| Show SMOOTS SMOOT'S ECONOMY I ENRAGES WILSON V Veto et on Legislative Judicial Appropriations Bill BillIs BillIs BillIs Is Sharp Rebuke I IBy I By J Jolin rn olm j tJ Correspondent I Washington May a 13 President President Wilson Wilson Wil ViI ViII I I son toda today vetoed the 1 legislative o c executive cu- cu tive Uve and Judicial appropriations bill on I account of ot the amendment ment put Into it itIn itin WI In the Senate through the efforts of I Senator Smoot R Republican Utah Intended to shut off ort issuance o of a vast ast number of ot government publications I and mimeographed matter alleged to tobe tobe I be needless and wasteful both as to I Imone mone money and paper I Senator Smoots Smoot's t. t amendment would require such publications first to be authorized b by the tho Joint committee on printing before the they could be bo Issued The amendment had the support of oC i Republicans and many Democrats In Congress Gr Great t Interest r t Aroused The veto of or the bill toda today aroused great interest Tho The subject has lias an Important political side Critics pf Or the the- administration charge that thal man many ot of the government contain administration f propaganda anda at public expense The President insists Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress is trying to establish a censorship censorship censorship censor ship over oyer executive functions Whether the bill can be passed over the veto eto is In doubt It Is possible that the bill will be changed and the feature objected to toby toby toby by the President eliminated although this Is doubted The measure meal carries carries' for tor salaries and miscellaneous miscellaneous laneous expenses of ot several government departments department The measure thus must be approved In some form before beCore tho the end of ot the thi fiscal year car In June Junc or these funds will Mill lapse i Smoots Smoot Attitude IN Is Plain Stating Slating that under the authority granted ranted In 1919 the printing committee had determined publications publications pub pub- were costing costing- approximately and that b by voluntary net act of or orthe the departments or Ot regulation of ot the committee 1 of this had been cut off ort Senator Smoot said tho President or his advisers ad have been grievously misled in this veto veto In vetoing tho the measure the President President dent lent forwar forwarded ed to Congress I the mo most l lengthy length communication written since the tho beginning of oC his illness The R section see sec C tion of ot the Smoot provision which would establish a form forn of con congressional congressional res- res censorship on government o publications publications pub pub- rea reads s Provided that hereafter no Journal I magazine periodical or similar government government govern govern- m ment nt publication shall bo printed I issued or 01 disseminated u by any branch or an any officer of or the government service service sen ice unless the same shall ha e been authorized under such uch re regulations as an shall Rhall be bo prescribed b by the Joint committee committee com corn on printing It J I Is plain rpm the JanJua language o of or orthe the Presidents President's statement that he re regards ro- ro gards Iuds this provision pro as a L direct usurpation lion tion of his executive e b prerogatives by congress n xo sur ion Wll 1 It Its It's J Interference n I J regard the measure as an all hla Invasion lon of ot the province of or tho the executive and calculated to result In unwarranted In Interference Interference interference In- In In tIn the processes of ot good government producing confusion contusion irritation irritation Ird I tation and distrust t. t The proposal s- s flumes sl significance as an Illustration of or a growing tendency Continued I r or PRESIDENT VETOES I lEGISlATIVE mm BILL Continued from Pago 1 which I am sure suro is s not fully realized b by Congress 8 Itself and certainly no noby not b by the people of or tho the countr country The Presidents President's action caused genuino Ino amazement in Congress Members l of at Con Congress ro s insisted that tho the provision to which tho President took tool exception was WIlS inserted only with a view to insuring in In in- suring economics In governmental o ex ex- ex It could not be construed construct aa as an attempt at usurping presidential authority tho they contended Tho President In repeated repented sentences sentence during his lengthy thy message soundly I rebukes Congress for tor what ho terms its growing tendency to overstep o its legislative o powers and to Interfere with tho the executive and judicIal branches of or tho tiro government I |
