Show DESERTION CHARGE STANDS President Roosevelt Vetoes Bill for Belief of Deserter Washington March 2S President Roosevelt today sent the House a veto of the bill for the relief of Emanuel Klauser from the charge of desertion The President says this bill like the Senate bill in the case of James W Howell not only authorizes the President Presi-dent to act but also orders the Secretary Secre-tary of War to revoke and set aside the order approving the proceedings findings und sentence of a general I courl martial and to grant an honorable I honor-able discharge It appeals to Imply says the President Presi-dent the possession by Congress of the power of overruling and reversing by statute a valid Judgment If It dlJ not do that It was simply an exercise of the pardoning power It Is questionable ques-tionable whether Congress possesses either power and w hen the bill directed di-rected the Secretary of War to revoke an order Congress In fact did the I thing which It ordered him to do I |