The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15
DEMOCRATS GET
 ACTION ON VETS
 REWARD TANCLE: ]:
Period of Inactivity Ended When Hull Starts New
 Bill,

Washington, D. C.. Oct 15 For
 five months the Republican major 1 ity of the House of Represen tatives has foundered around in futile en- deavor to redeem its promises to suitably reward the soldiers and sail ors who won the Worlds War. With nothing definite in sight after nearly a half-year of mingled boasts and sombre silence, it remained for a Democrat to suggest something feasi- ble to extricate the Republicans from their tangle, but, of more importance, to see that the warriors actually got a reward from this session of Con- gress. The plan is a House commit tee of 21 to eXpeditiousIy handle all l measures designed to reward the sol | diers, and to evolve something at | once.
 If the procedure in vogue in the House during the special session is
 followed. in this case, the idea will i be considered too constructive for a ] Democrat to be permitted to gIean l credit for. That will mean that the
 resolution introduced by Representa- l tive Cordell Hull of Tennessee is like 1 ly to be kidnapped" and reported to ! the House as a choice Republican 1 thought.
 l The select committee planned by 1 MT. Hull would consist of 12 Repub- 1 licans and nine Democrats and would
 have jurisdiction of all proposed leg l islation, such as subjects relating to l the civil re-establishment of all hon. l orably discharged officers, soldiers, ! sailors and marines of the present i World War, including all bills, reso- l lutions or communica tions relating to 1 their Vnp9t:OTa1 rab9 hi1ifa fn h air 1 educational ia acilities of any kind to 1 their employment, providing credits, ! or providing additional compensation l of whatsoever kind or in whatever l form, including the bonus, hospital 1 and sanatarium facilities or homes, | or alloting lands; also subjects relat- 1 ing to War Risk Insurance and com ! pensation for disabilities incurred in ! the service, including allotments." | In explaining the purpose of his
 resolution, MT. Hull said that at pres l ent there is a mass of such proposals 1 as were outlined. which have been i referred to more than a half-dozen | standing committees producing a sit 1 uation inviting duplication, conflict l and controversy as to committee i jurisdiction.
 i ''To illustrate" said he, "biIls pro- | viding for bonuses payable in cash l got to the military affairs committed l while those providing for a bonus payable in bonds go to the ways and means committee. Certain bills relat- l ing to compensation for injuries have 1 gone to the interstate commerce com mtttee, while others of similar nature 1 have gone to one of the pension com 1 mittees.
 Tt is manifest that all informa- | finn +hra11pI, 1 by other methods touching any phase 1 of this single class of legislation | should be presented to one commit | tee, and that all proposals for relief | or action should, likewise, be brought | under its jurisdiction to the end that | prompt, orderly, comprehensive and
 sound action may be had. It is due l the soldiers and sailors that each and | every wise and sound legislative pro-
 posal affecting their interests or wei | fare should be thus considered and prompt action obtained accordingly, ] and the agency proposed by this res | olutton offers the only certain and l speedy means of accomplishing this | end.
 "A specially selected committee of l picked men, selected by reason of their ability, technical information l touching this class of legislation, and i their sense of judicial fairness would | undoubtedly enable Congress to en- | act the soundest and most desirable l legislation on these various subjects 1 while at the same time unsound or 1 undesirable proposals would be more | effectively dealt with.
 | MT. Hull picked 21 as the number i to compose the committee because it's | size would permit its subdivision into 1 many branches for the expeditions handling of the many bills already l introduced into the House according to their obvious classification.
 It will be remembered that the | Republicans in the last session of i Congress held up the soldiers land
 bill sponsored by Secretary of the In
 terior Lane, feeling that anything 1 with that much merit should be held for the special session when the G. o. P. would control both houses of i Congress. It now appears as if they
 wish they had left it alone, as Rep resentative Frank W. Mondell of Wy i oming, Republican floor leader, and named as official t'kidnapper" of the i Lane plan, is unable to rally more 1 than half dozen of his own party l in caucus to his support. This ac- 1 counts for the cautious boasting of | MT. Mondell in a recent public state | ment anent the "achievements'' of 1 the House Republicans, when he said l of the erstwhile Lane bill, now the ! Mondel Shoot measure: - "The 1 House has reported and there is now
 on the calendar the national soldier ! settlement act, which provides for l farmhomes for soldiers who take ad- 1 vantage of it's provisions
 1 Adoption of the Hull resolution, | either with or without Republican 1 kidnapping" may bring something to the soldiers in spite of Republican negligence.
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