Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27
Farmer-Laborite Acts After
Patman Agrees to Wait
Senate Initiation Action.
REED RESUMES DEBATE
ON GOLD CONTENT CLAUSE
Limitation Fixed in Upper House
to Force Disposal of Bill
at Today's Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
One bonus move was deferred in the
House and another sprang up there
today as the Senate talked its way
toward vote on the gold-content Sec
ton of the imitation bill as a preli1ni-
nary to action on the veterans pay
ment proposal
Representative Patman, Democrat, Of
Texas, author of the bonus measure
in the House, agreed to withhold a Pc
tition for Democratic caucus pending
vote in the Senate on the amend
ment of Senator Robinson, Republican,,
OF Indiana, calling for payment of the
bonus out of the SO 900 00O,0 900 of Treas
ury notes the imitation bill would au-
thorize the President to issue.
Almost Immediately Representative
Lundeen, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota,
announced he was not concerned about
whether the President would be en-
barrassed by the issue and filed a petit
ton to force a vote in the House.
Reed Resumes Debate.
Debate on the section of the imitation
measure which would bestow upon the
President authority to lower the gold
content of the dollar was resumed today
by Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, an opponent.
To the gold content section also has
been attached proposal which would
give the Chief Executive authority to
provide for free coinage of silver if
he saw fit.
A limitation on debate was to 20 init
effect on the measure in midafternoolH
and leaders expected to hold the SEM
ate in session until the farm bill, tJ
which the imitation measure has beer4
attached, is put out of the way.
As debate began on the gold section
of the imitation measure. some oppo-
nents OF the clause expressed belief it
would be retained since Reeds motion
to strike, if adopted. also would elimi-
nate the Wheeler-King bi-metalism
amendment which was approved yes
terday, Al to rs, as part of the gold
section.
viii Appeal TO Veterans.
Almost simultaneously with the Pat
man bonus statement. Speaker Rainey
SAID he understood that veterans were
being organized throughout the country
for march on the Capital to demand
payment of the bonus. He said Patman
was to make an appeal for them not to
make the march.
Democratic leaders looked for defeat
OF both the Reed and Robinson pro-
posals, although they conceded the
vote on the gold clause might be close.
The vote on the bimetallism proposal
Yesterday came after a turbulent ses-
sion during which Senator Borah, Re.
publican, OF Idaho made a strong at
tack on the provision giving the Presi-
dent power to reduce the gold in the
dollar, and Senator Robinson, Repub-
ncan, OF Indiana, injected the bonus
issue: Robinson offered an amendment
which would direct the payment of the
bonus out OF the proposed issue of So
ooo,ooo,0o0 in new currency.
Glass Denounces Initiation,
Senator Glass, Democrat, of virginia
an conservative on money lepis-
lation, broke with tine administration
yesterday and announced he would
vote against the imitation bill. During
Borah's speech, Glass interrupted to say
that the Federal Reserve System al
ready had facilities to expand credit
and currency by more than $4,000
100000
Glass remark came after Borah had
said:
las one who believes controlled in
f1ation Is very important element in
recovery. I was rather discouraged that
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