The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
Committee Votes s to A to
Report it for Immediate
Action to Senate.
.SMOOT TURNED DOWN
Life Insurance to Be Offered in
Lieu of All Other Forms
of Compensation.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire,

49, tBy Associated Press Leased WireA
Washlngton.-The commonly known
McCumber soldier bonus plan was or.
dered favorably reported today by the
senate finance committee. The vote
was to A. The effective date of the
bill was changed however from next
October LIST to January 1, 1923 after
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massachu-
setts, told the majority that it would
take six months to get the bonuss ma
chinery in operation. :
The Smoot plan, providing for spaid-,
up life insurance in lieu of all other
forms of compensation, was defeated
by to 5, the three Democrats3present
Simmons, Walsh and Gerry, voting
against it. Republicans supporting
the Smoot proposal were Senators
Smoot, Mclean, Frelinghuysen, Calder
and Dillingham;. Republicans voting
against it were McCumber, Curtis,
Watson, Sutherland and LaFollette.
Land Settlement Eliminated.
Senator Mclean broke the tie which
has existed among the Republican
members on che vote to report the
McCunlber plan which is the house bill
with some amendments including the
elimination of the land settlement or
reclamation oFoisct seiii.s qrs. si5
reclamation was not discussed although
house leaders and some senate sup
porters Of reclamation legislation have
urged that the Smith NcNary reclama-
tion bill or some similar legislation
be attached to the bonus measure.
Several of the majority members of
the committee gave notice to Chairman
McCumber that they would oppose
laying aside the tariff bill for senate
consideration of the bonus at any time
in the near future. Chairman McCum-
Der replied that he intended to get as
prompt consideration of the bonus bill
as could be worked out, but did not
state whether the tariff measure would
be laid aside. It was reported that
the Republican leaders hoped to work
out some plan by which the bonus
measure could be expedited without
delaying seriously the tariff bill.
Democrats Favor Report.
Senator Simmons, ranking Demo-
cratic member, announced on behalf
of the three Democrats that they voted
to report out the McCumber bill only
to get action promptly and not because
they favored the measure. The Demo
cratic leader expressed the belief that
the McCumber bill would be Of little
benefit to the former service men.
The committee before approving the
McCumber plan, eliminated the for
fixture provision as contained in the
house measure, under which veterans
failing to pay loans to banks or to the
government would have forfeited their
adjusted service certificates. In such
cases the secretary of the treasury
would restore the certificates to the
veteran in whose name it was issued
at any time prior to its maturity upon
receipt from him of the amount paid
by the government to the bank plus
interest at the rate of 41z%o COM
pounded annually.
Under another amendment approved
by the committee, veterans could make
application for adjusted service com
pensation at any time after the pass
age of the law. The house measure
would have limited the time to July 1,
1923.