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the presidential veto Of the veteranH
bill should the measure be disapproved
by President Hoover because 1t carried
Senate amendments.
VIII Call Special Session.
Final disposition must be made also
today Of the District appropriation bill
and the second deficiency bill IL an
adjournment Is to be had, winding up
this session of Congress.
II Congress does adjourn tonight the
President will Immediately issue a call
for special session of the Senate to
take up the London naval treaty, be-
ginning on Monday.
II, however, the veterans bill and
other legislation goes over until Mon
day, the Senators and the House mem
bers will have to return TO dispose Of
these measures and the President will
call the special session of the Senate
Immediately after the adjournment Of
the Congress.
President Hoover's letter to Senator
Watson follows:
my dear Senator:
you request my views on the effect
OF the Senate amendments to the House
veterans bill.
II must say at once that these amend
ments again re-eStablish injustices and
determinations between veterans, i'm
pose unwarranted burdens on the tax
payer and perpetuate entirely wrong
principles In such legislation. There
are many points of criticism in this
direction.
For instance, under these amend
ments, the average allowance to veterans
whose disabilities were incurred in civil
life subsequent to. the war will work
out very close to the same average pay
ment as that given to veterans who
actually suffered from battle and in the
trenches.
Held an Injustice:
''This is an injustice both to the men
who suffered from the war and to the
public.
THE amendments reverse the House
action limiting allowances to men who
are exempt from income tax, From
this removal of the indication of neces-
sity, a wealthy veteran, If he becomes
permanently disabled, either partially
or wholly, as the result of an automobile
accident next week, may draw a life
allowance from the United States
Treasury.
THE Senate amendments seriously
affect the men who enrolled after the
aImlSIlce ana VINO never heard shot
fired. They seriously modify the clauses
in respect TO venereal diseases and i'm
pose burden upon the Treasury there
for, which must be condemned from
the point of view of family life.
Gen. Hines estimates the cost the
first year of this bill as passed by the
Senate will be $70,000,000, rising TO
$l75, 100000 In five years and there
after. This represents an increase on
the House bill about $50 per cent. These
are sums wholly uncalled for by the
need of the situation and probably i'm
ply an increase in taxes.
Approved by Veterans.
"There are many other objections to
the Senate amendments, such as re-
newal of certain presumptions, bu
perhaps this will indicate my view
The bill as passed by the House, befoN
amended by the Senate, was in itself a
general national action based upon
sound principles. Except for some minor
technical points, the House bill met the
entire approval Of representatives of the
American Legion and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. They did not ask for
any more. They had shown a sense of
responsibility not only to the country
but to the veterans by unheSitatingly
expressing their opposition to the major
Senate amendments"