Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-30
APPROVAL OF
!: !. BONUS Bill
IS EXPECTED
Senate Committee Thought
Divided 8 to For Modi-
fed House Measure.

tine senate finance committee on
"wednesday ora soldiers bonus bill fol-
flowing closely along the lines of the
ihouse measur with its bank loan,pro-
vision was forecast Monday by mem
,bcrs of that committee, Republicans
land Democrats, after the subject had
been discussed for nearly two hours.
An informal conference by the com-
f1nittee Monday indicated the mem-
hers were divided 8 to s, for the house
measure with some modiications-thc
~,so-calied McCumber plan. Five MEM
sbers, all Republicans, were reported
ito favor the Smoot proposition of paid
life insurance fer the veterans in lieu
,of all other forms of compensation
while one committeeman. Senator Will
,liams, Democrat; Mississippi, was I'M
understood to be opposed to any bonus
Legislation.
i Whether a land reclamation provis-
:ior is to be Instituted in the McCum-
Tier plan is an pen question and con-
s%sequently it may be some time before
"a bonus bill is reported to the senate.
Chairman MCCumber is anxious. how
ever, that the bill be reported out in
s;he Immediate future and he expects
TO press action as speedily as is pos
:sible.
After reaching the senate, the bill
IN the usual course would SO to the
senate calendar to email until called
shy SeEa;er EcCumber. There is a diff
ference Of cpir.on. am, ng Republican
leaders as to whether the bonus
should displace the tariff bill at any
time soon SO the probable time at
which the senate will get into the
bonus fight is indefinite.
Expect Harding Approval.
Senator McCumber is of the opinion
that the senate can dispose of the
measure within a few days of consid-
grafton, but this view. is not shared by
Ill leaders. ~Opponents of a bonus in
any form as well as opponents of the
amended house bill are prepared for
y long discussion of the question.
= both McCumber and Smoot plans
Have beer outlined in some detail to
president Harding with a view to OBJ
tanning an expression of opinion from.
MIN but the committee went ahead
today with their consideration with
cut having received any word from
fhe executive. Proponents of the
NcCumber proposition believe that he
will approve that form of bonus if
passed by congress hut publicly at
lea: the president has gwen no indi-
Sation Of a change Of mind since. he
told the house ways and means COM
mitiee 70 nance the bonus with a
Halns tax or EGstEore enactment OF
the legislation.
: Bank Loan Provision.
q q aside from a provision to pay cash
10 veterans whose compensation would
not exceed $50, the McCumber plan
would provide for adjusted service
certificates on which banks would be
authorized to loan funds during the
6rst three years and the treasury
thereafter during the 20 years of the
Me of the certificates. The certificates
you'd. ave a face value to about three
times the amount Of the veterans ad-
3nsted service credit at the rate of 81
e day for domestic service and $1.25
Z day for foreign service and the tota.
you'd be payable at the end of 20
years or sooner, upon the death of the
holder. There also would be provis-
ions for vocational training and home
and farm aid. These and the cash and
certificates feature are almost identic-
81 with those in the house bill. but
h land settlement or reclamation
feature in the house measure has been
eliminated. There is d movement in
both the senate and house to have
some kind of a reclamation provision
put back into the bill and a special
subcommittee of Republican mem
bers of the finance committee opened
hearings today on that question.
Representative. Mondell, the Repub-
Hcan house leader, urged that some
sort of reclamation legislation be in
corrorated, while Representative
Whltc of Kansas. a member of the
house public lands committee, op-
posed such Il step.