Evening journal., 1922-05-10
SENATE BONUS
IDEAS DOOMED
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and with a borrowing value at the
end of three. This Is known as the
| McCumber plan. because it is the
concoction Of the chairman of the
/ Senate Finance Committee.
The other scheme for financing
the bonus raid to which the Presi-
dent will make known conclusive
objections is that devised by Sem
ator Smoot to give to each ex-ser-
vice man a paid-up insurance GER
tificate without borrowing value to
run for twenty years.
The McCumber plan would cost
approximately S3,S00, 100000 with
out taking into account interest and
administrative charges. which would
swell 1t TO around S5,OOO.OOO.O 900.
The Smoot plan would cost $780,
100000 plus interest and admins
trative charges.
The principal objections which
members Of the two houses expect
the President to present against
both schemes will be practically the
same as those he raised against the
Fordney bill before It passed the
House. One is that neither the Nc
Cumber nor Smoot plan provides
sources of revenue to pay the bonus
benefits. Another is that neither
provides the immediate cash bene-
fits demanded by the American
Legion and other bonus claimants.
The President will express his be-
lief that the adoption of the sales
tax would provide adequate funds to
finance the bonus and furnish
permanent source Of income for
other Government purposes.
The information regarding the
Presidents consistency of view re-
garding the bonus was of such a di-
rect character as to permit of no
question regarding the accuracy of
it, Senators favoring, opposing or
holding a neutral position on the
bonus raid accepted it as conclusive.
The principal effect of II yester-
day was to compel a change OF the
plans of the bonus Senators. Three
weeks ago yesterday a conference of
Republican members of the upper
house directed the Finance Commit
tee to prepare a bonus bill and re-
Poit II 10 tho SENATE 40 SOoh dS Pos-
sible.
The alternative was notice that
motion would be made by Senator
Lenroot CRep., Wis., TO discharge
the Finance Committee from fur
ther consideration of a bill favored
by a majority OF the Republican
Senators
Taking their cue from the Repub-
licans, Democratic Senators served
notice that they would make a SINH |
lar motion If Senator Lenroot failed !
10 do so. The motion was not pre-
sented because of a combination of I
that contributed to |
Invest the whole bonus project in an |
atmosphere of haze and uncertainty. !
The reason the Republican bonus |
Senators did not proceed with their I
scheme to discharge the Finance (
Committee was set forth IN an ex- /
PLANTATION made by Senator Lenroot. !
II was that "inasmuch !
as the matter has been submitted /
10 the President with a request for /
his views the proprieties demand de- /
lay until the committee had been ad- /
vised of his decision"
The probable reason for the Dem |
ocratic failure to move to discharge /
the committee was based on a suspi I
eion that the Republican leaders /
would try to put the minority party /
n a hole" by compelling It to pro-
yide the majority Of the votes by
which the bill was taken from the
Finance Committee and ultimately
is passage through the Senate.
The Democratic program to force
he Republicans TO pass the bonus
project is predicted solely on the
imbition 10 put the Republicans in
| hole" It became quite clear yes
erday that the adverse decision Of
he President resarding The Nc
lumber and Smoot plans will create
IN entirely unexpected situation in
he Senate.
Many members of the Presidents
,arty will support him in any posi-
ion he takes-probably enough |
ombined with the straight-out op- s
,onents of the bonus to compel the
Democrats to provide the larger :
lumber Of votes to accomplish IT,
he realization Of this contingency
,robably had a great deal to do with !
he change OF the Democratic pro- /
ram for putting the Republicans !
n a hole"
All doubt as to the final attitude
Z several Republican Senators who 1
ave TO date favored the bonus has g
een swept away by the frank state
nent of the majority of them that :
hey will support the President. !
A canvass of the Senate by mem t
ers of that body has justified them 6
4 asserting that instead of there Z
eing only half a dozen votes '
gainst the bonus" as declared by d
enator Capper. the millionaire !
sader Of the farm bloc, there may Z
o enough to compel the recruiting f.
Z more Democrats than Republicans u
} pass II.
Anticipating the. Presidents OBJ