Evening star., 1935-05-14
Senate Prepares to Send
Patman Measure Into
Teeth of Veto.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
EXPECTED TOMORROW
Administration Forces Confident
of Marshalling 35 Votes to
Sustain Roosevelt.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Cash bonus leaders in Congress
decided suddenly today against
sending the Patman currency
bonus bill to President Roosevelt
yet, because we're not ready to
have it vetoed" Just when it
would go was undetermined.
BY the Associated Press.
A stream of messages urging Presi-
dent Roosevelt to approve or veto the
Patman cash bonus bill continued to
pour into the White House today as
the Senate approached roll call on
sending the disputed legislation to the
Chief Executive for formal disap-
proval.
The White House reported larger
proportion Of the messages received
in the last "a hours favored a veto.
No figures were given. The ratio of
the first messages received was de-
scribed as about 8 to l In favor Of
signing.
Administration leaders, meanwhile,
predicted that a presidential veto
would end the bonus issue for this
session of Congress. On the other
hand. Senator Thomas, Democrat. of
Oklahoma declared I'VE have a better
chance now to pass the bill over a
veto than we had two months ago to
pass it at ALL" 1t was Thomas who
was to move to send it to the Presi-
dents desk during the day.
Veto Expected Tomorrow.
Roosevelt leaders on Capitol Hill
expressed confidence that the 2,20O,-
100000 currency expansion measure
would be vetoed tomorrow. They said
they expected the message to be
strongly worded.
The decision to send the Patman
bill Immediately into the teeth Of the
expected veto was reached at a con-
ference called by Senator Thomas.
Those attending included representa-
tives of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin's Ma
tional Union for Social Justice and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Senator
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana; Nc
Carran. Democrat, Of Nevada and
Nicely, Democrat, of West Virginia and
Representative Patman, Democrat, of
Texas, author Of the measure.
Members of the group said after the
conference that they had received in
formation reviving their hopes Of
passing the bill over a veto. Senator
Thomas, however, did not claim suf-
ficient votes to assure this result. Ad-
ministration leaders in the Senate said
they counted on at least 35 Senators
voting to sustain veto. Thirty three
votes would be enough to uphold the
Presidents expected stand.
May Stress Money Feature.
The Democratic chieftains said they
expected the veto message to stress
the monetary features of the Patman
bill and to reiterate Mr.. Roosevelt'S
previous contention that the destitute
unemployed nave first claim on the
Treasury.
Speculation continued in the Cap
| ital as to what course the bonus pay
ment forces would pursue if the Pat
man plan to pay the veterans with new
currency is killed.
Some Republican leaders, who pro-
posed few days ago that the Vinson
cash payment plan advanced by the
American Legion should be pushed
in the event the Patman bill failed,
said privately that Senate vote up
holding a veto might put an end to
bonus agitation generally at this
session.
Another Drive Draws Favor.
The Vinson bill, which both the
House and Senate rejected in favor
of the Patman plan, would pay the
bonus Immediately and in full, but
would leave the method of payment
open. Most advocates Of the Vinson
plan said it probably would have
resulted in the issuance of Govern
ment bonds to raise money for the
veterans.
Some Senate advocates Of bonus
payment favored a drive to put over
still another plan in the event the
Patman bill is vetoed and the veto
upheld. This measure would pro-
pose alternate methods Of f1nanc-
ing, under which the President could
| choose between issuing new currency
or raising the money from other
sources,