The New York herald., 1922-03-24

borrow roughly speaking, so per cent.
The man who did not go in until late
must get along with $50.
"The soldiers of the Spanish -Ameri-
can War did not have it (the bonus)
and did not demand it. The soldiers
of the Union army, who preserved the
Republic, received no adjusted COM
pensation and demanded none"
Mr.. Garrett said the bill would
prove TO be a bitter disappointment
to the ex-service men who are de-
mandng cash. He said he knew the
banks in his section of the country
an agricultural district--are not in a
position to make loans on the insur-
ance certificates, and he took the view
the same conditions prevail for the
most part throughout the country.
He took occasion also to denounce
the land settlement option in the
bonus bill, saying it is not a soldiers
proposition, but a plan by which the
Federal Government goes into the
business of establishing towns, build
ing roads, building moving picture
houses and such projects, which may
lead to all sorts of scandal and specu-
lation.
Mondeu Defends Tactics.
Mr.. Mondell, in replying to Mr.. Gar
rett, said:
81 propose to be very frank in re-
gard to this rule, and in my frank
ness, lest there should be any one
here who might disagree with me. let
me say that / am uttering my own
personal views. I favor the consid-
Grafton of the bill under the suspen-
sion of the rules without opportunity
for amendment. because l am con-
vinced-and if l had any doubt on the
subject the minority views signed by
Mr.. kitchin are all persuasive. The
sole purpose Of the minority report is
to embarrass the majority"
would it embarrass the gentleman
and his party If an amendment should
be offered adopting the suggestion of
the President of the United States that
the bill be financed as it is enacted
into law?" asked Mr.. Garrett.
Mr.. Mondell: 'In the, first place,
the gentleman's statement is incor-
rect. The President of the United
States has made no suggestion with
regard to the financing of the bill now
before the House. The Presidents
suggestion was that if bill providing
a cash bonus-which few on this side
are favorable to. no matter what they
say in public-were to carry cash
bonus, and made a heavy drain on the
Treasury. it should provide its taxa
ton burden bearer. The bill has been
amended so that the drain on the
Treasury for the next three years will
be no more than that caused by the
road program which will be presented
here in a few days. and not half the
burden on the Treasury as the Trans
portation act"
The bill was denounced in vigorous
language by Representative Hardy
(Tex.). He said, in his Judgment, 1t
was more dangerous than were the
roaming bands of soldiers in the Mid
die Ages, who demanded a living with
out work. Then he added:
1.-THE ex-service men are bound to-
gether in an organization demanding
that the taxpayers of the United
States pay them more than $4,000, ,000,-
900. That is an awful burden to add to
the toiling masses of the American
people. Your children and your chill
dren's children will never see the day
when this Indebtedness will be paid.
: Tax to Aid the Thrift1ess.
"You are going to tax the thrifty
and give the money to those who are
not thrifty. Regardless of the vicious
principle involved you are going to
yield to the pressure of a tremendous
organization"
Chairman Campbell characterized
the Democratic minority report as
"demagogy." claptrap and "rot." He
scored the Democrats for spending
SAC, 900, 900, 900 and yet leaving many
soldiers to freeze and die in the hos
pitfalls for lack OF funds.
Some of the Democratic members
hissed this remark, and Representa-
tive Upshaw of Georgia said, AT any
rate we had enough to win the war.
"Any man or newspaper that
charges that the votes of soldiers can
be purchased" said Mr.. Campbell,
"does not know the kind of men who
laid in the trenches until they were
ordered over the top. They are not a
purchasable commodity"
Representative Garner criticized
Speaker Gillett for allowing only
thirty minutes time for discussion OF
the bonus bill to the opposition. His
protest resulted in an agreement to
divide the four hours equally between
the two sides, and to permit mem
bers TO extend their remarks in the
Record" for the next ten days, which
means that the country will be flooded
with campaign speeches for several
months TO come.
The new rule was adopted by vote
OF 275 TO 127. Fifteen Republicans
voted against the gag rule and six
Democrats for ii.
After the bill had been read Mr.
Fordney explained the provisions OF
the measure, or at least he gave his
version OF what the committee in
tended 10 do. He went over pretty
much the same ground covered by him
In his explanations to the newspapers,
stresslng his insistence that the bill
would not impose any immediate drain
on tie Treasury.
Mr.. Garner attacked the Republican
ma jority in the Ways and Means Com
mittee for excluding the Democratic
members Of that body from the con-
ferences AT which the certificate loan
bill was framed.
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