The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-24
BONUS
PASSED BY HOUSE
BY VOTE OF 333-70
Majority Of GA over Needed Two
Thirds Endorsement
REPUBLICAN LEADERS WIN
Overcome Effort to Recommit
Bill amid Scenes Near
Disorder

Washington, March 24.-The four
billion dollar soldiers bonus bill was
passed last night by the House by an
overwhelming majority. 1t now goes
to the Senate where its fate is re.
garded as uncertain.
The vote was 1893 to 20. or Ga more
than the two.thirds majority neces-
sary for passage OF the measure un.
der the parliamentary procedure Sc
lected by Republican leaders for the
express purpose of preventing the
Democrats rom offering motion to
recommit.
In only two important part culars
does this measure differ from the one
passed by the House two years ago
and that sheved in the Senate last
July The original cash bonus option
was @ minated and the bank loan pro
vision of the adjusted service certif.
cate title substituted.
Supporters OF t1e bill defended it
as the best that could be obtained at
this time, and some OF them de.
c'ared that ii was even better than
the original measure with its cash
bonus feature since It would enable
veterans in need to obtain cash i'm.
med ately and at the same time be
protected by the government IN their
rights in the adjusted service Ger.
tifcates.
Politics were injected into the de.
bate several times during the day
and resulted in some exchanges.
Representative Pou. Democrat, North
Carolina, decried what he character.
lied as the efforts OF the majority 10
make the bonus a partisan issue
white Representatives Campbell, Re.
publican, Kansas, and Longworth,
Republican, Ohio, assailed the minor.
ity report on the bill hled by Repre-
sentative Kitchin OF North Carolina
the Democratic leader, who is absent
from Congress because Of illness. and
four other Democrats Of the ways
and means committee.
1 Mr.. Longworth declared that the
reference in the minority report to
Ambassador Harvey at London as the
"blasphemous. bibulous boot ECKER
at the Court of ST. James," was
most disgracefully vulgar" He
characterized the whole report as
cheap, wantonly vulgar and dis
grace ul.'
As the debate dragged along late
in the day many members began to
manifest impatience and towards the
last some of the speakers had diff
/ Guilty in getting under way because
OF the repeated and loud demands
for a vote. Speaker Gillett had trou
Bile at tines in maintaining order
despite a liberal use of his gavel.
As the first roll call progressed
there was an unusual hubbub on the
floor and members found 1t neces
sary to shout in order to have their
voice carry to the clerks desk.
Representative Garner OF Texas
ranking Democrat on the ways and
means committee, attacked Speaker
Gil EFT for allott.ng three hours tc
the control o. Republicans and only
one hour for the control of the Dem
ocrats. representative Mondell. Of
Wyoming, the Republican leader, and
Representative Treadway,, of Massa
chusetts, a Republican opponent OF
the bill, defended the speaker, de-
claring that the allotment made di
vided the time equally between pro
ponents and opponents and gave the
Democrats, both those for and
against the bill, full measure Of
time.