Evening star., 1935-03-06
V|NS0N BONUS BILL
GETS INSIDE TRACK
House Committee Votes ID
to II to Consider 1t In
stead of Patman Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee voted IA to IL today to con-
slider the Vinson American Legion bill
for cash payment of the bonus as op-
! posed to the Patman currency eXpan-
sion bill This action was taken after
an agreement to report bonus bill
to the House for floor action
Two motions were voted upon. The
first. adopted with only two or three
dissenters. was to submit to the House
bill for immediate and full cash
payment of the bonus.
Then on motion by Representative
Cooper. Democrat of Tennessee. that
the committee express a preference
between the Patman currency expan-
sion and the Vinson orthodox financ-
ing plans, it voted IA to II for the
Vinson bill.
Early Action Forecast.
Consideration of the Vinson bill for
amendments was postponed until an
afternoon session.
Representative VinSon, Democrat of
Kentucky. author of the bill which
had the Legion's support, told news
papermen he hoped that the bill will
get before the House this week.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars had
supported the Patman bill. James E.
Van Zandt. commander of the v. F.
w, gave this statement to newspaper
men:
The result of the vote in the Ways
and Means Committee is entirely sat-
isfactory to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars The fact that change of two
votes would have reversed the decision
of the committee demonstrates the
strength behind the Patman bill
With assurances given by the Speaker
and leaders of the House that there
will be an opportunity on the floor to
vote for the Patman bill, we feel sure
that bill will pass the House"
Chairman Doughton said he would
try to arrange to get vote on the
bonus Friday or Saturday.
First Vote, "a to /.
A committee member said that the
vote to report bonus bill was "a to
after one member had changed from
no to aye. This, however. would not
indicate the committees exact atti-
tude toward cash payment Of the
bonus because some members voted
for the motion simply in order to bring
a bill before the House.
Il am confident of victory on the
floor of the House." said Represent
ative Patman. Democrat. of Texas.
I'VE are ready to go to the mat with
them. and if we lose, we shall sup
port the bill the House passes, but
we feel positive that we will not lose"
Immediately after the committees
action, Speaker Byrns, the House par
Humanitarian and Representative
Cooper, the committee parliamentary
expert. went into a conference to de-
termine how to let the House decide
between the Vinson and the Patman
bills.
A special resolution was prepared
under which a motion to substitute
the Patman bill for the Vinson bill
would be in order .
After the committee reports the
Vinson bill to the floor, it will in
struct the chairman to ask the Rules
Committee for a special resolution
making it in order to offer the Pat
man currency expansion bill as an
amendment. Speaker Byrns and
Chairman O'Connor Of the Rules
Committee said they would favor such
procedure.
Tboro moe fool;po aroopr laodars
that the House should have the same
chance as the committee to decide the
Patman VS.. Vinson dispute.
Like House leaders, committee chiefs
figure the House will pass a bonus
payment bill. They guess, too, that the
Senate will do the same. And they
still anticipate presidential veto.
Veto Stage Contemplated.
They are not thinking intensively
of compromise just now. But the
Tydings bill is in the minds of a num-
Der of members as possibility in case
the bonus drive raches the veto stage.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary
land was the only Senator to testify
before the committee. He advocated
his bill. under which negotiable bonds
would be traded for adjusted compen-
sations certificates. and asserted:
In my judgment, this negotiable
bond) bill could be sold to the ad-
ministration: in my Judgment, this
bill would win votes that no other
bill would win. Twenty-Five to 80
members Of the House have ap-
preached me to talk about this bill.
Ninety-f1ve per cent of the Senators
would vote for it. I believe that If it
goes to the White House, the White
House will sign it."s
Under Tydings' bill, veteran could
exchange $1,000 adjusted compen-
sation certificate for q negotiable
bond worth $794 Immediately, or
worth 1884 in 1945.