Evening star., 1935-03-22
Success for Texans Bill
Hailed as Victory for In
fIationiStS-EarIy Vote Is
Seen in Senate.
WNS0N PLAN BEATEN
BY VOTE OF 2O7-204
Speaker Byrns Breaks Tie in Close
Balloting, Sumner and Oliver
Later Changing Vote-Tyd-
ings-Andrews Compromise Is
Defeated Badly, 31S to 80.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


The Patman soldiers bonus bill was
passed by the House, by vote of
3l8 to 90, this afternoon.
BY its vote in favor Of the Patman
bill the House defied President
Roosevelt, who has threatened to veto
a bill for cash payment of the bonus.
The success of the Patman bill was
hailed as a victory for the inlation-
lists. The bill provides for the issu-
ance of United States Treasury notes,
greenbacks, to the amount necessary
to pay off the veterans, estimated at
S2.300,00O.0
While the House was passing the
Patman bill Senator Thomas of Okla
homa. a leading inflationist in the
Senate, announced on the floor of the
Upper House he would offer the Pat
man bill as an amendment to the work
relief bill if his silver proposal is
turned down. If he persists in this
plan, the Senate will have an oppor-
tunity to vote on the bonus bill almost
Immediately.
VinSOn Bill Beaten.
lG Z dlIIldll OIIl WOIl n LIdl VIZ
tory in the House today over the Vim
son bill, which has been backed by the
American Legion. The major differ
ence between the two bills was in the
method Of payment.
Under the Vinson bill the Treasury
Department was left to find the
money to pay the bonus either through
borrowing or taxes.
When the House assembled, the
Patman bill was before it. A mo-
ton to recommit, made by Repre-
sentative Vinson of Kentucky, with
instructions 10 report the Vinson bill
favorably to the House, was made
Immediately. 1t failed of adoption
by vote of 207 to 204.
Speaker Breaks Tie.
For a split second it looked as
though the Vinson bill had won. AS
the clerk finished calling the roll the
vote stood 204 to 204. Speaker ByrneS
cast his vote for the Vinson bill.
breaking the tie. But at that point
Representatives Cox Of Georgia and
Summers of Texas, both of whom had
voted present" changed their votes
to no" and Representative Oliver of
Alabama, who had voted aye" 4"
changed his vote to mo" And so
the Patman bill won out.
Another effort to defeat the Patman
bill and to substitute for it the
Tydings- Andrews -Cochrane compro-
mise bonus bill, under which per
Ia ic
sued to the veterans in exchange for
their bonus certificates, was made.
1t failed miserably, the vote being 318
to 80 in favor of the Patman bill over
the compromise bill. Then the vote
came on the final passage Of the
Patman bill.
The adoption of the Patman bill
will be regarded as victory
for the cause of currency expan-
sion. The bill carries, in addition to
the clause for the issuance of the
United States Treasury notes to pay
the bonus, section providing for
controlled expansion Under it the
Secretary Of the Treasury is given au-
thority to retire currency when it be-
comes necessary to avoid imitation.
The measure now goes to the
Senate, where it must run the
gauntlet Of amendment and of rejec-
ton. Twice before the Senate has
voted down Patnan bonus bills. Once
In 1882. when the bonus army" was
milling about the Capital, only ID
Senators voted for the measure. Last
year similar bill found only 81 Sen
atorS voting AYE when the test came
in the Senate.
The record vote in the House in
favor OF the Patman bill as a substi-
tute for the Vinson bill late Yesterday
showed 202 "eyes" and 19l noes"
(RoH call on yesterdays bonus
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