Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-07-12
PRESIDENT WILL
ASK SENATE To
DELAY PASSAGE
Of BONUS BILL
Harding WIN Appear in Per-
son Today and Request
a Temporary Postpone
ment of Pending Measure
WILL ADOPT MOTION
TO REC0MMIT, SAY
Norris Suggests That the
Interest ON Allied Debts
Be Collected and Used
For Soldier Relief.
tBH The AssocInted Press.l

Washington, July 11.-President
Harding plans to appear before the
senate tomorrow and ask for tenn
/ porary postponement of the soldier
4 bonus bill.
Plans for the presidents address
to the senate were discussed late
today by the executive with Sem
ator Lodge, Of Massachusetts,, re-
publican leader, and Senator Curtis,
| of Kansas, republican whip. 1t is
understood that the bonus bill will
be the only subject touched upon
in the address and that suggestions
for joint address to the congress
or the transmission only Of a mes
h sage have been abandoned.
To Speak This Afternoon.
The president. it was said, had
Il expected to address the senate to-
day, but was prevented by pressure
of other business. He is now ex-
Tected to speak in the sente chan
Der tomorrow afternoon.
1t will be the second time Presi-
dent Harding has addressed the
senate, the first time being when he
presented his cgpinet nominations
1 eAS elli ONN1ullNO oCoolOlls
Decision to address the senate
on the bonus bill at the earliest
opportunity, was reached by the
president in conference with the
republican leaders at the White
4 House while the senate was debat-
ing the measure. Senators Lodge
| and Curtis were said to have given
him assurance that motion to re-
commit the bonus bill would be
4 adopted.
Norris Amendment.
When the senate resumed con-
sideration of the soldier bonus bill
/ today, Senator Norris, republican,
A Nebraska, introduced an amend
ment directing the secretary of
the treasury to collect interest due
on allied debts, the fund to be set
aside for the bills expense.
"Why is it the governments can
not pay their interest?" Senator
/ Norris asked, adding that in some
/ case it probably was impossible,
and in few instances that the en-
4 sire loans would be lost. a-e
yet in the main the foreign
governments are paying interest on
their own bonds just as we are"
4 he said.
Senator Norris said he was ad-
vised by the treasury that accrued
May Is. was $922,OOO,O Greece
and Cuba, alone. he said had paid
all the interest.
Suggestion From Reed.
Senator Reed, democrat,
Missouri, suggested that the
European nations apply to-
wards their debts money they
now are spending in fights
over there"
Since this great league of
nations came along" said SEN
ator Norris, "the European
nations have spent more In
warfare in attempting to sub
due rebellious people than
would pay all the interest they
owe"
Senator Watson, republican, In
diana, objected to the provision of
| the Norris amendment directing
| the secretary Of the treasury to col
lect the interest due on foreign
deans, explaining that the provis-
| ion might be direction to do the
Impossible.
Senator McCumber attacked the
Norris amendment, declaring he
could see no reason why the re-
Iceipts from the foreign loans should
be applied to any specific indebted
Iness.
"a Grave Mistake"
Senator Wadsworth, republican,
New York, described as "a grave
mistake" the institution of the
system whereby men in service
during the world war were COM
PEELED to turn over portion of
their pay as allotments to their de- |
pendents. To rectify that mistake,
he proposed that the government
return to the men the money |
turned over for allotment purposes |
He said he had been advised this |
amounted to about 100000. |
and would benefit those most need |
ing bonus.
Designation of the pending bill |
as an adjusted compensation meas
ure was described by Senator |
Wadsworth as a misnomer, because
he said, 1t would distribute cash |
indiscriminately and without re-
gard to need.
Creating Precedent.
Payment of an indiscrimi-
nate cash bonus, he said, would
be creating a precedent which
will plague our descendants"
LET us be generous" he
added. But when you vote to
pay every man cash bonus,