The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-20
SOLDIEn|I'SS 5 BILL
 MAY RE COURSE TOEXTRhvACANCE:
Influence In Congress Would Make Vocational Bill a Tool of Political Juggling.

washtneton, D. C., Get. 2o-what may open up a new source of prodi- l eious e,qpanditure on the part of the Federal government has excited rnuch debate in Congress, and is like lv to cause considerably more before the matter is disposed of That IS extending the vocation training and rehabilitating of cripples-noW ern- ! bra cing the army, navy and marine 1 warriors who suffered in the World i Wap-to all those injured in Indus trial accidents well.
 The debates in the House of Rep resentatives brought unamfnly ol svnlDathv as to the purpose of the measure, but a wide divergence of views as to the advisabitty of plac- ing the FedersI government in the position of being responsible for wha- heretofore has been considered q state matter purely. This bill pro- vides that the government snail con tribute dollar for dollar with the in dividuaI state appropriations for this purp5se. the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, be- ing $500, QUO for the year ending June 30, 1920, S750,G00, and there after sl,300,0O0.
 The contention of the opponenI OI the Dlll IS tIltft SHNAA lis N-N7 AAt--A~ W sign.Ly the clmeIs nose under the +ent'' as some expressed it. and their predictions are that the future holds forth the possibilities of many millions in excess appropriations. and the gradual abandonment . by the states of their individual vocational training boards and the throwing or the entire responsibility upon the shoulders of Uncle Sam.
 The best figures on the number of industrial cTlpples available for such vocational training place the number at 2SO. 900. and as the figure cost of rehabiIitatirg a soldier is from S1,- 200 to S1,4OO. the prospects of large expenditures by Federal and State FovernInenl1 apparently have some foundation.
 As the government faces a deficit Jf some three and One-half billion dollars, representing the excess amount appropriated by the present Congress over the estirna ted revenues for this fiscal year, these arguments appealed to many. They were voiced by many members, irrespective of party, but ere put the most terseliy by Champ Clark, Democratic floor leader, v-len he said:
 This Is the sort of bill that ap- peaIs to the sensiblities of men. It is liable 10 appeal to their sensibiHties with such force as 10 override their judgment. It is q great pity that every one r-ho is sick cannot be talk en care of Such duties should be discharged by states. counties and municipalities, but not by the Uni tel States government because it is not an elecIaosvnary institution. The trouble under which We labor in Con
 
 mencs have practically abdicateS their functions-dodged their duties and everything is loaded onto Con gress. have been here long enough to sec that bad habit STOW most DOT tauJo-s7y.
 Everyone comes to Uncle Sam to get some of his money. He seems TO be regarded as d general Santa Claus We have come to a pretty pass. The Chairman of the Committee on Ap- DCoDriau0ns says, and he ought to know something about 1t, that there Is going to be a deficiency in the revenues of this government this year of $350O, 100000. Why go on dollirg up tha- deficiency. The gen tlemeu from Wyoming fNIr NondeID says it will only cost C million dol lars. Of course, We have got so that We think in billions, unfCrtunateIv and q million dollars, which to the fathers was a very large sum. is to us a mere baeateue. Until within a few years we thought III thousands, occasionally rising to millions.
 Every dollar that is appropriat- ed means sweat and toll and labor somewhere, anI you are loading up the backs Of the taxpayers in this co1:rtIy until they are cracking and about to break. It is said by the pro- ponents of this bill that the United States government gives only a dol lar where the states gives another dollar Where does the United States government get it's dollars? Out of the taxpayers. Where does the state get it's dollars? Out of the taxpay- CTS, and the taxes are high enough now, and every man who in this House who has three ideas above a HOtte1tOt is devoting his thoughts to how to cut down these tax bills. md if To do not cut them down these places that know us now will know us no more forever"
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