Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-01


sociated Press. s.)-Wiping out party
lines, the senate Thursday passed
the $4,0OOO0O,OOO soldiers bonus
bill by a vote of Al to 22. 1mmedi-
ately thereafter the senate directed
house with a request for confer
ence. Representative Mondell, Wy
oming, the republican leader, said the
house would send it to conference
under a special rule.
The roll call follows:
For the bonus:
Republicans - Brandegee, Bursum,
Curtis, Gooding, Hale, Jones Wash
ington), kellogg, LaFollette, Len
root, Lodge, Mccormick, McCumber,
Mclean, McNary, Nicholson, Oddie,
Rawson, Shortridge, Stanfield. Suth-
erland. Townsend Watson of Indiana
and Willis-27.
Democrats - Ashurst, Broussard,
Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry, Heflin,
Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons. Smith.
Trammer, Walsh of Massachusetts,
and Walsh of Montana-20.
Total-47.
Against the bonus:
Republicans-Ball, Borah, Calder,
Dillingham;, Edge, France, Freling-
huysen, Keyes, Nelson, New, Phipps,
Reed of Pennsylvania, Smoot Ster-
ling and Wadsworth-15.
Democrats - Dial, Glass, Myers,
Shields, Swanson, Underwood and
Williams.
Total-22.
| Since there is no serious dispute
between the two houses q the bon
lay aside the tariff bill long enough
to agree to a report on the bonus.
The treasury department apparent
ly is confident that the president will
veto the bill if it passes as it now
stands. High officials Thursday in
dicated that the president had not
changed from his announced inten-
ton to disapprove any bonus legls-
lation that does not carry the means
of raising the revenue required and
the senate measure, treasury off,
cials said, does not meet that re-
quirement.
Senate discussion on the bill was
opened by Senator Lodge, who ar
gued that the government owed COM
pensation to the soldiers and disput-
ed the theory that the proposed
bonus would prove too great bur-
den on the treasury. =.
Four hours of debate preceded
the voting. Neither senators not
spectators manifested particular in
cussion proceeded, but just before the
vote came at 3 p. m, both the sen
ate chamber and galleries rapidly
filled.
With the announcement of the re-
suit there was applause from spec
tators particularly from one section
of the galleries, where there were
number of service men. No attempt
was made to prevent this demonstrn-
ton.
Payments by Years
Government experts estimate the
total cost of the bonus at $3.50
G.,a.4S1 on the basis of % per cent
of veterans electing the certificate
plan, % IL per cent the farm and
home aid, and 2 IL per cent the
vocational training. This cost would
be divided annually as follows:
1923, $77440,8S9; 1924, S92.171.-
729; 1925, $73, 1O0, ,962; 1925, $50
229,SS5; 1927, S148,962, ,215; 1928,
$1S7.564.2s4; 1929, so, ,116,4I7; 1920,
sci ,955,771: 1888. $1S,5O3, ,421; 1884,
S1S.7SS. 1877; 1885, S19,136, ,157; 1895.
$19.4SS. .O37; 1897, $27, ,405, ,210; 1898,
S27.854. .752; 1899, SOS, ,409, ,290; 1940,
S13,991. .51S; 1941, $7,7S3,S04 1912,
S1O4, ,49S. .263. Totals to 1943, S1,136,-
741.67O; 1943 to 1946, $2,708,917 ,S11.
Total, 50, ,S45 $50, ,4S1.
This total is exclusive of any appro-
priations that would be made under the
$3.50, 100000 land reclamation provi-
sion, but under that provision the gov
ernment finally would recover these
costs The total of the certificate
plants placed at S3,364, ,9O9, ,4S1; farm
80 al
training. 52,3250 600 and cash pay
ments to veterans receiving $50 or
less, S16,000,000
Effective January
AS amended by the senate, the sol
diers bonus bill will become effective
January /, 1923, and would provide
three optional plans for veterans of
the world war other than those whose
adjusted service pay would not exceed
$50. These will be paid in cash. The
options are: Adjusted service GER
tificates, payable in 20 years or
sooner at death and containing loan
provisionss
Vocational training aid at the rate
of S1.75 a day up to a total of 40 per
cent of the adjusted service credit
Aid in purchasing a farm or home
the total amount to range from 100
per cent or the ADJUSTED service credit
If the money were advanced in 1923
to 40 per cent of the adjusted service
4 credit if the payment were made in
1928 or threafter.
Adjusted service pay, or adjusted
service credit, would be figured on the
basis of 81 a day for domestic service
and $1.25 q day for foreign service
less the $50 paid at discharge. But in
no event could the amount Of the
credit of the veteran who performed
no overseas service exceed $500 and