The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-19
Details of Bonus Bill Are GiUen By Legion Committee

Because of misunderstanding r through being possibly not aware of tne Fundamental principles of the du!usted compensation act, as pro- Vlaed in the House bill submitted on une called soldier bonus plan, which has caused much discussion uhtaForab4e in some quarters, the p.i ~ m eham Post, American Legion, has authorized the following state ment:
 Due to the vast amount ot propaganda unfavorabIe to the ad- busted compensation act. or the so- called soldiers bonus bill" which is now flooding the newspapers. we wish to set forth the true facts re- | garding this measure, which seems ! 10 he so generally misunderstood by both newspaper writers and the pub ! lie at large
 The provisions of the adjusted compensation bill. as it passed the House of Representa- tives, are briefly as follows:
 l Each veteran shall have the right to avail himself Of any one but only one, of the following plans: No. ]. Adjusted pay at the rate Of Fl per day for home service and ! sl p day for foreign service; a maximum of $500 for man without overseas service and of S625 for a man with overseas service (this money to be paid in installments of $50 every three months).
 No. 2. Adjusted service certifi- cates Gnsurance). a paid-up 20-year | endowment policy The face value of this policy will be 2 3S times the am onnt that would be received in cash. The face value of this policy would be payable to the veteran at the end of 20 years, or if he dies before the expiration of the 20 years the face value would be payable to the beneficiary of the policy. Loan values also are provided for. No. 5. Vocational training aid of $1 2S day while taking a course 1 of vocational training. The amount of this in no case would exceed l4o per cent of what would have been paid in cash
 No. {. Farm or home aid; I4o per cent of what would be paid under ] option No. l, if the money is used 1 to purchase improved land or make payments on improved farm, city or suburban home.
 Confusion Alleged No. 5. Land settlement: (a) pro- ! vides for the establishment of recla- nation projects for the development and improvement of land This may be government land or land pur- chased by the government. If pos sible projects win be located in each state, the state paying a part of the purchase price of private lands bought for this service: ex-service men to be employed on the projects as far as possible.
 Paragraph (b) provides for the selling of units of their pro- | jects when they are completed Sale price to include purchase price of land, plus cost of improvement. Paragraph Gel. Veterans may nave their adjusted payments apply as first payment on the land
 You will note from the above that the most money that a man can receive at one time is $50 at the end of the three-months' period.
 Tt is hard to understand the basis 1 for the claims that economic condi- | tions would be upset because of any 1 wild debauehes which ex-service men might indulge in if possessed d of this paltry sum of money. Much has also been said regarding the negroes of the south receiving $500 or $500 in a lump sum. Of course, i the bill clearly shows that no such sum could be paid to anyone.
 There seems to be much con
 fusion as to what adjusted compen- sation' is. It is not a gratunity or a bonus due for military service. but only an approximate adjustment of
 the economic loss suffered by the service men because of his days in
 service. In simple, plain English
 the purpose of this bill is to give to ikL II Al his services a compensation that will
 more nearly approach that of the laborer who remained at home, se- cure from danger, and whose com pensation increased from 200 to 30t per cent, and, measured by the