Word: vinson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Through his spokesman, Sonator Robinson, President Roosevelt, stated that he would veto either the Patman or Vinson bonus bill, should one of them pass Congress. The news is thankfully received by all thoughtful people in the country, for passage of one of the other appears certain. Many people feel that President Roosevelt should explain his attitude and muster public opinion solidly behind...
Like the Patman Bill, the Vinson Bill calls for full and immediate cash payment of the Bonus, plus remission of interest on the $1,500,000,000 veterans have borrowed on their certificates since 1031. Unlike the Patman Bill, which specifies payment by a new issue of currency, the Vinson Bill offers no method of financing...
...Ways & Means Committee decided (14-to-9) to let the full House choose between the Vinson and Patman Bills. That vote and a vote on the measure chosen were scheduled for this week. The House seemed certain to pass one measure or the other. That the Senate would follow suit and the President would veto seemed equally certain...
...confused with Georgia's Carl ("Big Navy") Vinson, roly-poly chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee...
...story is a pleasing variation on an old theme. Gary Cooper is a novelist whose literary efforts have suffered through his intimacy with the more alcoholic New York set. Having poured out their substance in Scotch and sodas, he and wife, Helen Vinson, set out for the homestead in New England...