The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-28
BONUS POLITICS

The house has passed the bonus
bill. Some will shout, 1.-THE soldier
is remembered at last!" Some will
frown as they say, These youngsters
will be paying their bonuses back in
taxes for years. May the senate save
the day" Others will sheer about
politics and say the congressman have
been scared by service voters, says
the Idaho Statesman.
That to which this last-named
group referred, the political aspect of
the bonus legislation, is not the least
interesting of its aspects, but what,
we wonder, is there in the vote taken
by the house to win special praise for
any political party? There were 242
Republicans voting for the bill and
only 90 Democrats, but that does not
mean anything as the house is over
whelmingly Republican.
Nor either Democrats or Re
publicans legitimately claim a mono
poly of love for the soldier. The Re-
publicans may point with\pride to the
fact that only one-eighth of their rep
resentatives voting on the measure
opposed it whereas the fraction of the
Democrats opposing it was twice as
large, one-fourth. But there is cold
comfort in that when one reflects that
bonus based their opposition wholly
on love for the soldier. They figured
that the soldiers represent the gener-
alton which is climbing into the sad
die of government and that the slap
of high taxes born of such a measure
as the bonus will have its worst effect
upon the service men themselves a
few years hence.
If it is to be inferred that Repub-
lican legislators voted for the bonus
to save their jobs the same must be
rue of the Democratic proponents.
They also come up for reelection in
districts full of service men.
Yes, it is going to be very hard to
make any sort of political capital out
of the bonus legislation. The best hat
can be said-and of course it will be
said in the campaigns-is that a Re-
publican house heard the cry of the
people and voted them what they
wanted. But would not a Democratic
house have done the same thing?
Perhaps these ramblings are pre-
mature. The bonus has merely passed
he house. There is a senate and a
president to be passed. Things may
ret acquire a tinge of politics. ,
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LET AMERICA DO THE WORK S
An eastern exchange makes the fol-
owing pertinent remarks regarding
he relationship of America to Eu-
ope:
Karl Radek, spokesman for the
soviet. commenting on the
efusal of the United States to parti-
in the Genoa conference, de-
hat this action has reduced
lie Genoa conference to little more
a chatterfest." Apparently, then,
was lie lutGllllOn VI HuIOpG, udu !
e become a party to the conference, :
do all the talking while Uncle Sam el
to do all the work and shoulder al
l the responsibility. Europe, will -
ntinue to wallow in her own blood" ic
ntinued Radek, until America emer- p1
S from her period of aloofness and :
the active work of reconstruc- =
NJ This ~corroborates our view. IS
rtain portions of Europe prefer to
and to have America do the liz
tive work. However, America still IL
lOrses the maxim of her foremost IL
sc, Ben Franklin: "God helps them II
1T help themselves and if Europe is
uld display more of determination Isl
help herself there would be more E
son why we could aid her. AS it is S
have loaned her billions and fed IL
Millions" IN
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n creating new tariff laws, the Id
res of people who come in from E1
eign countries to tell US how to 81
duct ourselves and how to run our 81
.ntry, might be considered. The n
,ortation of his commercial com H
lily has expanded wonderfully 81
,e the wal started, in 1914. Some FL
.urers of commanding ability have Ri
lie, and some good thoughts have A
n handed out. But the quality is 81
We have to listen to Il
3 haired socialists and b~olsheviks n
to women who come over from 81
ope to disseminate fool ideas. 81
re is one notable example Of this q
of lecturer in the country just y
:. The Star-Mirror would suggest
future importations of foreign