Evening star., 1932-11-07
BONUS QUIZ SHOWS
ONLY 2-VOTE SHIFT
New Jersey Representatives
Now 0pposed-Many Can
&dates Silent on Issue.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. November 7 IN .AN.Ao
The only change of mind discovered
in members of Congress who voted for
the Patman bill. through the question
naire sent out by the National Com
mittee Against the Prepayment of the
Bonus concerns two Representatives
from New Jersey. They now declare
themselves against immediate payment.
But the efforts of the committee to dis
cover where the next Congress will
stand on this matter has produced some
interesting facts and figures.
To understand them it is necessary
to remember that the bill introduced
bv Wright Patman of Texas, calling tor
the immediate payment of the bonus
and for an issue Of $2,400,000,000 IN
new currency to provide for such pay
ment passed the House on June Is.
1882. by a vote of 209 10 176, with "a
Representatives paired for and against
Examination of these figures shows l62
Democrats 63 Republicans and one
Farmcr-Laborite fer the bill and 81
Democrats and l31 Republican against it.
The bill vas defeated in the Senate
on June l8 by vote of g. 10 l8, with
IA Senators paired Actually. The vote
was 60 to 20. as Senators Thomas OF
Oklahoma and Bankhead Of Alabama
changed their votes in order 10 move
for a reconsideration of the vote. Thus
ga of the Senate's full complement OF
96 voted
Those Favoring Bill.
Those in favor of the bill were Blaine,
Brookhart. Cutting Frazier, NoTbeck.
Nve. Schall. Steiwer and Robinson
Indianap, Republicans, and Ashurst,
Bankhead. Black. Bratton, BrouSsaTd,
BuoW ByrneS, CaraWay. Lo3T, McGlll,
McKellar. Nicely Pittm2n. SheppcU,
Wheeler and Smith. Democrats, and nc
Farmer-I IabOTite. Shipstoad.
It is noticeable that to the 783 queS-
tonnaires sent out by the National
Committee Against the Prepayment OF
the Bonus to Democratic and Repub-
lican candidates for Congress not sin
gle answer has been received from such
States as Alabama. Florida. Louisiana
M.sissippi, New Mexico, Tennessee or
Texas. shich in the House cast total
Ct "a y>teS for the Patman bill and
seven against II.
Nor have answers been received from
any Representative from Oklahoma
hich in the House. voted solldly for
the Patman measure although two cam
d.dates running against present incum-
bents have stated themselves as against
the bonus Thomas P Gore of Okla
hcma voted against the bill in the Sem
ate, as did both Senators Trammell and
Fletcher of Florida.
300 Replies Received.
A total of 29O replies have been re-
ceIved 1872 of these being from members
Of the present Congress. OF the candl-
dates for election 2l5 have registered
themselves as against the bonus. and of
Of
Congress who will serve in the coming
short session and are running for re-
election Forty-SiX, of which % are now
in Congress- have announced themselves
as for the bonus.
Five candidates, one of whom is in
Congress, have replied, but evaded or re-
fused to answer the question. Fourteen.
Of whom six are now in Congress. are
oualifiedly in favor of the bonus; 10, of
whom two are in the present Congress,
are qualitiedly against the bonus
So while 200 have answered. 493 have
not. and the overwhelming majority of
answers have come from those opposed
to the Patman or like bills.
In the next Congress there will be 33
newly elected Senators. Out of % an
sVers from candidates for the Senate
of which 10 are from present Senators,
25 have declared themselves against
dilu t.IItt III ldHOI VI llle lIltSt
three are Gerald P Nye. Republican
Senator from North Dakota; Bennett
Clark, Democratic candidate in Mis-
souri,. and Fred Van Nuys. the Demo-
cratic candidate who is running against
James E. Watson in Indiana. Senator
Watson has put himself on record as
against the bonus.
Indiana May Be Factor.
Indiana is one of the States where
the election may have decided bear
ing On future bonus legislation, as, while
Senator Watson voted against the Pat
man bill, Senator Robinson voted for it.
Several other States. such as Arizona.
Arkansas. Kansas, Iowa Montana, Ne
vada, Oklahoma. Oregon, Tennessee,
Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
also split senatcrially on the bonus
question. This is, on the last vote
Senator's of 13 States practically paired
themselves for and against the Patman
bill. and there was doubt concerning
at least one other State, Wher" Sena-
tor did not vote
Twenty-one of the Senators who
voted against the Patnan bill come up
TO- reelection or at least their seats
become vacant A switch of 81 votes
would have carried the bill.
The States from each of which a
newly elected Senator will come to the
Seventy-third Congress. although il.
many cases present Senators may sue
Ceed themselves. are Alabama. Arizona.
Arkansas, California. Colorado. Con-
necticut, Florida, George, Idaho, Hi
nois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. KentuckY,
louisiana. Maryland. Missouri. Nevada,
Now Hampshire, New Jersey. New
York, North Carolina. North Dakota,
Ohio. Oklahoma, Oregon Pennsylvania
South Carolina. South Dakota. Utah.
Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
States of One Mind.
Now while the House of Representa-
tives is made up of those who speak
and act in behalf of districts, Senators
represent StatCS-apd q State scarcely
can be of two minds. Therefore. where
Senators disagree. the State must sun
port the views of one or the other. AS
SPECIAL NOTICES.