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February 14, 1931

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MELLON WARNS CONGRESS BONUS MEANS $1,000,000,000 IN GOVERNMENT FINANCING; REFUSES TO APPROVE BILL Secretary Points to Big Operations Treasury Already Faces. $500,000,000 DEFICIT AHEAD Statement Is Issued After Conferences on the QuestionWith the President. MEASURE REACHES HOUSE Longworth and Other Administration Leaders Determinedto Take a Vote, Anyway. Not Enough Funds Available. Sharp Divergence With House. Four Republicans Opposed. Ramseyer Fears Treasury Burden. Pressure on Congress Increases. OPPOSES WIDOWS PENSIONS. Gen. Hines Urges House Veterans' Committee to Delay Action.

By Special to The New York Times

Endorses Bacharach veterans' bonus compromise plan

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M'DONALD MODIFIES PASSFIELD'S POLICY ON PALESTINE ISSUES; British Premier, in Long Letter to Dr. Weizmann, Grants Many Concessions. NEW IMMIGRATION BASIS Jews Share Public Employment Now in Proportion to Their Contribution to Revenues. ZIONIST LEADER IS PLEASED He Hopes All Elements Will Meet to Work Out Constructive Policy for Jewish National Home. Weizmann Welcomes Stand. M'DONALD MODIFIES PALESTINE POLICY Tone Is Very Friendly. Dr. Weizmann's Statement.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Govt returns to old policy of Jewish immigration according to absorptive capacity of country

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Notable Births

Brian Kelly (actor)

1931Brian Kelly, American actor and director (died 2005)[†]

Brian Kelly was an American actor and producer widely known for his role as Porter Ricks, the widowed father of two sons on the NBC television series Flipper.