The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-13
BONUS FORCES
WIN IN HOUSE
TEST BALLOT
Consideration Of Bill Is
Voted, 226 to IT'S;
Showdown Tuesday.
ARMY IN GALLERIES
Delegates From Camp of
1900 Crusaders Listen
In on Debate.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Presa
WASHINGTON, June 13. - The
shock troops of the bonus eXpedi-
tionary forces marched up Capitol
hill through the rain today and
won their first major victory when
the house, on a test vote, approved
consideration in the house of the
Patman bill for immediate payment
of s2,400 100000 to discharge the
governments obligations to the
veterans.
The vote was 226 to 175
The house Immediately reaf1rmed
Cts bonus vote by adopting, 225 to
1859, the rule which makes the bonus
bill the order of business Tuesday.
The rule limits debates to four
hours.
Rain -sodden veterans from the
flooded flats of Anacostia park
peered over the gallery rails as the
house went through the technical
procedure OF discharging the rules
committee from further considera-
zion of a special resolution for &C
tion on the bonus bill thus opening
the way for a vote on the Patman
bill.
But two obstacles, both appar-
entity insurmountable, still stand in
the way of the veterans who came
from all points of the compass to
sit on congress doorstep until
action was taken on the Patman
measure.
Faces Two Big Obstacles
One obstacle is a definitely hos
tile senate; the other is the assur-
ance from administration sources
that President Hoover will veto the
bill if it should, by chance, slip
through the senate.
Before the vote, Representative
Patman (Dem. TeX0, author of the
bill, announced he would move
Tuesday to substitute the so-called
"Owen plan" for the proposal in
Tuesday measure to issue new cur
rency with which to pay the
bonuses.
The owen plan calls for issuance
of S2.40o,00o in 314 per cent federal
bonds to be deposited in reserve
banks. Currency then would be is
sued against the bonds.
Since the bonus advocates failed
TO get two-thirds majority, their
success in forcing a vote on the
Patman bill also showed that they
would be unable to pass the meas
IRE over a presidential veto.
Taking cognizance Of the crowds
OF hundreds of veterans in the gall
leries Major Leader Rainey who
was presiding in the house, sternly
warned them against audible ex-
preston of approval or disapprov-
al during the bonus discussion.
Army Increased to 1900
Weekend reinforcements swelled
the bonus army to 1900 and it
seemed likely to mount to 10000 by
noon. The broad and rain soaked
Anacostia fats were filled to over
flowing. Police Chief Pelham D.
GlaSsford obtained new quarters for
many OF the incoming veterans.
Several hundred were billeted in
an old department store condemned
FOR the governments 100000, 900
building project in the heart of the
city. With nothing under them but
the hard floor, weary marchers
stretched out to sleep in the glass
display windows, in full view of
passersby.
Even these billets were vastly SUI
perior to the Anacostia camp, where
day Of rain reduced the broad
f1eids to a spongy morass of grass
arG slithering surface of mud.
The bad weather made authorities
doubly fearful of an outbreak of
disease. Scores we're treated for
sore throatS and respiratory all
ments.