Evening star., 1949-06-19
New Pension Bill Poses
Stern Test for Senote
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Usually these balls have TO - x4lh 1>ea-
s1ors or bonuses fns Ire veterans q Twceszt
a, remote saEs and II Is ~o4th nes!aE lhAl
80 far IN the history Of oar great Rsp4ulse
none has ever permanently failed Scrss
times they can be hiocGsd Ter lsp ~ ttss
shr~e sessiens-~hut eventually thsy se
enacted in lsss and wAs knewn a ths
terminal i~a,s pay eiu The estimated es,ss
OF this bill wAs eetwe~n Ia and So Billions
ot eoslars II was In addition 10 al o4hsf
veteran compensation and thTse wAs ne rrAl
excuse tet H-exespt that terminal beAs
pas had been voted esncefK and the move la
extend II 10 enlisted nen SAs hard 10 epposs
In the Ao0se aaN oae mAn-~-3Ansa W,
Nadsseyth Of Nss fogk~~fa.tsd Ia Ee&s faT
II, and in the Senate aniy ene Senator
Robert Taft Of Ohlo-denouneea u 40
wrong and wAs recorded ~ opposed,
Mr. Truman signed the bill In August
The estimates Of It's cost were not ssaeswr-
ated II added mose than o. eaa 600 900
10 the cost Of the Government New an.
other veteran bill - on ltA wAy which in
the matter al cost makrs thr terminal ray
bill look trivial indeed THIS 10 tire bill
passed by the House -ses 10 2T-~on June .
II would gise pensions 10 all veterans of
World Wars and II regardless et whether
disability. II any. resulted from service IN
the war. and REGARDLESS Of "empinyahsliiy
In erisf II would EiFe . pension 10 every
living veteran and 10 the widows 81 the
dead ones The carefully estimated eost 10
put al tss 900 600 900 over the neat 50 seaEs
This would impose q crushing financial bur
den on future generations and certainly
add 10 the dangers o' . COLLAPSE ef the
whole Federal fiscal structure Ii L." edi-
torAlly saws the New York T1mes a crude
hsndout which diScredlts the veterans ct
Ranisstions which loehied for u 10 effectively
and the House members who voted for u
30 irresponsibiy
The question is now whether ths senate
will have the courage 10 reject Ihls appAIlins
AR 0Fkn asfIA fhR akeAah
pay bill. eraseniy pass 1t without . roll call
and the President A. rrAvenly slgn n. n
seems incredible that under existing eondi-
tions II could become law Yet who ear
tsll7 In any event ihose n Hoa@ members
who voted No" at least ouRht 10 BE- widely
known. Only one or tao newspapers printed
their names Here tissy are, Republican
Gamble Owinn. Hale. Han New Yogkl, /,
Byrnes wisconsin Case New Jersey. Cole
New York coadert, Davis twiaeonssn'
Eaton. Eistnn, Heselton. Ksan. KIiburn.
Merton. Rich. Tabor. Towe-~is Democrats
Battle Gary. Harrison, Jacobs. holAnd.
Smith virginia.. STANLEY. Teaxus. wilson
tTexasl~e
In addition there wsTe paired against Tia
bill: DemoerAts-Aohhs Mccormack. Asms
and Norton Republicans Macy Judd
and wadsworth~~s There werw 37d Demo-
Gratis and i3s Republicans voting for tire
bill: six Democrats and Republican paired
a. favoring.
considerins the activity and power oi the
veterans lobby and the huge majority fer
the bill u took considerable courage fos
the n members who voted against and
the seven who were paired aFslnst r. 60
on record. They should have FUN credit
everywhere ~ men wno. faced with thTeats
from powerful organized groups wer un-
afraid 70 stand by their convictions This
In quality altogether too rare In our public
life to be passed by lightly, In the SENATE.
there being no Veterans Pension Commit
tee. this tss 600 900 600 handoui pfopotAi
has gone to the Finance Committee. ~
which Senator George Ia chairman and
Senator Byrd and Senator Taft are msm-
bers II In not likely 70 be killed In this
committee. but neither Ia II likely 10 come
out with Favorable report
Even with an unfasorahls report II may
30 through. despite the fact that The Coz
eminent Ia preparing In the next three
months to distribute o. 900 900 600 10 vet
erans of World War II in insurance divt.
dends despite the fact tha. President Trsl.
man In anxious the bill should not pass.
despite the further fact thst in issa than q
month q large espins dsfeil in the rwdsfAi
finances viii be sxposed Notwithstanding
ali this such Ia Tire poser cf ths IebbY and
the eovardiee Of the politicians that no one
can be certain uf the onsenmr Every
bleeding heart liberal" ard iahos. baAAed
demaxogus In the Senate vii vote for a..
through ss did the terminal pay bill, witf1.
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