The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-23
JUDGE MEDLEY
 GIVES STATUS
 SOLDIER BONUS
Editor Daily Times:

Believing that the present move ment in congress to pay soldiers and iailors in the late war some sort of bonus for their service. is of general
 interest to your readers, l am sub hitting in summarized form a state nent of the attitude of the national chamber of commerce on the sub Iect, the local chamber being a con- 9tituent member of the national chamber
 To begin with thirteen states have already passed bonus measures for their local soldiers. Legislation is bending in eight other states for payment of bonuses, and every state
 in the union, save six. according to he report of the national legislative committee of the American Legion, made in September, 1920, has taken action on legislation beneficial to veterans.
 The late commander of the Ameri- can Legion, Col. F. w. GaibTaith, addressed the annual meeting of the national chamber on this subject in April 1921. at Atlantic City. As a result of this address, and previous
 investigations made by the national chamber the meeting endorsed the recommendation of the American Legion to reorganize under one head he rehabilitation section of the board for vocational education, and
 he care of the public health service which has to do with the care and treatment of disabled veterans.
 The chamber approved all con. strucIivc measures directly calculat- cd to enable ex-seryice men to cul- tivate the soil. build homes. or oh. tain vocational education. rccOm- mcndius as an opportunity for this national system for the rcclama- fion of waste areas. to be initiated through adequate federal appropria- 'ions. The chamber opposed the cash bonus plan 4 letter was sub scQuontly addressed to every mem Der of congress setting forth the ac- ton of the national chamber which stated that the annual meeting, by delegates representing some HOO commercial and trade organizations. reiterated "our belief that our vet oraE8 should be the recipients of every benefit at the hands of cur countrymen that wiIl without tnan- cial detlmCnt to the whole public. including the veterans themselves. show the gratitude of a generous and responsive country Our organlzu. tion, however, is forced to be mind. full of the taxation load which this country is burdened with today, and e the necessity of economy for ., -R to come"
 Laws have already been placed on the statute books by congress for ad- ditional benefits to veterans. as fol- lows: Preference in civil service appointments, preference in the em- ployment of labor for construction of rural post roads, and preference in public land entries.
 An analysis of the Fordney bill. introduced in the house April II. 1921, and which contains four op- ticns for assistance to World war veterans, shows that under these four options the costs to the country may vary from slightly over $l,500,000. 900 to over $5.O00,0O0,OO0. It would not be within the scope of this article to explain the four options in detail, but tehy may be roughly divided as follows:
 ], Cash payment, estimated to cost $1,560, ,166, ,33O
 2. Adjusted service certificate, es- timated cost $5,273,345,563.
 3. Vocational training aid.
 f. Farm or home aid
 The second option is delayed payment, not taking effect before 1923. not maturing until 1943, or prior to death of veteran, with pro- visions for borrowing, and creation of revolving fund out of which post master-general is authorized 10 make loans. The exact percentage of veterans who will choose cash pay ments or certificates cannot be fore cast. but if 50 per cent take each of the first two, the cost would be over three billion dollars.
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