The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
Hoover Has Power To
 Kill The Bonus Bill
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certificates from 22 1-2 to 50 per cent of their matured value, the ad- ministration amendment would have restricted the 50 per cent loan priv ilege to those veterans actually In need. | "Whoopee." shouted one enthu- siast among the scores of veterans who stampeded out of the senate galleries last night after the one sided victory had been recorded. His exuberance exemplified the delight of many former soldiers in the hap py ending to long day of debate.
 Many veterans had sat for six hours listening to the oratorcal flood. Two war veterans, Senator Reed. repn, Pa, and Senator Bingham, repn, Conn, advanced the admins tration arguments against the bill.
 Senator King, dem, Utah, in the end proposed the restrictive amend ment representing the administra- tions' desire to limit the bill to vet erans in want.
 | All 12 cf those who voted against the bill were republicans. They | were:
 Borah. Fess, Golf, Hastings. He- bert, Metcalf, Morrow, Moses, Phipps, Reed, Shoot, Walcott. Republican Leader Watson, Assist ant Leader McNary and Senators normally considered close to MT Hoover joined the democrats just as Speaker Longworth had led re- | bellion on this bill against the ad- ministration in the house.
 The veterans bill-compromise drafted by the house way and means committee, has not been changed since Mills informed a senate com mittee the bill would require the l government to float bond issue. Mellon also has been outspoken against it, and Mir Hoover is ex- pected to translate the secretary's re- port on the measure into veto mes- gage.
 $ Barring unforeseen developments, the administration will not be a .e to muster the necessary one-third in either house to sustain veto. Discussion of the bill brought un- wonted criticism of the treasury de- partment from the republican side. Senator Stiewer, repn. Ore, nor mally a regular, inserted in the record a summary of what he de- scribed as essors in treasury esti- mates as to income and expenditures
 
 these errors varied from $3S, 900 (million) to $2,0OO. 100000 (billion) 7. Vacation for President Washington, Fep 20.-(UP)-Ar- engagements are going forward to enable President Hoover to take a long delayed vacation and to make two or more addresses after con- gress adjourns March 4.
 a made at the annual meeting of the republican editors of Indiana at In- dianapolis in April and at a gath ering of national newspaper editors in New York about the same time. Dates have not yet ben set.
 The vacation plans are given the president more difficulty. Three al- ternates have been suggested. Mir Hoover could take a trip to Florida to fish at Long Key for about ten days. He went there on the last vacation he has had-more than a | year ago.
 He could take a trip across coun- try to his Palo Alto, Cal, home, talk ing the automobile venture through the National parks. It has long been his intention to take a Ma tional Parks tour. Last summer he I had the trip definitely scheduled when the necessity for drought re- lief work in Washington forced what he then called "a postponement un- | til next year."
 | He could take a long delayed trip to Texas and the southwest, stop ping one way for a visit he has fre- quently hoped to make at Kansas City. and another way at the Biloxi, Miss. home of his friend, Assistant | Secretary of War Jahncke. | In the turmoil of the closing days of congress the president has been l unable to devote much attention | to the matetr. Most of his associ- | ates expect him to make the Florida trip first, sandwich in the New York ! and Indiana speeches and then take the park tour later in the sum-