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TRUM NARA NAIRA AND THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 6, 1946 MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILES OF THE RECORD CLERK: Re H.R. 3420, a bill "To provide for refunds to railroad employees in certain cases, so as to place the various States on an equal basis, under the Railroad Unemployment In- surance Act, with respect to contributions of employees". This bill, which was received at the White House on July twenty-second, was presented to the President with the usual reports and recommendations attached on July thirty- first. It came back out from the President's office later in the day, the President having signed the veto message. The veto message was delivered to the House at the usual time August first. Shortly after its delivery, Speaker Rayburn called Mr. Connelly regarding a conversation he and Senator Barkley had had with the President regarding this bill, and after Mr. Connelly spoke to the President, Mr. Connelly notified the Speaker that the bill was to be returned to this office. The Parliamentarian of the House called me, and after a dis- cussion of the mechanics for the return of the bill and the message appertaining thereto, the attached message asking for their return was signed by the President and sent to the House about 3:30 p.m. The bill and the accompanying message were returned to the President the same evening in accordance with the attached order of the House of Repre- sentatives. The bill was approved by the President on the morning of August second. W. J. H.