebuff seri-
ously affect Hoovers prestige?" Is al
question widely asked considering that,
as the Worcester Telegram puts 1t,