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WARNS OF BURDEN
in SOLDIER RELIEF
Says Bonus Would Entail g.
gantic Taxation System.
LOAD HEAVY ENOUGH NOW
An Additional $500, 100000 Must be
Raised in Taxes to Meet the Present
Needs

| An AddItlonaf SSUU,UUu,UUU MUST DC
Raised in Taxes to Meet the Present
Needs.
Washington, March 4.-Appeals for
financial relief for former service men
were countered before the house ways
and means committee by staIements
that any money grant, necessitating
further bond issues, would be an ad-
ditional burden on taxpayers.
Representative Hull, Democrat, Ten
neSsee, said $800,0O0,0O0 increased
taxes must be raised to meet present
war expenditures without granting a
cent to the service men.
with Il bonus we would be forced
to establish the most oppressive SyS'
tenn of taxation in the world" he add
ed.
Members of congress will not be
blacklisted if they oppose additional
soldier legislation, Edward H. Hale, of
the Veterans Of Foreign Wars of the
United States, an organization of 75O,.
900 men, told the committee in reply
to a question by Representative Raj
ney, Republican, Illinois. A discnarg-
ed officer had written the committee
that "the attitude ON soldier legdsla-
ton will be closely scrutinized and. the
soldier vote Will be modified before
the next election"
Does this forecast blacklists by
soldiers similar to the blacklist of the
American Federation of Labor, be
cause members oppose their desires"
Rainey asked, and Hale replied in the
negative.
Should all demands of all classes of
citizens for government assistance be
met, Rainey said, Communism and
Bolshevism would be the inevitable
result"
Representative Garner, Democrat,
Texas, said a bond issue in the imme
diate future would decrease 10 per
cent of the market value of present
government obligations.
This alone would result in an ac-
tual loss of $2,600,000,000 in the val-
NC VI HAopNitS ACiNt ~ IiAiA'iohS ~
people" he said
Hale said that approximately three
fourthS of the service men needed
''help to start them out in civilian
life"
Solution of the problem of raising
the funds is for the ingenious minds
of the committee members, Jack Sing
er, of Jersey City, senior vice COM
mander of the same association, de-
clared
If financial aid is within the pow
er of your committee, we want you
to do it, but if it is not, we don't ask
-he impossible" Singer commented.
A tax on all purchases, instead of
bond issue, was urged by J. H. Hal
per, of Minneapolis, representing the
World War Veterans, who said he had
been Illegally expelled from the execu-
tive committee Of the Private Soldiers
and Sailors Legion" He described at
length his differences with Marvin
Gates Sperry, the national president.
Following his expulsion, he said, he
has formed the World War Veterans.
Answering Halper's charges, Sperry
said he found Halper to be rank
Socialist" who intended to turn over
the Private Soldiers and Sailors Le-
gion 20 the Communist party.
Another row occurred when Hale
told the committee that statements
made by Franklin D'Olier, commander
of the American Legion, We're ''erro-
neous and should be contradicted."
Representative Treadway, Republi-
can, Massachusetts,, said the commit
tee should not permit criticism of the
American Legion, adding that evident
rivalry exists between various asso-
ciations."
After five minutes of wrangling
among members, during which several
started to leave, Chairman FOrdney
ruled that witnesses should not criti-
else other organizations.
Hale urged the passage Of bill au-
-horizing relief TO discharged service
men at the rate of $50 a month, in
stead of $50 with an additional grant
of 500 to hose who served overseas.
He also favored passage of the Nor
gan bill, which would give service men
he option of selecting homesteads.