The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-14
IMITATION LAID.
To PAT MAN
MEASURE
Secretary Early Denies Any
Change on Fishing Trip;
Message Long Planned
BY EARL GOODWIN


ing into the White House so far
this week, almost 8 to / in favor
Of paying the veterans bonus
now, have not changed President
Roosevelt's intention to send the
bonus bill back to the Capitol
with one Of the Sharpest messages
Of his administration.
This much is anybody'S news
at the White House. In addition,
Stephen Early, the Presidents
assistant secretary, gave his most
solemn assurance again today
that the Presidents intentions in
the matter were not framed or
altered at the now famous week
end trip to the Woodmont Rod
and Gun Club.
He denied with the greatest
possible vehemence that the sub
iect Of the bonus was discussed
between the President and any
one or more Of the Senate and
House leaders who fished with
him in Western Maryland.
i Veto Long Planned
The President has had 1t in
mind for a long time to deny the
bonus legislation. Reports that
members of the Senate have
heard with their own ears Sec
tions Of the message which the
President will send to Congress
Vetoing the proposal are taken
to mean that the President has
had his views on paper for a
dong time.
It is understood that the veto
message will be based on the fol
lowing:
l. That the first duty of the
Government is to take care of
the destitute and jobless, and
that the four billion work-relief
program must have right Of
way.
Will Be Disputed
2. That this Government has
already taken care of and is
caring for a large proportion Of
veterans who need hospitaliza-
ton and other care, including
veterans who are in the relief
army. This part of the Presi"
dents stand will be disputed by
veterans organizations, it is
understood. .u.
3. That the Government is
not yet obligated to pay the
6NOa1NS TAA Dr0SiHANf
stated on one occasion that the
original adjusted service certifi'
Gates represented a bonus of
1,400 millions when Congress
authorized them in 1924. It
was decided to defer payment
for 20 years, adding about Is
per cent for the delay, and
compromising the total at 4 per
cent annually, so that the whole
fund in 20 years would be
about $500 millions. President
Roosevelt will say that the
arrangement authorized by Con-
gress disposes Of the question
as to whether or not the bonus
Is now due.
More Than Worth
r 4. The President may point
but what he has referred to
previously, to wit, that many
veterans have borrowed on their
certificates more than the pres
ent worth Of them.
S, The last utterance on the
bonus by the President was g.
letter to q Legionnaire in Texas,
Garland Farmer, commander OF
the post at Henderson, Tex. In
that statement President RooSe-
welt said that the payment of
the bonus now would not Stimu-
late business to the extent that
many bonus advocates believed,
and argued that to let bonus
certificates run to maturity
would be like keeping a 20-year
endowment policy in force,
rather than borrowing on it to
an extent that would use up
all its assets and resources be-
fore maturity.
Stand or Fall
AS the tremendous pressure to
pass the bonus over a presidential
veto increases hourly, on the other
hand, the Administrators sup
norters who will stand by and
support a veto have been urging
on the President to send to Con
rress a veto message that will
~on,n1etelv divide the country for
and against the President.
In effect the Administration
appears ready to stand or fall on
the Presidents actions in the
bonus matter.
president Roosevelt is expected
TO take the stand that the Pat
man greenback method of paying
the bonus constitutes initiation.
at the same time Jesse Jones, Of
the RFC, surprised the world a
few days ago by a speech in New
york which was interpreted as
ending the fear Of the terrors Of
initiation, if, as and when the
bonus bill is law.
Also, Mariner EccleS, Federal
Reserve governor, declared that
the Patman style of initiation
would not have the destructive
effect attributed to it by some
of its foes.
u. S. YACHT CROSSES
G0spORT, England, May IL