U.S. POLITICS
VETERAN’S LOAN BILL. , United Press Association—By Electric To leg r a pi i.—Co pv r i g h t.) (Received 10.25 a.in.) WASHINGTON. February 20. President Hoover vetoed the Veterans Loan Bill returning the measure to Congress with a spirited message in which lie pronounced it as “unwise from the standpoint of the war veterans themselves and unwise from the standpoint of tile peopH.” , The President occasion to answer the contention that a billion dollars would he made available for ex-servicemen which would revive national prosperity. He declared it unsound to try to aid general business by borrowing money from some people to give funds to those in need. !!■ pointed out that the Government had already spent five billion dollars for veterans since the war.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1931, Page 6
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