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Show SUNDRY CIVIL BILL AGAIN SUBJECT OF PARTISAN DEBATE WASHINGTON", July 15. Consideration in the house today of the sundry civil appropriation bill, as remodeled to meet : the objections raised by the president in ! vetoing it, precipitated a partisan battle ; which' finally prevented further progress on the measue and ended when the Re- publicans forced through a motion to adjourn. j The discussion began when the rules ! committee brought in a special rule for I the immediate consideration of the appropriation ap-propriation measure, changed to provide $12,000,000 for the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers and sailors, instead of $6,000,000, as origin;illy carried. Democrats opposed the resolution, declaring de-claring if it were adopted and the sundry civil bill would be passed, it would enable the Republicans to evade placing themselves them-selves on record as being opposed to the president's veto, and therefore opposed to an increase in the appropriation for the vocational training board. They contended con-tended that a president's veto, according to the constitution, would have to be rejected or accepted by a record vote. Republicans argued, however, that such a course was backed by precedent and would expedite action on the measure. Speaker Gillett overruled a point of order raised by Minority Leader Champ Clark, and the resolution was adopted by a substantial sub-stantial majority. Debate on the appropriation bill itself resulted from attempts of Democrats and Representative Madden, Republican, of Illinois, to increase the vocational training train-ing appropriation. It was contended that the first duty of the country was to provide pro-vide for its injured soldiers, regardless of the expense, and that $12,000,000 was entirely inadequate. The amendments were opposed by Chairman Good of the appropriations committee, who declared that even $12,000,000 was more than the . vocational training board had ever asked for. |