The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

T noticed the other day that cer- Jain Government clerks are going to demand an additional s3O. The chances are that they will get it. Surely Congress will give the soldier as much as S240 additional pay. as provided for in the bill which I have introduced"
 Representative Puu's bill provides that "alI persons who served in the military or naval forces of the United States during the war who received base pay not exceeding the sum of S2.5OO annually, and who have. since April 6, 1917, received honorable dis charge or shall hereafter receive hon orable discharge, and all reservists who have been or shall be placed on inactive duty, shall be paid in addi- ton to all other amounts due them by law the sum of $180."
 MT. Pou and other Democrats will ask for hearing by the Committee on Military Affairs and will insist upon an early and favorable report.
 During q speech on the floor of the House, in urging substantial aid for the soldiers and sailors, MT Pou said that these men won the war. They should at least be treated fairly. He accepted his s1 per day and relied upon the justice ~ the nation for whose flag he was willing to die.
 This same private soldier was sent to Europe. He made July Is. 1918, a day never to be forgotten. He won a victory at Chateau-Thierrv which will mark an epoch in the his tory of the world. He pressed on: he endured privation and suffering during the Argonne drive impossible to describe. He was then receiving increased pay; he was actually re- ceiving S1.1O per day. but he never once complained. He knew war was hell, but he wanted to make short work of his nasty job. The courage, the staying quality of the American private soldier won the war.
 At last he is brought back home He learns after his arrival that ev- erybody has been making money. He learns that many a rivet driver in the shipyard received as much in one day as he did in a month He learned that wages had been in- creased on every hand. in some tn- stances doubled and trcbIed He returned to see the nation he had rislled his life to save literally rolling in wealth. Now imagine. if you can the feelings of this private soldier when this great, rich grateful Gov ernment handed him the munificent sum of S60. Imagine his feelings. if you can when he saw the war work CTS here in Washin-tOu. whose sal ary was three or four times as large as his, receive a bonus of $40. Inn a agine his feelings, if you can. when he saw the business he had started. in the hands of some one else or the job he had given mp filled by some one else, all prosperous. while he was forced to be content with his S6O. Imagine also his feelings, if you can when he went with his s6O into the furnishing store to buy clothes to take the place of his uniform and learned the prices of the things he was bound to have.
 When the war was on, nobody stopped to figure when appropria- tions were actually needed Now these men have done more than was expected of them. They brought the war to an end fully one year ahead of the time anybody dreamed il could he brought to an end. By their conduct they not only brought glory 10 America. but saved the eX- penditure of many biIlions-not mil lions. I submit, therefore. # is no answer to a just proposal to figure