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Show House Passes Roosevelt's Economy Bill Little Delay Allowed in Sending Drastic Bill To Senate. CmtRTPssnuin J. V. Robinson of Trovo voted for the metu-uif metu-uif while Congressman Abe Murdock of Beaver cast bis vote In opposition. WASHINGTON, March 11 (U.R) The Roosevelt economy program for balancing the budget through reductions of veterans' benefits and salaries salar-ies of federal employes, was approved today,- shortly after the house convened, by a vote of 266 to 138. The bill now goes to the senate, where it was reported Saturday afternoon by the finance committee commit-tee in the same form as it passed the house. KepuhMc4ins Join The Republican minority joined with the Democrats, thus preventing prevent-ing threatened repudiation of the new president's proposal by the house veterans' bloc. The proposals In the bill include no hospitalization unless injured in war duty, 10 per cent reduction of benefits for veterans of wars prior to the Spanish-American "war, giv-ng giv-ng the president power to fix rules establishing war duration and injuries in-juries sustained during that period. |