Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-07

Charges that the letter Of Secretary
MzIIOu relating 70 the soldiers adjusted
Areompensation oiIl, was sent to the Sen
ate TO XIII the bonus BILL" were made
BIZ Senator Pittman, Nevada, today IN i
speech in the Senate.
Pittman declared that the letter is al
ready having effect" and has injected
politics into a nOnpartisan discussion OF
a patriotic duty to the veterans"
While the Senate wrangled again over
whether the country can afford to com
pensate financially its World War vete-
rams, bitter complaints continued TO pour
in upon a special Senate committee from
manned and sick ex-service men regard
ing the III treatment they claim to have
received in hospitals, sanitariums and vo-
cRtional education institutions.
The Senate faced the stark. unpleasant
testimony before its committee that the
number Of suicides By ex-service men un-
able to procure proper assistance or
treatment IS increasing at an charming
rate.
The testimony was given by DR.. Sal
mon. a member Of the disqualification
committee OF the American Legion. who
was In charge OF the shell-shoCked sol
disrs Of the A. Z. f. He declared there
were 400 suicides by ex-service men in
:
PORK BARREL
CAUSES DELAY.
Inquiry is being made By Judge Robert
s. Marx. OF the Cincinnati Ohio Superior
Court, who Is national commander Of the
Disabled Veterans OF the World War. why
only 100000 OF the S1sOOO.OOO appro-
priated by Congress for new ex-service
mems hospitals has been thus far au-
thOrized BY the public health service.
II is being charged thsJ construction Of
s>fhe proposed hospitals has been delayed
BY members OF Congress rolling the pork
barrel" IN opposite direction in efforts 10
have them established on sites which
they or they constituents are interested
locally.
As the fight ragged IN the Senate over
the McCumber bill for adjusted compen-
= sation for ex-service men, Democratic
Senator's twitted the Republican side with
the suggestion OF Secretary OF the Treas
ury Mellon in his letter TO Senator Ere
Hnghuysen, Republican. New Jersey, that
Congress had better direct its attention 10
aiding Immediately dependent and dis
abled rather than physically 1T ex-seryice
men.
The bills supporters cited former Sec
retary OF the Treasury HoustOn's avowed
opposition TO it toward the close Of the
Wilson Administration 20 show that
there IS nothing new in Secretary Mel
Ions declaration that 1t could only be
financed by adding to the burden Of debt
aud taxes under which the country is
staggering"
They declared Melons position and
that OF his Democratic predecessor TO be
Identical
HARDING AGAINST
BONUS BILL.
Before the excitement occssioned by
Secretary Melons anti bonus" letter
20 Senator FreHnghuysen had died down,
G. o. P. Senators were quietly told by
some Of their leaders
That President Harding agreed en-
tirely with Mellon.
That Harding had counselled con-
gressfonal leaders to let the com
pensation question rest until some
solution OF the tax problem had been
arrived at.
CoincidentalIy with their statements
Harding's view of the mat
ter which they counted on to keep some
Senators regular leaders were pTepar-
Ing other means OF setting aside the
measure until s time they deem more
suitable for its consideration
Senator Frelinghuysen probably viii
take a leading part in the administration
effort to shelve the bill. A motion TO send
II back 10 the Finance Committee Is one
means being considered. Another IS g
revival Of the Senatorial recess either
through another attempt to put through
a resolution for a long lay-of, or by
means of three-day recesses- Senator
Lodge planned TO seek an adjournment
until Monday II assured of sufficient
support