Show HOUSE y t us KILLS fl i 1 I I V 4 VET VETERAN PENSIONS I I I i Action Shelves t Measure for I i Further Furth r Study I WASHINGTON March 24 UP The UP-The The house Thursday killed the multibillion dollar Rankin veterans' veterans pension bill b by voting to send it back to committee for further study The action came on a roll call vote of to Veterans Veteran's committee chairman John E. E Rankin D D. Dt Miss sPonsor of the measure told the house the action kills this 1 legislation for this sessi session n. n of con con- I gress Although the action was vas final j it does not bar the veterans' veterans committee com com- comI I if if it so desires from desires from I writing and bringing out another pension bill But Rankins Rankin's statement statement state state- I I ment made this seem unlikely kely Second Roll Call The decision to co kill the bill came cameon on the second of tw two roll call votes The first time around Acting Acting- Speaker John McCormack announced announced announced an an- the vote was to against sending the bill back to committee McCormack then ordered a re re- re I are I count It showed a point one margin the theother theother theother other way The decision to send the measure measure measure meas meas- ure back to committee came after the house in a continuous uproar during three days of debate wrote into the bill so many amendments amendments amend amend- I ments few members knew for sure what it would do Rep Ol Olin n E E. Teague D D. Tex a decorated purple heart veteran of World War Var II and a member of the veterans' veterans committee made the motion that killed the bill Teague emphasized that his intention in intention intention in- in was not to kill the measure measure meas meas- ure but rather to hand it back to the veterans' veterans committee so a better better bet bet- ter less controversial bill could be drafted Rankin Calm Rankin red faced and excited I during much of oC the debate did not protest the final decision He calmly folded his papers and andI I walked away from the seat from fromi i which he had directed his losing I fight Before sending the bill back to committee the house had agreed by a teller vote of to to strike out the enacting clause of the bill bill another another way of killing it I This motion also made by Teague would have been subject to a roll call recount had the later move move to to send the bill back to committee committee failed failed In a teller vote there is no way waySee waySee waySee See Page Pago 6 5 Column 1 se House Vote Stifles inkin Pension Proposal i t Continued from Page One bY Kording-bY cording by name name how how a Osman has voted But on a aall I Il l all vote ote each members member's name Into the record showing record showing how lt ted d. d It ItT Tuesday Tuesday the house first lively voted to kill the bill reversed re itself on a roll call jived it it temporarily days day's vote was a triumph triumphs e s administration Democratic i s considered the veterans' veterans measure unwarranted and l m In pensive ir Jr strategy was to load the bill down with so many amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments it would become ble That's what they did The strategy worked One such amendment approved tentatively Wednesday would have wiped out the 90 monthly pensions pensions pensions pen pen- proposed by Rankin for all year old veterans of World Wars Vars I and II IL It would have substituted a pension pension pension pen pen- sion system based on need and length of service Some veterans experts ex said would ha have ve been eligible for monthly checks of more than while others got 15 I 4 u f fo o S poC S 'S frt s I i r r ri r i 1 1 y John E. E Rankin House vote shelves shel hi his pension measure |