Evening star., 1935-05-26
Leaders of Major Parties
See No Chance for Pass
age at Present Session.
DOOM HELD SOUNDED
BY ROOSEVELT SPEECH
Patman Calls. Conference to Dis
cuss Action-Veterans' Politi.
cal Party Rumored.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Soldiers bonus legislation was de-
clared yesterday by both Democratic
and Republican leaders in Congress to
be entirely improbable during the
present session of Congress.
Its like a firecracker that fails to
go off when it Is first lighted: it won't
explode when you try it a second
time" was the way one of the leaders
put it, referring to the defeat of the
Patman "greenback" soldiers bonus
bill.
And If the bonus legislation seems
dead for this session, so-called inf1a-
tionary legislation. by the same token,
appears to be even more so.
President Roosevelt's veto OF the
Patman bill, backed up by a very con-
siderable vote of the Senate, appar-
emily has turned the trick.
Bonus Meeting Called.
Nevertheless, the advocates Of cash
payment of the bonus plan to hold
meeting at the Capitol Tuesday at
1890 am. TO adopt program OF
procedure. The so-called Bonus Steer
ing Committee of the House, headed
by Representative Patman Of Texas,
author of the now defunct bill, to
gether with members of the Senate
intent on immediate cash payment of
the veterans, will attend the confer
ence, which has been called by Pat
man.
Representatives Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, American Legion, Of
Father Charles E. Coughlin, and Of
farmers organizations also may attend
the conference, 1t was said. They still
talk of pressing for action now. But
privately they admit the situation does
not look bright. particularly since the
President has announced he will veto
any bill that is sent to him with a
bonus rider.
1t looks as though the next serious
threat of bonus legislation will have
to wait until Congress meets next
January. Conditions that exist in
the country then, plus the fact that a
congressional and national election
will be in the immediate offlng. are
likely to be influential at that time.
If the Presidents work relief program
has worked we'll and business has
picked up, it may be even more diff
cult to get through Congress a cash
payment bill. On the other hand, If
there has been no real improvement,
the demand for some such measure
as the Patman bill will be pressed
hard.
Political Party Threatened.
In the meantime members of Con-
gress are taking stock of the political
effects of the defeat of the bonus
bill. Reports reached the Capitol yes
terday that veterans are preparing to
go into politics on a large scale. They
have come to the conclusion, 1t was
said, that they can hope for little fur
ther legislation in their behalf If
they hold aloof and maintain a nom
partisan position in politics.
For that reason a definite. political
organization Is said to be in the max
ing, kind of veterans Ku Klux Khan.
secret in character. There was a re-
port that Governor of one of the
States is ready to help promote such
an organization in a big way. The
organization would be committed to
the support of candidates for office
ready to support bonus legislation,
pension legislation and other laws
favorable to the veterans of the World
War.
The advocates of such a program
refer to the fact that for long period
after the Civil War the G. A. r. DOM
mated politics in this country. They
do not see why a closely knit organi-
zation of World War veterans cannot
do the same for years to come. Up
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