The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-17
SOLDIER BONUS Is
TO GO TO CAUCUS
California Representative Circu-
lates Petition Among Re-
publicans in the House.
(sy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March 16.-There
We're just two developments today in
the soldiers bonus muddle. One was
the filing by Chairman Fordney of the
ways and means committee of the ma
jority report on the compromise bill,
which was estimated to cost the gov
eminent a total OF s4,098, 49, $50. The
other was the circulation of a petition
by Representative Lineberger of Cali
fornia, a former service man, for a
conference of house republicans for
next Tuesday evening to discuss the
bonus legislation.
Mr.. Lineberger announced tonight
that there were so signatures to the
petition, or 10 more than the number
required under the rules for a confer
ence call.
Chairman Fordney declared eInphat-
ically that it still was his determine
ton to bring the bill up Monday under
suspension of rules if that could be
done, and, if not, to call it up Tuesday
under special rule if such rule
could be obtained.
The chairman went on to say that
it was not his desire to limit debate
that. if the measure We're taken up
under a suspension of the rules he
would ask unanimous consent for two
days of discussion, which would throw
the final vote over until late Tuesday.
The estimate in the majority report
that the total cost of the bonus would
be s4.09S, 719, $50 was based upon the
assumption that 20 per cent OF the
4,45S,19 veterans who would be eligi-
BILE for compensation would accept adj
justed certificates ~ per cent voca-
tional training aid; 10 per cent farm
and home aid, and ~ per cent land
settlement aid. The remaining 10 per
cent would be paid in cash after pas
sage of the bill under a provision re-
curing veterans whose adjusted COM
pensation would not exceed $50 to ac-
cept cash.
Total costs under the various OPP
tons of the bill We're estimated as fol-
lows: cash payments, $16,000,000; Ger
tificates, on account of deaths, S577, :
751,0 900: on account of maturity,
SO, 154, S23, $50; vocational training, $50,
$4,000; farm and home aid, 1856, 000,-
600, and land settlement, $4,000, 900.
The greatest cost in any single year
was estimated at sS,154, S23,350 in the
fiscal year 1943 when the certificates
then outstanding would mature. The
costs under all other options except
the certificate, would cease, the report
said, in 1927 The last payments under
vocational training would be in 1927.
After that time the only cost each
year until the year of maturity OF the
certificates would be payments on ac-
count of deaths of holders Of certifi-
Gates.
The cost In the fiscal year 1923, the
first year after the bill came into OPP
Grafton, would be s74,279,0 900, the re-
port said. ri
The report said no provision had
been made for raising revenue to meet
the first years cost because a. majority
Of the committee was satisfied that
mo new taxation nor special provi-
sions are needed until after the ex-
piration Of that fiscal year" It added
that any estimate of government ex-
penditures for 1924 and the amount Of
revenue needed on account of the
bonus would necessarily be very in
accurate at this time"