The Washington times., 1922-03-19
|G,0.P.LEADERs
TOILET HARD|NG
/ PAssON BONUS
Majority Chiefs In House
Ask for Conference on
Fordney. Measure.
CILLETT HAS CONFERENCE
Speaker Not Likely to Make
Known His Stand Until
Tomorrow.
cILLETT HAS CONFERENCE
~ A. o. HAYWARD.
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Republican leaders of the House
squared their shoulders last
night and prepared to kick the
soldier bonus football into the
White House. 4
The fate Of the compensation
legislation depends on President
Harding's attitude toward the
|plan Of Chairman Fordnsy and
his Republican colleagues Of the,
Ways and Msans Qompittee -
put the bin through II House
|tonld dxsoW under n rs3iS sfns VIZ
|liais debate ard I ptfhAit NO
|amendments.
Members of the veterans bloc
and the agricultural bloc" Repub-
leans OF Fordney's committee, the
Republican steering committee. and
other House leaders conferred at
length yesterday with Speaker Gil
lett to consider the lesislstion and to
arrange for the passage Of the bin
without undue delay.
Dociston Due TOmorrow.
After this meeting Speaker oiliett
announced he would mako no state.
ment as to his intention to grant
recognition tomorrow to leaders In
the bonus fight for the purpose Of
putting the bonds bill on passage.
His decision win be given before the
House meets. Before that time the
House Republican leaders and the
Speaker win have sean President
Harding.
Republican Leader Mondell said:
I'VE discussed the bonus legisla-
ton In all its phases fully. freely and
good naturedly. We reached no con-
clusion and made no definite ar.
rangement for action on 1t by the
House" Mondeii said he had made
q request to be received by the
President tonight ON the bonus mat
ter, together with such other House
members a. are most interested IN
the bonus legislation. ~
I'VE have q GOOD bill. I think" Do
clAred Chairman F'ordnsy, Of the
ways and Means Committee. 'and
1t will be passed according to my
Judgment without the dotting OF an
I or the crossing Of . T. can add
nothing to what MondeIl has said
concerning our conference today, sx.
cept that / am certain the bonus bill
viii b pAssed by the House and At
an early date"
Those at Conference.
Those attending the conference
with Speaker oillett were: House
Republican leaders Mondeil, Mann
and Fess, Chairman Madden. OF the
Appropriations COMMITTEES; Chair
man Campbell, Of the Rules Com
mittee: Chairman Towner, OF the Re-
publican caucus; congressman DUN,
Nolan, Sanders. Anderson, Of the
Republican Steering COMMITTEES; Tin.
! cher, Kansas, OF the Agricultural
bloc; Lineberger and Woodruff, Of
the soldier bloc; Fordney, Long
worth, Green. Hawley, Chandler. TIL.
son, Mott, Copley. Young. Timber
lake. Hadley, Treadway, iFrear, OF
the ways and Means Committee.
Mondell and Fordney laid the case
of the bonus advocates before the
Speaker with arguments that ac.
tion on the bill should be facilitated
! In every way possible. They REQ
commended that II be taken up to-
morrow under suspension OF ruiea
with special time allowed for DE-
bate. but no changes to be permitted.
The soldier and Agriculture blocs
represented by Woodruff, Line
berger and Tinchsr. opposed any
postponement of ths bonus lagisla-
ton. LAnsbsrgsr favored q sAlss
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