Arizona republican., 1921-07-12
Wadsworth Says Pending Bill Would Distribute "a s h Indiscriminately Regardless Of Need
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 WASHINGTON. July 11-President Harding plans to appear before the senate tomorrow and ask for tenn porary postponement of the soldiers bonus bill.
 Plans for the presidents address to the senate were discussed late today by the executive with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. Republican leader. and Senator Curtis of Kansas, Repub- lican whip. It is understood that the bonus bill will be the only subject touched upon n the address and that suggestions for a joint address to the congress or the transmission only of message have been abandoned
 The president. it was said. had ex- pected to address the senate today. but was prevented by pressure of other business. He is now expected to speak in the senate chamber tomor row afternoon It wa1l be the second time President Harding has addressed the senate, the first time being when he presented his cabinet nominations at an executive session.
 Decision to address the senate on the bonus bill at the earliest oppor- tunity, was reached by the president in conference with the Republican leaders at the White House while the senate was debating the measure Senator Lodge and Curtis were said to have given him assurances that a motion to re commit the bonus bill | would be adopted.
 1 When the senate resumed consid. l eration of the soldier bonus bill to- 1 day. Senator Norris. Republican of 1 Nebraska, introduced an amendment "directing" the secretary of the treas | ury to collect interest due on allied 1 debts. the fund to be set aside for the bill's expense.
 .'Why is it -he governments cannot ! pay their interest" Senator Norris asked. adding that in some cases ff ] probably was impossible. and in few
 be lost
 -Yet in the main the foreign gov-
 ernments are paying interest on their
 own bonds as we are" ne said. I Want Foreign Loan interesf [ Senator Norris said he was advised
 by the treasury that accrued interest l on the foreign loans on May Is. was 1 ss22. 00o, 900. Greece and Cuba. alone, | he said. had paid all the interest
 Senator Reed, Democrat of Mise
 souri, suggested to the European nae l tions apply towards their debts
 money they are now spending In l fights over there"
 "Sinee this great league of nations came along said Senator Norris. the | European nations have spent more in I warfare and in attempting to subdue l rebellious people than would pay all ! the interest they owc-
 Senator Watson. Republican of ln- diana. objected to the provision of | the Norris amendment directing the secretary of the treasury to collect rcrr1 1r<ur rlw x- plaining that the provision might De | a direction to do the impossible Senator McCumber attacked the Norris amendment, declaring he could see no reason why the receipts | from the foreign loans should be ap- piled to any specific indebtedness.
 Senator Wadsworth. Republican of New York. described as "a grave mistake the institution of the sys- tenn whereby men in service during the world war were compelled to turn over a portion of their pay as
 allotments to their dependents 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 ad- vised this amounted to about $S5o.- l COG, ,0O0 and would benefit those most needing a bonus.
 Says Bill Misnomer
 Designation of the pending bill as an adjusted compensation measure
 was described by Senator W'adsworth
 as a misnomer, because. he said. 1t
 would distribute cash indiscriminate- i ly and without regard to need.
 Payment of an indiscriminate cash
 bonus. he said. would be creating precedent which will plague our de- scendants.
 Let us be generous" he added. but
 when you vote to pay every man z