Show coolidge and curtis win by one vote ihry are still talking about the T THEY closeness of the vote by which the presidents vett veto of the postal employees pay raise bill was sustained by the senate fifty five senators Bena tors voted to override tile the veto and twenty nine to sustain it the supporters of tile the bill lacked one vote of the two thirds majority required to make the measure a law without the lie signature of the president the prestige of mr air coolidge in this first test of his leadership since his triumphant election was maintained by virtue of the support of tile alio veto by several alame lame duck republicans and by several democrats some of whom executed an about face on the pay raise measure in order to make it its s defeat certain the democrats to whom the president Is indebted for his victory are senators dial king owen and shields had tiny any of them failed him the president would have been beaten mr elal voted for the pay balse bill last may but voted to sustain the veto on the final filial vote others who voted for the pay raise originally but ch changed ringed front in order to defeat it by supporting tho the veto were senators ball Bur calne cameron Cn meron ron capper cappar cummins curtis harreld arreld II kinle keyes keye mckenley oddle pepper 11 hipps sterling watson and welter weller opponents of the president point out that the white house chose to make tills this vote the test of fealty tu to the administration perhaps largely tor for the psychological effect a triumph would have its as president coolidge embark upon his tenure of office in hla his own right every ounce of influence the administration possesses was exerted to prevent the veto from being overridden so palpable were the efforts of tile the white house to line up votes that tho the administration admi ni was taunted on the floor door of the senate with allusions to coolidge breakfast parties and the official plums with which the faithful would expect to be rewarded the leadership not only of the president but of senator curtis rep new majority leader of the senate vos vas at stake in the contest they liver aver senator curtis won hla his first figlie but by such it a squeak that lie he was visibly trembling in his chair as tile the roll wis was called with this postal pay bill dead the tha administration leaders immediately announced that they would press the moses hill bill providing for wage increases for postal employees and for a CO postal rate advance 0 to o produce the 06 additional revenue will bo ba required tor for the higher compensation pensa tion |