The Washington times., 1936-01-02
PATMANGR0UP
CHANGES
TACTICS
Fiqht on 'Greenback'
Money to Come Later
Under New Scheme
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL
International News Service

international News Service
The steering committee, In
charge of the Patman bonus bill,
today offered to abandon tempo.
rarily an Initiation" cash pay
ment bill subject to the will of a
majority of the House.
A meeting of the 218 House
memberS-a bare majority Of the
House-was summoned to a eau
Gus tomorrow to make q final de-
ciSion,
The formal announcement Of
Representative Wright Patman
CD of Texas, author of the Pat
man bill, carried the, inference
that the so-called initiation group
is willing to see q bonus bill
passed without naming q method
of payment. Then, if President
Roosevelt repeats his previous
demand that Congress provide
taxes to meet the cost Of the
$4,000, 900, 900 cash payment Q
fight would be opened for pay
ment by issuance of "greenback
money.
Extends Olive Branch
After IA Of the 20 House mem
bers of the Patman steering COM
mittee had conferred for an hour,
Patman said:
''This committee il extending
the olive branch. We want to
cooperate so the veterans will
get full cash payment.
cit is the sense Of the meet
ing that 218 MEMBER ma
jority of the HOuse-having
signed a petition to discharge
the Ways and Means Commit
tee, and the bill will be up in
the House ON January IL, we
have not the authority or desire
to prevent action"
Patman continued:
eff the House votes to dis
charge the committee and the
bin Is considered, while we have
not changed our views, II y ma
jOrity Of the House sees fit to
amend the bill by striking out
the method Of payment, we will
abide BY the decision Of the
majority and support the bill to
final passage.
1--WE reserve the right In the
future to oppose imposition Of
taxes or the issuance Of nOn.tax-
able Understanding bonds for
the purpose Of paying this
specific debt"
Representative Dies CD of
Texas a member Of the. steering
committee, interpreted the action
as meaning that the Patman
steering committee is willing to
drop temporarily the so-called
initiation fight.
Members indicated that If q
bonus bill is passed without pro.
viding a method of payment, they
will then urge issuance of money
backed by idle Treasury gold.
The proposal Of the committee
was laid before Commander Ray
Murphy Of the American Legion
and Commander James Van
Zandt Of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars.
Representative vinson (D.) Of
Kentucky will introduce Amer
lean Legion" bill tomorrow calling
for cash payment without infla-
ton.
VinsOn Ready with Bill
Representative Vinson said:
II shall introduce q bill TO-
morrow and may have it in
shape today. 1t win be . bill
which I hope everybody will 40
Cept."
Mr.. Vinson planned to attempt
to show that the estimate Of
1000 million dollars added cost for
cash payment of the bonus is
too high. He believes that sink
ing fund payments in the past
will reduce the cost hundreds Of
millions.
Both the Vinson and Patman
forces apparently were preparing
to resist a proposal by Speaker
ByrnS to have the bonus bill
originate in the Senate. Senator
ByrneS Cd Of South Carolina is
under pledge to present q bill in
the first 10 days.
The House pro-bonus forces,
however, fear that q fight In the
Senate might cause long delay in
q final showdown, II the bill
originated in that body.