The New York herald., 1922-03-11
ANTl-bONUS REVOLT
BREWING in HOUSE
DESPITE FORDNEY
Three Republicans OH His
Committee in Rebellion
Against Measure.
MANY TO ATTACK 1T
Ex-Representative Good of
Iowa Says Midwest OPP
poses Gratuity.
NEW RAIDS ARE SOUGHT
Spanish War Veterans Want
to Be Included i'm Bene-
fits of Bill.
NEW RAIDS ARE SOUGHT
by LOUIS sEIBoLD.

The late or the most recent legis
lative bonus raid on the public Treas
ury and business of the country will
be determined on Monday.
The Ways and Means Committee
of the House will decide then whether
to press the makeshift measure pro-
duced by the Republican members or
fall in line with the suggestion OF
President Harding that bonus legisla.
tion be postponed.
The chances are that with every
rational avenue closed to them Re
publican members will undertake
some chiseling and repairing before
ordering the bill reported to the
House for passage. though Mr.. Ford.
ney will oppose any tinkering.
Opposition to the measure will not
be confined to some of the Democratic
members, who have instanced their
disapproval OF it, at least three Re
publican members will protes.
against reporting the bill because 1t
has been pronounced unavoidable by
Comptroller Crissinger in addition
to being generally condemned by
bankers, farmers, merchants and in
dustrial workers.
Fordney Announced Unanimtty.
When the Republican majority on
the committee decided to introduce
the insurance certificate loan measure
Chairman Fordney announced the de-
cision was unanimous. 1t developed
to-day that two Republican members.
one of whom was Representative Til
son of Connecticut, vigorously pro-
tested against the presentation OF the
scheme to the House. Since then Rep
resentative Mills of New York, a new
member of the committee. has an
nounced his opposition to the measure.
Hence 1t is quite certain that In a
full vote of the committee the decision
to recommend for immediate passage
the latest Fordney plan TO tie up the
resources of the country's banks with
unmarketabIe securities with lending
value of so per cent. at the end of
three years will be far from unani-
nous.
The Republican members of the
Ways and Means Committee appeared
to-day to have only a hazy idea as to
just what is going to happen to their
legislative offspring. They expected
Mr.. Fordney to point the way out Of
the bonus wilderness on his return
from Chicago, where he predicted for
the twentieth time that Congress
will pass bonus bill and the Presi-
dent will sign it," On more than one
occasion the President has indicated
that the only bill he will sign is one
with a sales tax feature. to which the
legislative farm bloc is bitterly OPP
posed.
Good warns Congress.
Bonus advocates received a shock
when IL became known around the
Capitol that former Representative
James W. Good OF Iowa. for many
years power on the Republican side.
was here and had openly expressed
strong opposition TO the bonus Sew
eral leaders went to some trouble 10
sound Mr.. Good on the proposition.
Fresh from the contact with many
people In the mid West. Mr. Good.
with firmness and conviction. told his
former colleagues, "The country Is
against the bonus and will not sup
port Congress that passes it,"
mot half Of the soldiers themselves
want the bonus" Mr. Good added
tfrfst. hn
bonus situation see the harm Il will
do the country, and they are afraid
that passage of the bill will put them
in wrong with the people. The aver
age patriotic former soldier does not
like to put himself in the position Of
cudgeling the country TO give him
bonus"
Mr.. Good was the center of the sew
eral groups OF Representatives at diff
ferent times during the day and his
views on the political side Of the
bonus were plainly taken with great
deal of seriousness
THE tariff delay" he added. is not
half so big a question in the minds Of
the people as the bonus"
Fordney stiu Enthusiastic.
on returning TO the national capital
tonight Mr.. Fordney did not bring
with him a new inspiration TO assist
his harassed bonus associates in solv-
ing the aggravating problem. He did
return, however. with undated en-
thusiasm. In announcing that the
meeting Of the committee called for
tomorrow Will he postponed until
Monday he declared the people be-
tween here and Chicago 'are unani-
mousiy for tho bonus" He has said