Evening star., 1933-06-10
NEW COMPROMISE
MADE ON VETERANS
Special Committee Calls and
White House to Speed
Action.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt and House Demo-
cratic leaders settled last-minute dis
pute over the veterans compensation
compromise today and the legislation
was started toward enactment.
The President summoned the House
chieftains to the White House early
today when he became dissatisfied with
some of the changes made last night
by the Steering Committee in the
phraseology of this substitute proposal.
After two-hour conference Chair
man Pou of the Rules Committee an
nounced: 1--WE have reached a COM
plete understanding"
Pou hastened back to the House to
submit the revised proposal to vote.
He was accompanied to the White
House by Representatives Patman of
Texas and Browning of Tennessee, both
Democrats.
Action Was Delayed.
1--WE have a meeting of minds on the
whole proposition now" said Pou.
House consideration was postponed
temporarily while the special commit
tee conferred with the Chief Executive.
1t was understood that Mr.. Roosevelt
had objected to an extension from Sep
tember l to october 81 of the time in
which veterans may receive compenSa-
ton from the Government because of
disabilities presumed to be service con-
nected.
1t was estimated that the change
made by the Democratic Steering Com
mittee would have cost the Government
S10,000,O0O.
The House had met at 10 am to con-
slider a rule under which the compro-
mise would be substituted. Only one
hour of debate was to be allowed on
the rule of procedure. Adoption would
assure approval of the motion by Chair
Committee to substitute the compro-
mise for the Senate amendment.
The House ran into delay on the bill
shortly after convening, however, and
called a halt to allow committee to
consult with the President on some de-
tails in the veterans compromise pro-
posal Representative Byrns of Tennes-
see, the Democratic leader, declined to
divulge any details.
Both sides had yielded yesterday to
reach an agreement after almost week
of negotiations.
25 Per Cent Limit Fixed.
The veterans advocates in the House,
working with House leaders, won on
their point to limit reductions on
service-connected and in presumptive
cases to 25 per cent. The President
held to his principle of permitting the
Government to strike from the rolls
presumptive cases found not to be serv-
ice connected
The President yielded, however, to
the requests of the House members for
provisions for Spanish American War
veterans who are SIS or older.
The main points in yesterdays COM
promise were:
No service connected veteran shall
receive cut in compensation of more
than 25 per cent.
Veterans. presumed to have disabili-
ties or disease due to service, are to
remain on the rolls until October 81,
although their present compensation is
to be reduced Is per cent.
AS many boards as necessary are to
be created by the President to review
the presumptive cases with view to
determining whether they are entitled
to compensation.
Compromise Approved.
Pensions for service ce-connected or
presumptive case veterans widows and
children to continue at rates in effect
before the economy act was passed.
Veterans suffering from diseases con-
tracted as a result of misconduct are
to be eliminated from the rolls unless
it is proved the disease was aggravated
as result of service.
BY issuing regulations, the President
is to make provision for Spanish Amer
lean War veterans of SIS or more, while
the pensions for Spanish American
War veterans of 81 or more are to con-
tinue under present regulations, re-.
Gently revised to provide increases.
The Connally amendment, inserted
by the Senate, limited reductions in
service-connected and presumptive
cases to 25 per cent and was estimated
to cost $170,000,000.
President Roosevelt last Sunday night
delivered an ultimatum to Democratic
House leaders that if this amendment
was adopted new taxes would have to
be raised.
Representative Goldsborough, Dem
ocrat of Maryland, chairman of the
Special Veterans Committee, said yes
terday Mr. Roosevelt had informed his
group that the compromise, variously
estimated to cost between 100000, 900
and $80,000,000, would not necessitate
the levying of new taxes.