The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22

Speaking before House and
Senate assembled in the hall
of the Representatives, Mr..
Roosevelt argued that the
Patman bonus plan was UNI
safe and unwarranted.
His message was a stern admoni-
ton against curreacy imitation.
He warned that uncontrolled
prices and destruction of the value
of savings" would follow adoption
OF the printing press money plan
of meeting the demands Of special
groups.
L can not be true to the Office
I hold if do not weigh the claims
OF all in the scales Of equity" Mr..
Roosevelt said in an emphatic per-
grafton.
7 am thinking of those who
served their country of those
who increased crops, who worked in
the mines of those who died
in the cause of America of the
widows and orphans Of all of them
Of five millions of Americans
who with their families are today
III dire need.
1T is of first importance that we
yield not to sympathy which would
extend to a single group or class
but that we should extend as
sistance to all.
I believe the welfare of the ma
ton as we'll as of the future of the
veterans, wholly justifies my dis
approval Of this measure"
"Unwarranted," He Says
In vigorous, measured language,
Mr.. Roosevelt told Congress and the
nation that the cash-payment plan
was unwarranted.
House and Senate assembled
shortly after noon today over pro-
tests Of minority which challenged
the Presidents constitutional right
TO deliver in person to both houses
a message vetoing the action Of
their ma orities.
No President has done so before
him Floor and galleries were
damned for this prime political
event.
Mr.. Roosevelt called the cash-pay-
ment plan in part straight gratuity.
He warned that il would raise fun
damental questions Of finance.
Assails Political Minorities
The country can not safely yield,
he said, to all groups able to en-
force upon Congress their claims
for special consideration.
To do So" Mr.. Roosevelt con-
tinued, is to abandon the principle
Of government by and for the
American people and to put in its
place government by and for po-
litical coercion by minorities."
Behind the Patman bill. Mr..
Roosevelt pointed to general pension
legislation inevitably TO be urged
for all veterans regardless of need
or age.
The nations credit is safe TODAY,
the President assured Congress. He
conceded that mere addition of 81
100000 900 to the national deficit
would not itself bankrupt the United
States. But he warned that even
the credit of America could not
survive a policy which permitted
government to yield to special
groups.
Destruction Due, He Warns
Finally" Mr.. Roosevelt contln-
ued, Il invite your attention to the
fact that solely from the point OF
view Of the good credit Of the Unit
ed States. the complete failure Of
the Congress to provide additional
taxes for an additional expenditure
Of this magnitude would in itself
and by itself alone warrant disap-
proval of this measure"
Uncontrolled prices - imitation -
and destruction OF savings are in
escapable. Mr.. Roosevelt argued. IL
a printing pres3 money precedent is
esta blished.
The first person injured by sky
rocketing prices" he continued, is
the man on fixed income. Every
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