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Show VETOES BILL SECOND TIME President Refuses to Permit Per-mit Abolition, of Commerce Com-merce Board Washington, Aug. 21. President Taft ngain today vetoed the legislative, legisla-tive, executive and judicial appropriation appropria-tion bill because it still carried an amendment to abolish the commerce court with which the house and senate sen-ate insist upon including In the re-framed re-framed measure. The provision to limit tenure of office of civil service employes to seven years, which was an additional reason for the president's presi-dent's first disapproval had not been Included in the bill a second time. Within one hour after President . Taft had for the second time vetoed - the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill because It carried a provision to abolish the commerce 1 court, the house today repassed It 15-1 j to 33 over bis veto. The bill now I goes to the senate Representative Underwood declared that if the senate again refused to override the president's veto the house finally would recede from its position to abolish the commerce and would agree to adjournment probably about Saturday. The leaders in the senato did not believe the veto could bo overridden Tho test vote by , which tho upper bouse retained the provision to abolish the commerce , court, against the majority report of ( the appropriations committee, did not , command a two-thirds vote, necessary 1 to pass a bill over a veto. 00 |