Evening star., 1933-03-16

The soldier again Is a pawn in this sit
uation as he was in the time Of war"
Senator Borah (Republican) Of Idaho
said he had many reasons for voting
against the bill, but did not explain
| them, except to insert a court decision
in the record with the remark that that
was his controlling reason"
Senator Harrison estimated that with
final approval of the bill and with pas
sage of the beer tax, extension Of the
gasoline levy and reorganization Of the
Government departments, $500, 1000, 600
in Government costs could be saved
and new taxes avoided.
Earlier in the day, Borah had delved
into the history Of recent Republican
administrations on the bonus and other
the executive branch was more to
blame than Congress for failure to re-
trench.
Borah bitterly assailed Senator Fess
of Ohio, assistant Republican leader,
for declaring Congress had given ample
evidence it would not cut expenditures
and the only way it could be done was
to give the President the necessary
authority.
Time after time" Borah said, "Con-
gress has reduced appropriations below
estimates sent to us by the executive
department and the record will disclose
the real point Of extravaganza Is in the
Executive and has been In the execu-
tive department of this Government. -.
I'm not willing that Congress shall
take all the blame. It's an absurdity
to say to the people that opposition to
savings did not come from the Legs
lative but from the executive depart
I mentS."
Harding Veto Recalled.
In the Harding administration, Borah
said, he was called to the White House
and told that it would be ruinous to
the Republican party" If action was not
had in Congress on veterans bonus ana
compensation legislation.
President Harding was for the bonus
bill," he added. 1T was with him l
talked. He advocated it In his cam
paign and after he was elected"
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, Re
publican stalwart, interrupted Borah to
remind him that Harding had vetoed
the bonus bill September 10, 1922. to
| which Borah said he probably obJecteo
to some details.
isn't it fact that Mr.. Mellon
| threatened to resign If President Hard
| ing didn't veto it?" asked the Idahoan.
II can't say" replied Reed, but IN
fairness to President Harding, he vetoed
| it. No one did more to sustain that
veto than the able Senator from Idaho"
When Borah said 1t was an open
secret" that Mellon was opposed to the
| bill and that he wouldn't stay in the
cabinet If it was signed, Reed said Mel
lon had been the victim Of more open
secrets than any one else know"
"One Of these open secrets has come
to me in the last few days" he added.
''It was to the effect that Mr.. Mellon
had exported $5,000,0 600 in gold to him
| back to this country for fear OF arrest.
HE did not export any gold and he
is sailing for the United States this
week."
Roll Call Given.
The roll call on final passage Of the
bill in the Senate follows:
Democrats against the bill-Clark,
Long, McCarran and McGill-4.
Republicans against-Borah. Cou-
zens, Dickinson, Frazier, Hatfield. Nye,
Patterson, Robinson of Indiana, and
Steiwer-9.
Grand total against-l3.
Democrats for the bill-Adams,
| ASIluTSC, 0dCllIIldIl, 0dilCy, ooAh41CdO,
Barkley, Black, Bone, Bratton, Brown,
Bulkley, Bulow, Bird, Byrnes, Caraway,
Connally, Copeland, Dietrich, Dill, Duffy,
George, Gore, Harrison, Lewis, Loner-
gan, McKellar. Murphy, Nicely, Pittman,
Pope, Reynolds, Robinson of Arkansas,
Russell, Sheppard, Smith. Stephens,
Thomas Of Oklahoma Thomas Of Utah,
Trammell, Tydings, Van Nuys, Wagner,
and Walsh-43.
Republicans for-Austin, Barbour,
Capper, Dale, Fess, Goldsborough, Hale,
Hastings, Hebert, johnson, Kean, Keyes,
McNary, Metcalf, Reed, Townsend, Van
denberg, Walcott. and White.-Total. 10.
| Grand totaI-62.