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Show VETO FALLS ON BUDGET BILL President Returns Measure Without His Approval. , Washington. The bill to' establish a national budget system was vetoed June 4 by President W'ilson. The measure was held by the president to be unconstitutional because it took from the chief executive the power' to remove the comptroller general and the assistant comptroller general, officers of-ficers who would be appointed by him with the advice and consent of the senate. The president said he returned the measure without his approval with the "greatest regret" because he was "in entire sympathy with its objects." He added that he returned it at the "earliest possible moment with the hope that the congress may find time before adjournment to remedy this defect." |