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President Roosevelt Reads Veto Message

Black and white photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking from the rostrum into microphones in the House Chamber, with other men sitting and standing below on the rostrum/tiles/collection/5/5709.xml
Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and a torn-off caption/tiles/collection/3/33081.xml
Black and white photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking from the rostrum into microphones in the House Chamber, with other men sitting and standing below on the rostrum
Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and a torn-off caption
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Date

1935-05-22

Maker

International News Photos

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

2008.231.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

At a Joint Session of Congress on May 22, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt defended his decision to veto a measure providing early payment of bonuses promised to World War I veterans. The certificates were originally to be paid in 1945, but as the Great Depression worsened, many impoverished veterans demanded early payment. Congress successfully authorized the bonus payments in 1936.

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