Evening star., 1936-01-22
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate compromise baby bond'
soldiers bonus bill went through the
House today like creased lightning.
After an hours general debate, the
House adopted resolution offered by
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and
Means Committee which carried with
! it agreement to the Senate amend.
ment.
| The vote was 346 to SO.
| Representatives who voted against
! the bill were
Democrats-Biermann Iowa; Bland.
Virginia; Burch, Virginia; Claiborne.
Missouri; Cox, Georgia. Darden, Vir.
ginia; Dobbins. Illinois: Drewry, Vir.
ginia; Duffy, New York; Ford, CALI
fornia; Hobbs, Alabama Huddleston,
Alabama Lanham, Texas; Lewis,
Maryland; Lewis, Colorado Montague,
Virginia; ODay New York; ONeal.
Kentucky; Peyser, New York; Robert
son. Virginia. Russell, Massachusetts:
Sisson, New York; Smith, Virginia.:
Summers. Texas; Tarver, Georgia:
Terry, Arkansas: Utterback, Iowa;
| Wilmington, Massachusetts; Wood
rum. Virginia.
/ Total Democrats, 20.
| Republicans: Andrew, Massachu.
sets; Andrews. New York; Bacon.
New York. Bolton Ohio; Cavicchia.
New Jersey; Christianson, Minnesota:
Cole, New York Culkin, New YORK:
Eaton, New Jersey; Clifford, Massa-
chusetts: Goodwin, New York; Han.
cock, New York; Hartley, New Jersey;
Higgins, Connecticut Hollister. Ohio:
Lehlbach, New Jersey; Mclean, New
Jersey; Mapes, Michigan; Merritt,
Connecticut; Millard. New York; Per-
kins, New Jersey: Plumley, Vermont;
Rich, Pennsylvania; Rogers, Massa-
chusetts Smell, New York; Taber,
New York; Tinkham. Massachusetts,:
Tobey, New Hampshire; Treadway,
Massachusetts; Wigglesworth, Massa-
chusetts.
Total Republicans, 30
Grand total against, SO.
| May Reach Roosevelt Today.
As soon as the bill has been signed
by the Speaker and the Vice President,
it will be sent to the White House for
President Roosevelt's approval or dis
approval. The measure may reach
there today.
The President has 10 days in which
to approve or disapprove the bill. If
he takes no action, the bill automatic
ally becomes law at the end of that
period The latter course is considered
improbable, however.
President Roosevelt has not indi-
Gated What he will do about the bonus
bill. Predictions have been made by
administration members of Congress
both that he will approve and that he
will disapprove the measure.
Confidence that the bill will become
law, whether the President vetoes
it or not, has been expressed on the
floor of the House and of the Senate.
Representative Vinson Of Kentucky.
during the debate on the motion to
concur in the Senate amendment
said:
This bill will be able to withstand
a Veto"
Vote Over Two Thirds.
The measure passed both houses by
far more than the necessary two
thirds vote to override a veto. The
House bill originally passed by 356
to SO. The Senate passed its bill by
a vote of "a to 16 It is not believed
that q veto message by the President
will result in changing enough votes
in either house to sustain the veto.
Whether the President will ask for
any additional taxes to care for the
financing of the bonus bill has not
been disclosed. Senator Harrison, and
other leaders in Congress, have ex-
pressed the opinion additional tax
alton at this time would not be neces-
sary. They estimate that not more
than 81, ,000, 100000 will be needed to
make the bonus payments during the
next wear. When all the bonds have
been cashed, which will have been
issued to the veterans. under the COM
promise bill, the expenditure will
amount to something over $2,491,-
O00, 1000.
Immediately after the House met at
noon today Chairman Doughton asked
and obtained unanimous consent to
take up his resolution to agree to the
Senate's amendment to the bonus bill.
Had such unanimous consent not been
granted the House leadership was pre-
pared to bring in special rule max
ing the resolution in order.
An hours debate was in order as
soon as unanimous consent had been
given. with 4oughton privileged a.
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