PRESIDENT'S VETO
M'NARY-HAAGEN BILL
AMERICAN FARMERS ANGRY
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 26th February, noon.)
WASHINGTON, 25th February.' ' President Coolidge • has vetoed the M'Nai:,y-Haagen,:;Bill. .■■': Defying.: the : threats,, by, the,farm .pai-ty's,leaders ■ of. dire jp.oUtical reprisals., he,, refused..to affix :■ liis'''signatuYe 'to the' measure,' which tiei and the members of his Cabinet hav^ consistently opposed; The passage of the B±xl by Congress placed the President in the difficult position of-having to offend one of two powerful groups, namely, the Western farmers or .the Eastern financiers, the latter being, practically united in opposition to the,;measure.
■ • 3?rosident',Coolidge, in- a. lengthy, veto message, held that the Act was:unconstitutional, .and attached the opinion of ; the Attorney-General to this effect. In the paragraph of'his message ■he suggested the passage of other farm legislation now before Congress. He again recommended the passage of some conservative measure.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270226.2.56
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9
Word Count
136PRESIDENT'S VETO Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.