| Show er debtors TO FORCE LEADERS OF administration BLOCK EFFORT TO OVERRIDE VETO ON POSTAL PAY ashurst attempts to get Dic decision ision on question of overriding cool adges veto of salary increase washington administration leaders in th the e senate have blocked an effort to override president cool adges veto ot of the postal pay the question came up when senator sterling introduced his new pos tat tal bill providing increases on virtually all kinds of postal service except first class letter mail senator ashurst seized the opportunity to call for a vote on the veto his motion to ask for a vote was approved to 30 but the actual vote on the veto could not be forced through in arguing against overriding senator sterling said the vote of the last election should guide us in determining ter our stand on the presidents economy policy he added that emergency existed demanding a general increase in postal salaries and that a better bill could be drawn on a basis allowing increases where living costs were high the failure of those advocating overriding was brought about by a decision of president cummings that chairman sterling of the postoffice post office committee should have unlimited time to debate his motion that the whole question be sent back to the committee the muscle shoals bill with a privileged status was on the calendar for 2 p in and opponents of a veto held the floor until that hour automatically displacing the effort to override in the two hour fight democrats led by senator ashurst reed of missouri and harrison of mississippi and supported by senator norris republican nebraska sought in vain vain to block debate by various parlieen tary moves which were overruled at one stage senator mckellar democrat tennessee moved an appeal from a ruling by president cummings Cura but this vote also was blocked by senator debate republicans voting for the immediate consideration of the measure were couzens michigan Cum cummins mitis iowa edge new jersey frazier razier ir north dakota howell nebraska johnson california jones washington ladd north dakota mckinley illinois mcnary oregon reed pennsylvania stanfield 0 oregon r e g 0 n wadsworth new york senator norbeck was included but corrected his vote after the roll call senators bruce maryland dial south carolina and king utah were the democrats who joined tho the republicans opposing consideration |
