Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-27
Congressman Good Reads Letter
From American, Leaion Chairman
in His District, Giving His Cause
For Opposition - South. Carolina
House Member lauds Good.
(By f. G. Dougherty.)

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TO the former service man.
One of the most vigorous OPP
ponents of giving the American
soldiers, sailors and marines cash
| bonuses or added compensation Is
Representative james w. Wood, OF
the Fifth Iowa district, chairman OF
the house committee on appropria-
tons, while leaders among these who
favor responding to the request for
financial assistance number two
other Iowa representatives-Bu
f.. Sweet, of the Third district, and
Horace NJ. Towner- of the Eighth
district. The former = Sweet - is
author of the war risk bill, which
provides for additional compensation
to wounded. soldiers and former SER
vice men, while Judge Towner was
one Of the circuiatcrs Of a petition
among the republican majority
members urging caucus to DISCUSS
ways and means OF providing ample
financial assistance 20 the former
| service men.
Hesitates Because of Deficit.
Representative Goods opposition
to voting large appropriations to pay
tcnuses to soldiers is based on the
ground that the federal government
already is in poor financial CONDITION.
and can not meet additional drains,
such as the soldier bonus bill would
entail. He informed the house this
week, presenting the railroad def,
cheney bill. that the federal govern
ment is confronted with a deficit of
approximately $4,000, 000, 600.
The government" Mr.. Good said,
will spend for the xear ending June
so, 1920, on account of the soldiers
and sailors of the recent war for
compensation for death and dis
ability. hospital treatment, APP.
planes. care of the insane, and mis-
cellaneous items, $1s5,000.oo0 for the
allowance to the families of men in
the military and naval services. $4S,-
100000: for administrative expenses
of the bureau of war risk insurance,
$15.S52.S06. and for other items In
which the former service men We're
the bene6ciaries, making a grand
total of s263.96s,s s3. The estimated
or requested expenditures for the
next fiscal year ending June 80,
fe21. total s45s,44o, OOo.' Is. ~. !, !,
Mr.. Good contended that these.
figures needed no apology,
Letter From Service Man.
The Iowa congressman placed in
the record two letters of a large
number he said he had received from
former service men opposing cash
bonuses.
| Here is letter" he said, that |
received from the county chairman
| to the largest county in my district.
| He says: The talk of cash bonus
would Immediately go back into cir
culation by it's investment in auto
mobiles. clothes, jewelry, and other
luXuries. and portion of the bulk
not thus invested would very soon
| find its way into circulation due to
| the principal being used as funds to
provide long vacation And this is
| from a boy who works, who says:
| When the scarcity Of labor is SO
acute and that Of competent and eff
flcient help is more so, it seems that
we should not encourage further the
utter lack Of initiative and desire to
better conditions for themselves that
is so prevalent today by paying this
class a compensation which will only
make them the more independent
! <Byrnes Compliments Good.
During the debate on the railway
deficiency bill, introduced by Mr..
Good. Representative Byrnes. demo-
crat, Of South Carolina, the ranking
minority member Of the house ap-
preparations committee, paid the fol-
| lowing tribute to the Cedar Rapids
| legislator:
1T is more than a year since by
the fortune Of politics the RESPONSE
bility for legisla ton in> this house
and the organization of the house
shifted to the republican side. With
out rejecting in any way upon the
majority, think the house will agree
with me that during the past year
no man on that side of the, house
has developed more than has the
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee, the gentleman from Iowa, Mr..
Good. When responsibility came to
Kim he showed that he had clear
conception of the duties Of the chair
man Of that great committee, and he
has won the respect of every mem
Der of this house by his courageous
and fearless efforts to protect the
treasury Of the United States, re-
CARELESS of the effect upon his own
political fortunes
Kenyon for Interchureh Movement.
Greed and hate, two products Of
/ the world war, We're attacked Dy
Senator Kenyon, OF Iowa, in a re-
cent address here in support Of the
interchurch world movement.
THE interchurch world move
.. 'ment,', Senator Kenyon declared,
will 60 further toward solving The
problems which confront us today
!, than any laws congress might pass.
/ The great war has tunleashed two
demons, greed and hate. The people
| have learned to hate. You find II
you : so. 4 Greed = ssiso has
fastened on nearly every one, and the
profteers seem nuihberiess. Only by
!. SPREADING the true ) spirit of tbs
/ Nazarena among the psople can we
u "a rsinsdy tss G6ndi ttons .s &
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