The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-18
PERSONAL PLEA
IS VIEWED AS
LAST RESORT
Advocates of Patman Bill Say
Proposal to Override Will
Not Lose One Vote

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would not take such unpreced.
ented action.
WILL NOT LOSE VOTE
1--WE will not lose q vote on
the veto vote because Of the
Presidents proposed action,
according to my view. And I'm
figuring the strongest express.
sions he might make in his
message.
"The lines are pretty well
drawn. Those whom have been
courageous enough to vote for
the bill will not be scared off
BY the Presidents appeal.
That's the way I feel about It,"
It was expected that Denis
Chavez, Senator-elect from New
Mexico, will arrive in Washing
ton to take his seat in the Sen.
ate in time to vote with the
bonus forces to override the
veto. It also is expected that
Senator Robert B. Reynolds Cd
of North Carolina, who has been
on official business in the Virgin
Islands and who is an ardent
advocate Of paying the bonus,
will be in the Senate in time to
cast his vote.
President on Cruise
Determined to put into his
bonus veto all the punch at his
command President Roosevelt took
the draft of the message aboard
the Government yacht Sequoia
this forenoon and will endeavor
to bring it back in completed form
tomorrow night, after q cruise in
the waters of the lower Potomac.
He left the White House with
q small party of friends shortly
before IL o'clock this morning.
He worked on the message until
after midnight last night and was
up this morning bright and early
carrying on the task.
When he goes to the Capitol
Monday or Tuesday, to give evil
dence of his sincerity by the first
personal veto appearance ever
made by a President, he will have
written into the message the
strongest wording on his complete
Anti-bonus position within his
power.
Motors to QuanticO
The President motored from
Washington to Quantico, where
the Sequoia was waiting at anchor.
BY taking the yacht there. the
President and his party will be
enabled to cruise further down
the river than if the yacht sailed
from the Washington Navy Yard.
With the President today were
two old friends, Judge and Mrs.
Samuel Rosenman; his military
aide, Col. Edwain B. Watson,
and Mrs. Watson: and Miss
Margaret LIE Hand, his personal
secretary. It is probable the
President will return to the
White House late tomorrow
night.
The President intends to do
some fishing in the neighbor-
hood Of Solomon's Island about
s o'clock this afternoon. Mrs.
Roosevelt will join the Sequoia
somewhere in the Patuxent River
some time tomorrow and the
party will return to Annapolis
late tomorrow and motor to the
White House.
The Sequoia will remain in
Annapolis until next Saturday
as the President intends to re-
view the Harvard.Navy boat
races from the deck of this
Plan Last Appeal
While President Roosevelt
drafted his message vetoing the
Patman bonus bill, the Patman-
ties in the Senate met hurTiedly
early today on the bidding of their
leader. Senator Elmer Thomas
CD, of Oklahoma. They were con-
fident that they could muster
enough votes to override the veto
when the test came in the Senate.
Representative Wright Patman
Cd, Of Texas, author Of the bill
passed by both houses, planned to
lead a delegation to the White
House on Monday in a plea for a
Presidential change of mind.
Irked by the tremendous pres