Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-12
SILVER MEASURES
PASSAGE NEARING
Only House Approval Still
Needed for Amendments
Made by Senate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The administration silver purchase
plan Is expected to become the law
of the land in short order.
The Senate approved it, IS to rs,
late yesterday without accepting a
single amendment opposed by admin
istration forces. Among those re-
jected was a rider calling for i'm
mediate cash payment of the bonus.
Only House approval of Senate
amendments and President ROOSEVELT
signature are needed now to enact
the measure.
25-75 Ratio Provided.
1t calls for a policv of increasing
tine use OF silver in monetary stocks
until it reaches a ratio of IS. to rs
for gold. Advocates say 1t will re-
quire the Treasury to buy ! 400, 000. 900
ounces and issue silver certificates
against this In amount equal to the
cost of the metal. The white metal
would be bought at the world price
but valued In the monetary stock at
s1.29 an ounce.
Estimates Of possible imitation have
run as high as 81 500, 900 900. depend
ing on how far the President goes in
exercising his new powers.
This is a great victory for the silver
people in the West" said Senator Nc
Carran, Democrat. of Nevada. 1T
puts silver on the same currency basis
as gold, the first time since 1878 it
has been accorded such place"
Roll Call on Measure.
The roll call on final passage
follows:
Democrats for:
Adams, Ashurst, Bachman, Bailey,
Bankhead, Barley, Black. Bone, Bulk
ley. Bulow, Byrd. Byrnes, Caraway.
Clark, Connally, Costigan. Dill. Duffy,
Erickson, Fletcher, George, Harrison.
Hatch, Hayden, King. Logan. Loner-
gan, Long. McCarran. McGill.- Nc
Kellar, Murphy. Nicely, OMahoney.
Overton. Pittman, Reynolds, Robin
son of Arkansas, Russell. Sheppard,
Smith, Stephens, Thomas OF Okla
homa, Thomas Of Utah, Thompson
and Wheeler. Total, As.
Republicans for: g
Borah, Capper, Cutting. Frazier. La
Toilette. Norbeck, Norris, Nye.
Total 8.
Farmer Labor for: Shipstead. Total.
1. Grand total for, SIS.
Democrats against:
Brown, Copeland, Glass, Gore, Wag-
ner and Walsh. Total. 6.
Republicans Opposed.
Republicans against-Austin, Bar
bour, Couzens. Davis, Dickinson, Glib
son, Goldsborough. Hale. Hastings,
Hatfield, Kean. McNary, Metcaf,
Patterson. Robinson of Indiana,
Schall, Steiwer, Townsend and White.
Total, 10.
Grand total against-25.
Pairs were announced. as follows
For the bill, McAdoo. Trammell, Van
Mugs, Dieterich, Pope and Lewis.
Against. walcott, Reed. Reyes, Fess,
Vandenberg and Hebert.
The roll call on the soldier bonus
amendment follows:
Democrats for-Ashurst, Bachman,
Black. Bone, Bulow, Caraway, Dill.
Erickson. Long, McCarran, McGill,
Mcclellan, Nicely. Overton. Reynolds,
Russell, Smith, Thomas of Oklahoma
and Wheeler. Total, 10.
Republicans for - Capper. Cutting,
Davis, Frazier, Hatfield, La Toilette,
Norbeck, Nye, Patterson, Robinson Of
Indiana. Schall. Total, IL.
Farmer Labor-Shipstead. Total, /.
Grand total for-31.
Democrats Against.
Democrats against-Adams, Bailey,
Bankhead, Barley, Brown, Buckley.
Byrd, Byrnes, Clark, Connally, Cool
idge, Copeland, Costigan, Duffy.
Fletcher. George, Glass. Gore. Har-
rison. Hatch. Hayden. King. Logan,
Lonergan, Murphy. O'Mahoney, Pitt
man, Robinson of Arkansas, Sheppard,
Stephens, Thomas of Utah. Thomp-
son, Wagner, Walsh. Total. "a.
Republicans againSt-Austin, Bar