Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-14
LEGION MEN To
CONTINUE FIGHT
FOR ENACTMENT
Of BONUS BILL
,Ssg gnmander Emery An
j nounCeS There viii Be
No Recession of Activity
to Have Measure Adopted
EXCEPTION TAKEN TO
MELONS STATEMENT
Should EQuaIize Economic
Balance Between Men
Who Fought and Those
Who Stayed at Home.
tBy The Associated Pr.ss.)

indianapolis, July 13.-The
American legion will fight on for
adjusted compensation without
change in the provisions of it's pres
ent program following the message
OF President Harding to the senate
urging delayed action, John G..
Emery, legion nation commander,
said in statement issued from ma
tional ea1quarters here today.
The sudden alarm which ap-
parently has swept over govern
ment officials lest through adjust
ed compensation the United States
treasury be so depleted as to mean
national calamity, will cause no re-
cession of our activity to bring
about such measures of civil re-
establishment and material read
justment as we believe to be for
the best interest of the country it.
SELF" Mr.. Emery declared.
Provisions Justified.
Our claims for adjusted COM
pensation were not made until by
a careful study the contentious o.
our ex-service men were ascer-
tanned, which, beyond any doub'
Justify every provision set forth in
the adjusted compensation BILL" he
said. II believe that Secretary Mel
Ion vastly over-estimates the cost
of such provision. Precedent dis
proves his prediction Of financial
collapse il the proposed bill pass
es. England and her overseas do
minions, italy, France and Bel
GUM, enacted national relief leg
islation and found money thus ex-
pended a potent factor in stabiliz-
ing economic conditions generally
through rehabilitation Of individ-
uals.
THE legion heartily concurs with
the report of the senate finance
committee, which stated: The gem
eral assumption that the enactment
of this bill into law will immedi-
ately load upon the backs of an
already excessively tax-burdened
public nm immense additional liza
bility is unwarranted."
Too Much Delay Already.
1.-THE American Legion, in press
ing this measure has fairly repre-
sented the ex-service men OF this
who would certainly be
the last to threaten the stability
of the country for which they Of
fered their lives We earnestly be-
lieve that there has been too much
delay already, and this belief is
founded upon the absolute knowl-
edge of the present economic state
Of veterans, more than 100000 of
whom are unemployed.
1--WE believe that industrial con-
ditious require immediate equal
lzation of the economic balance
between men who fought at tinan-
cial sacrifice and the man who
refrained at financial gain, and
who, If he lived frugally as SOL
1iers lived should have saved
enough In flush war-wage days to
tide over the present emergency.
We awaited patiently the passage
Of industrial relief measures and
many less urgent bills. We now
isk merely fair consideration and
equal opportunity for those who
Recommitment Opposed.
MIR. Emery today wired Senator
Porter ] McCumber, who has led
he fight on the senate floor for
he legion measure, that recom-
nitment of the bill to the COM
nittee must not be permitted. AS
he bill seemed doomed to almost
certain delay, Mr.. Emery wired:
1.-THE legion earnestly requests
hat members of congress do their
uty by those who served in armed
'orces as they have done by those
who served in industrial forces of
)ur country"