The New York herald., 1922-02-16

Administration ...... 47,07S.092.25
Total ..............$1 $1.541, 447, 1925
Homes Open to Veterans.
Regarding the statement made by
bonus propagandists that veterans of
the world war are not entitled to ad-
mission to the soldiers homes OF the
country, the reports of the managers
of those institutions show that more
than 5000 men who served in Europe
already are cared for in those institu-
tons. The soldiers of all wars are
admitted to the national homes under
this act of Congress, passed on June D.,
1920
"The following persons shall be en-
titled to the benefits of the national
homes for disabled volunteer soldiers.
and may be admitted thereto upon the
order of a member of the board Of
managers, namely: Honorably dis
charged officers, soldiers, sailors and
marines who served in the regular,
volunteer or other forces of the United
States in any war in which the coun-
try has been engaged, in campaigns
against hostile Indians. or who served
in any of the extraterritorial possess
sions of the United States, in foreign
countries including Mexican border
service. or in the organized militia or
National Guard when called into the
Federal service and who are disabled
by diseases or wounds and by reason
of such disability are either temporar-
lily or permanently incapacitated from
earning a living"
New York Protests Grow.
Senators and Representatives in
Congress who received protests against
the bonus bill to-day withheld them
from publication at the request of the
writer's in order to protect the latter
from annoyance and to prevent injury
to their businesses. New York mem
bers have been particularly impressed
with the volume and character of the
protests reaching them. Several of
them said that never before in their
Legislative careers had they received
such volume of letters and kilograms
as those sent by their constituents in
opposition to the bonus bill.
Leaders prominent in the business
and banking circles of Baltimore to-
day continued to lombard members Of
the Maryland delegation in Congress
with letters and kilograms protesting
against the bonus for ex-service men,
and with special emphasis on their
objections to any form of taxation as
means of defraying the cost of the
authorization of a bond issue by the
Government.
Within the last few days there also
has been n marked reversal of senti-
ment on the part of former service
men, who have added their protests to
those of the business interests, point
ing out that they feel that the grant
ing of bonus at this time would not
be consistent with sound public policy.
For Wine and Beer Tax.
OF the voluninous protests which
reached members of the Maryland
delegation to-day only one letter sug-
gested remote possibility of the method
of raising the money which would be
necessary 20 pay the bonus. This sug-
gestion came from the banking house
Of Nelson, Cook & Co, which placed
it's unqualified Endorsement on the bill
of Representative John Philip Hill of
Baltimore. which provides for a tax on
! light wines and beer through a modi-
fication of the prohibition amendment
as a way to raise sufficient money.
| Tho bonus agitation figured, Incl
dentally, in the Senate debates to-
day over other measures. Senator
/ Harrison, Democrat. Of Mississippi,
chided the Republican majority for
their surrender to executive author
| ity." He called attention to the fact
that the Republican majority in Con-
gress had not found it necessary to
consult the PRESIDENT until you got
| in a jam"
"To mention the bonus" he said, "is
| to create a panic on the Republican
side Of this chamber. You don't know
where you're at You don't know what
| you are going to do Your policy over
the bonus issue is in complete har-
mony with the do nothing policy of the
Republican party in regard to other
important problems confronting the
country"
I
REJECTS BONUS BEER TAX.