Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-08 | Page 1 | Accord Nears on Vet Relief

ACCORD NEARS HEARS HEARSON NEARSON ON VET RELIEF Pr President a and d House Bourbon Bourbon Bourbon Bour Bour- bon Leaders Confer on Matter tn Br By Press Pre WASHINGTON June 8 President 8 Roosevelt and house Democratic leaders leaders lead lead- ers rs neared an an agreement today on the hc veterans' veterans compensation dispute A special c committee of house Democrats Dem Dem- interested in veterans' veterans legislation legisla legisla- tion put up a modified proposal to the president at a a three hour conference and he took it under consideration Mr Roosevelt made quite clear to the group the limit he would Insist Upon in modification of the original veterans veterans' economy program The house members however par par- cul r y urged some relief for the Spanish American war veterans a considerable number of whom would be removed from the federal rolls under Under under un un- der the economy program This phase Mr Roosevelt took un- un der ler advisement with Budget Director Lewis Douglas and Frank T HInes Pending a final solution of con con- I the hd party le leaders eders d df df- erred again n the sen u ate proposal proposals IS W th president has hao las severely objected I It limited th the an amount the president could cut veterans' veterans allowances to 25 per cent of what they received receive i when the he recent economy act went vent into e eC C feet feeL l Leaving the White House conference confer confer- ence enee Chairman Pou of the house rules I eI jI aM T f hinl think i v. iu o ir irV n n out lit an agreement g nt- nt Representative Crosser Grosser of Ohio chairman of the steering committee headed leaded the house delegation which also Included Representatives Lozier Lazier of Missouri Patman of Texas Goldsborough Golds Golds- borough orough of Maryland Browning of Tennessee Hastings of Oklahoma and Lea of ot California