Evening journal., 1922-09-18
bonus FORCES
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since the impending deficit will ex-
coed 500, 100000.
While Secretary Mellon spent the
week end out OF town, he notified
his office that he will be back today
in time to receive the message from
the President concerning the bonus
bill. 1T is expected he will require
little time to reply TO the request OF
the President.
Fortified with the facts and fig
ures supplied by Secretary Mellon
concerning the status Of the finances
of the country. President Harding
will finish his veto message on the
bonus bill probably today, in order
to send it to the House on Tues
day. That body is likely TO vote
to override the veto without debate
and then the real tug-of-war will
take place in the Senate.
There the situation remains un-
changed. Anti-bonus Senators,
while admitting the vote will be
close. are convinced they will have
enough TO sustain the position Of
the President. Despite the Sabbath
both proponents and opponents Of
the bill were busy preparing for the
battle 10 be staged in the Senate
Tuesday or Wednesday. kilograms
were sent out by both factions to
absent Senators urging their return.
While absenteeism may be a de-
Gliding factor IN the issue, 1t looks
at present as IL IT will cut no figure
in the result.
Meantime the politicians in the
veterans organizations are plan
ming a drive on the White House
to force the President TO approve
the raid.
At the request OF Commander |
OF the American Legion
the President has decided to grant |
an audience to the following rep |
resentatives at $3.50 p. m. tomor-
row:
Col. Hanford MacNlder. national
American Legion.
Col. John Thomas Taylor, chair
man national legislative committee,
Legion.
Col. II. L. Huston. national COM
mander, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
c. Hamilton Cook. national COM
nander, Disabled American Vet
srans OF World War.
Mrs Lowell f. Hobart, national
resident, American Legion Auxil-
airy.
Mrs. Julia B.. Mayer. national
Service Star Legion.
Gen. John B. McQuigg, national
legislative commission, American Le-
ion.
Gilbert Bettman. Ohio State COM
nander, American Legion.
Mrs. Mitchell. representing dis
bled American veterans of world
yar auxlliaries.
Representatives Of gold star moth
RS. war widows. veterans OF foreign
'ars and auxiliaries United Spanish
Var Veterans and auxiliaries. Grand 6
rmy of the Republic and Disabled
Ulcers Association.
President Harding, yielding to an I
arnest appeal. told Col. MacNider {
ast week he would not veto the
onuus bill before the veterans rep
esentatives had an audience with J
I'M.
Several anti~bonus Senators plan '
go to the White House TO present
lelr side after the politicians of the Z
sterans' organizations leave. The u
resident held no conference on the a
lbject. He spent most OF the time q
lth Mrs. Harding. u
While he is convinced that the a
mate will sustain the President in n
s opposition TO the bonus. Senator
orah (Idaho) feels that the extent a.
the vote will depend largely upon n
q vigor OF the vote message. lie n
lieves there are several Senators o.
no voted for the bill who will hesi- io
te TO take issue with the President
the question. oi
Senator New (Ind). one OF the q'
lding opponents OF the raid takes 81
similar view. He is confident that ~
e Senate will not vote TO override
e veto. Nor does he feel there II
Il be any extended debate upon "
e veto message. Is
Senators Mclean and Brandegee
Connecticut. who have been st
united upon to sustain the Presi- NJ
mt in his veto although they vot-
for the bonus bill. let II be known III
ey intend TO vote to override the b'
esident. However. that announce n
ent did not in any way upset the bt
ti-bonus Senators. as they have
veral other Senators who will vi
me to the rescue. re
One of the anti-bonus Senators sa
ID that the President would con-
r an incalculable benefit upon the er
nerican people by vetoing the or
nus bill. He pointed out that
my people are unfamiliar witl~the Il
ie character and disastrous con-
luences should the bill be enact \
as # has been enveloped in ~
,uds Of false sentiment and false
lsoning. !
Bonus advocates have succeeded
spreading broadcast a mass OF
,lous propaganda in which they
cuse the opponents OF the raid Of
gratitude and injustice. They
present the proposed raid as -
bt and not gift and argue that ~ ~
ltead of its being n burden II will -
ove a blessing not only TO the ex- -is
vice men but to the people at az
ge. Some OF the advocates go so cn
r as to say Il will be paid by the pe
althy alone and that the ordin- az
y taxpayer will escape scot free. "a "a
President Harding in his veto ~
,ssage will strip the mask from
; iniqultous measure and show it iai
all its Objectionable aspects. II is ", W
expected by antl-bonus WI
nators. They expect the Presi- lnl
nj to say upon the authority of pa
) Secretary OF the Treasury that WI