The New York herald., 1922-09-18
BONUS FORCES Will
MAKE FINAL DRIVE
ON HARDING TO-DAY
MacNider to Lead Legion
Officials and Gold Star
Mothers in Attack.
ANTS WILL COUNTER
President Then to Array
Melons Data Against
the Raid.
MESSAGE TO STRIP MASK
Executive Expected to Show
Disastrous Effects Lcgisla-
tion Would Have.
MESSAGE TO STRIP MASK
Special Dispatch TO TIE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.


New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C.. Sept. IL.
President Harding stands tonight a
lone sentinel guarding the people from
the proposed $4,000. .o00.o raid on the
Treasury as a gratuity for ex-service
men.
The President has in his possession
the McCumber bonus bill which would
authorize the raid. He is carefully
guarding the discredited measure until
tomorrow. when he will send it to
Secretary Mellon for an opinion as to
the advisability of approval, since 1t
provides Tor a direct charge upon the
Treasury.
Secretary Mellon is prepared to notify
the President that at this time the
Treasury is In no shape to stand such
a strain and 20 authorize the raid would
throw all the financial machinery OF
the Government out Of gear. Further
more. he will point out that without the
added burden of the bonus bill it will
maintain the credit of the United States.
since the impending deficit will exceed
500. 900. 900.
While Secretary Mellon spent the
week end out of town, he notified his
Office that he will be back early to-
morrow in time to receive the message
from the President concerning the bo-
nus bill. 1t is expected he will require
little time to reply to the request Of the
President.
Real battle Is I'm senate.
Fortified with the facts and figures
supplied by Secretary Mellon concerning
the status of the finances of the coun-
try. President Harding will finish his
veto message on the bonus bill prob
ably tomorrow, In order to send IL to
the House on Tuesday. That body is
likely to vote to override the veto with
out 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 VIII be close, are
convinced they will have enough to sus-
tain the position of the President
Despite the Sabbath both proponents
and opponents Of the bill were busy pre-
pairing for the battle to be staged in the
Senate Tuesday or Wednesday. Tele-
grams were sent out by both factions to
absent Senators urging their return
While absenteeism may be deciding
factor in the issue, it looks az present
as IL It will cut no figure In the result.
Meantime the politicians in the vet.
erans' organizations are planning drive
10 -I,I ~
dent to approve the raid
Those I'm Final Drive.
At the request OF Commander Aac-
Nider of the American Legion the Pres
ident has decided to grant an audience
to the following representatives at . 80
T. NJ Tomorrow:
Col. Hanford MacNider. national
commander. American Legion.
Col. John Thomas Taylor. chairman
national legislative committee. American
Legion.
Col. T. L. Huston. national commander.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
c. Hamilton Cook. national COM
mander Disabled American Veterans Of
World War
Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart. national pres
ident. American Legion Auxiliary.
dent. Service Star Legion.
Gen. John 3 McQuigg. national leg
islative commission. American Legion
Gilbert Bettman, Ohio State COM
mander American Legion.
Mrs. Mitchell. representing disabled
American veterans OF world war aux
iliaries.
Representatives of gold star mothers.
war widows, veterans of foreign wars
and auxiliaries. United Spanish War
Veterans and auxillarles, Grand Army
OF the Republic and Disabled Officers,
Association.
President Harding. yielding TO an
earnest appeal told Col. MacNider last
week he would not veto the bonus bin
before the veterans representatives had
an audience with him.
Antis Also 10 See President.
Several auti-bonus Senators plan TO
60 70 the White House to present their
side after the politicians Of the veterans
organizations leave. The President held
no conferences on the subject to-day.
lie spent most OF the time with Mrs.
Harding
Senators Mclean and Brandegee of
Connecticut who have been counted
upon TO sustain tho President in his
bill. let II be known to-day they intend
10 vote TO override the President. How.
ever. that announcement did not in any
way upset the anti-bonus Senator's. az
they have several other Senator's who
viii come TO the rescue.
President Harding in his veto mes
sage will strip the mask from the INF
quitous measure and show II In all it's
Objectionable aspects. II IN confidently
expected by anti-bonus Senators. Thsy
expect the President 10 cay upon the
authority Of the Secretary OF the Trca-
sury that tho only way the gratuty can
be paid is by taxation, and that no mat
ter how ingenious plan may be devised
for raising the needed revenue, much or
II must cone out Of the pockets OF the
poor.
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