Evening star., 1935-05-16
Drafts ForcefuI Message in
Hope His Action Will
Be Sustained.
END OF STALEMATE
LOOMS IN SENATE
White House Statement Designed
to Check Rumors That Lead.
ers Plan to Override.

President Roosevelt will veto the
Patman bonus bill and will send to
Congress with his veto a message in
which he will express himself forcibly
in the hope his adverse action will be
sustained.
This was announced officially at the
White House today on behalf of the
President by Stephen Early, Mr..
Roosevelt's press relations secretary.
While there has been no doubt as
to the Presidents attitude toward this
legislation, this is the first time the
definite statement has come from the
White House that he would not sign
the bill
After the Senate met, supporters Of
the Patman bill expressed confidence
that they had picked up some votes
and decided to let the bill 60 to the
White House.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
homa said he would withdraw his
motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill was passed, which has
kept it tied up in the Senate for more
than a week, with an understanding
that the crucial vote to override the
Presidents veto will not come until
next week.
Notice on the veto, departure
from Mr.. RooSevelt's usual policy on
legislation sent to him, was in re-
sponse to published statements that
some administration leaders might
like to see the veto overridden for
political purposes.
Quick Veto Promised.
II will say as definitely as I can,"
said Early, that the President is not
interested in the bonus because of
political reasons or political expe-
diency.
He will veto the bill and his mes
sage to the Congress will present
forcible argument as 1t is his earnest
hope that Congress will support his
Veto"
Shortly after the White House an
nouncement, the Senate Finance
Committee rejected a new proposal
for cashing the veterans certificates
out Of the s4,s8o, 100000 work-relief
fund.
The proposal, advanced by Senator
Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, as
rider to the administrations social
security bill, was rejected, II to 5, but
the Oklahoman said he probably
would offer it again in the Senate.
Would Reopen Debt Issue.
Gore proposed to pay the bonus out
Of the work relief fund and reimburse
the Government as far as possible oy
Jatax
nlents and collecting as much on them
as possible.
Mr.. Roosevelt is understood to have
virtually completed writing his mes
sage and will have it ready when
the time comes to act. He has been
giving the subject considerable study
for a long time and during the past
few weeks has made notes to be used
by him in the final draft.
He denied himself to callers and
put aside all other business yester-
day afternoon so as to give his un-
interrupted attention to the dictat-
ing of the final draft of the paper.
AS to the stand in Congress for or
against the veto the White House
said all it knew was what was pub
1lSQeQ III Ulle newspapers. LdCeSC pup
lished reports were said to indicate
the veto would be upheld in the
Senate
The White House move today OBJ
viously was undertaken to check any
loss of administration strength
through the published reports that
Vice President Garner and some party
leaders thought it might be well to
have the bonus enacted over the veto
and gotten out of the way at this time.
Vinson Rider Hinted.
Some supporters of the Vinson plan.
which leaves the method of financing
the bonus open, were reported to be
considering offering this measure as
rider to an appropriation bill if the
Patman proposal finally is defeated.
Roosevelt leaders in the Senate still
maintained they had votes to spare
to uphold a veto on the inflationary
Patman BILL
Vice President Garner declined to
comment on reports that he had ad-
vised Senators to vote to override
q veto. He said he never commented
on matters before the Senate. Lead
ers in that chamber said, however, that
he had told them he had not offered
such advice.