Evening star., 1933-06-13
OUTLOOK BRIGHTER
| FOR ADJOURNMENT
President Apparently Des-
tined to Win Veteran Com
pensation Fight.
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| I0at leaves the IlgnC over tQe vet
erans' compensation clause of the in
dependent Offices appropriation bill thu
chief stumbling block to adjournmen
a day or two But it looks as though
| the President would win out in the end
| in his fight to save his economy
program
! With the President standing pat ane
unwilling to yield further on veterans
| compensation than the House substitute
| for the Connally amendm ent, admins
| tration leaders figured the Senate woult
have to agree to the House proposal o.
to receive even less liberal terms for tn,
veterans
For if the Senate insists on amendin.
the House proposal and sending the bill
to the President the Chief Executive
would veto the bill. The administra.
ton. leaders are confident they have
enough votes to sustain such veto. i
would take only one vote more thar
one-third of the membership of either
house to sustain the veto.
After that there would be nothine
left for Congress except to pass a joint
resolution continuing the present ap-
preparation for the Independent Offices
including the Veterans Administration
Would Keep Authority.
While the appropriations under such
joint resolution would be far greater
than In the pending bill, the President
would not have to spend the money
He would retain the full authority given
him IN the economy act unmodified, and
under that authority he could, If he de.
sired, cut expenditures for the veterans
much lower than he could if the House
compromise amendment to the inde-
pendent offices bill were adopted.
Furthermore, under the Constitution
the President has authority to declare
session of Congress at an end If there
should be deadlock.
viii Rush Bank Bill.
When the House met today at noon
it was with the intention of adopting
the conference report on the Glass.
Steagall bank bill with little delay
There has been an overwhelming senti.
ment in the House for passage of the
legislation, particularly because it car
rieS insurance for bank deposits. Al
though such insurance is postponed
under the compromise, in the confer
ence report, until January /, the sup
porters 81 the bill are willing to accept
the conference report.
The Senate had before 1t, when Il
met at IL o'clock, the conference re.
port on the public works industrial bill
On that report 1t must vote not latel
than 4 o'clock. There appeared to be
possibility this measure might be actec
upon earlier than 4, leaving the way
open to action on the deficiency ap.
preparation bill or independent Office.
bill.
Representative Byrns, Democratic
leader Of the House, has prepared 9
resolution for the adjournment of Con.
gress. 1t requires only the insertion
Of date. At the request of Demo.
cratic leaders of the Senate, Byrns wa.
Withholding its introduction until later
Senator Cutting, Republican, of New
Mexico, who with Senator Steiwer, Re.
publican, of Oregon. is sponsoring sub
stitute amendment for the House vet
erans' compensation proposal, said toda,
that he and his colleague would not seel
to instruct the Senate conferees to sup
port their amendment, but would seel
to obtain vote In the Senate in favol
OF their amendment when the conferee.
on the independent offices bill report {
disagreement.
Senator Cutting said he hoped some
kind Of compromise could then b.
worked out He expressed the opinion
that a majority Of the Senate un.
doubtedly would support the Cutting.
Steiwer amendment.
Their amendment definitely provide.
by law for continuance of the Spanish
War veterans compensation, deals more
literally with "presumptive" cases OF
World War veterans, and uses cleal
language to determine the pay to tn.
veterans
The New Mexico Senator said that ir
his opinion the House compromise
which is the Presidents proposals.
worth less than nothing" He said h.
hoped compromise could yet be worked
out which the supporters of more liberia
treatment of the veterans could accept
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Dem
ocratic leader, went to the White House
soon after noon today. presumably tt
confer with President Roosevelt re-
garding the veterans compensation is.
sue and the legislative situation in Con-
gress.
A prediction was made by some oi
the Senators that compromise on the
veterans compensation clause woulc
yet be made and that the drastic pro-
cedure outlined by the leaders woulo
not be necessary.
Find President Firm.
The deadlocked Senate and House
Democratic conferees found President
Roosevelt firm for the veterans COM
promise adopted by the House, at a
conference last night.
AS leaders left the White House
shortly before midnight, Budget Di-
rector Douglas, who sat in on the par
ley, told newspaper men emphatically
that II the substitute put forward In
the Senate yesterday were adopted, II
would cost an additional $l00, ,000, 900
Asked If this would require the i'm
position Of new taxes, Douglas replied
Il should think So"
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South
Carolina, leader of the senatorial group
announced after the White House parley
that he would report the conferees' dis
agreement to the Senate today.
Unable to work out an agreement al
evening, the Democratic conferees tool
their troubles to the White House
within a few minutes after the Capito
Hill parley ended
Douglas told the conferees the sub.
stitute proposed by Cutting and Stiewel
| was more liberal than either the Hous,
plan or the original Senate provision
and would throw plans for balanced
budget out of line unless new take.
were put on.
Go Back to Capitol.
Back to Capitol Hill to fight it out
| went the conferees. There appeared moi
| shadow Of q doubt that Mr.. Roosevelt
stood firm by the House group that hac
approved his compromise instead Of the
previous Senate increase in veterans al
lowances, to the so-called Connally
amendment.
| All three proposals were talked ovel
at the White House last night, and some
] of those present, on leaving, said nc
! agreement" had been reached on an al.
| ternative to the House administration
compromise or the Senate's proposals.