The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-08-28
Agreement
Reached on
Bonus Bill
Senate to Vote on Compensa.
ton Measure Tuesday-De.
bate on Amendments
Limited to 20 Minutes.

Washington, Aug IA unaHi-
nous consent agreement 20 take up
the soldiers bonus bill Monday and
pass Il 10 final vote vas entered
into BY the senate.
With view te getting a vote late
Tuesday Il was agreed that after o
.. m. Monday no senator should
speak more than once nor longer
than 20 minutes on any amendment
The unanimous consent agreement
was proposed by Senator Robinson.
democrat. Arkansas, but II imposed
no limitation on debate on the bill
itself. II was suggested, however,
that there might be a move TO that
end later should II prove necessary.
Will Not Oppose Action.
Senators Underwood, democrat,
Alabama, and Borah, republican,
Idaho, said they would oitet no OBJ
lection to speedy action. Senator
Underwood gave formal notice that
his fight would be against the pass
age OF the measure over President
Harding's veto in the event that il
was returned TO congress with cxecu-
tive disapproyal
By common understanding the
senate did not undertake 10 bring TO
vote any OF the several amend
ments thus far offered. Senator Me-
Nary, republican. Oregon. presented
his amendment proposing the recla-
nation bill as part OF the bonus,
with preference given veterans in re-
clamation work and final assistance
for them in developing homcsteads
on the reclaimed lands.
In promising his support 10 any
bill that would give former service
men the justice to which he believed
they were entitled, Senator Ashurst.
democrat, Arizona, told the senate it
would be forced 10 decide among
other things, whether it would listen
TO the "cry Of commcrcialization OF
patriotism" when it had not done that
at thS end of the war,
Other Claims Paid.
Congress, he said, had proceeded to
vote, and had made no apology for do
ing so to pay shipping claims, claims
OF munitions makers and claims OF the
makers OF uniforms and other equip
ment for the service men. Ii had
done SO, he said, on the statement
that those contractors would have
made profit had the war not erded.
There was no cry OF commercializa-
tion OF patriotism then, he said. 1t
was called business
But these were inanimate OBJ
jects," he went on. Those claims
must be met and met promptly, but
the soldier, the man who fired the
shots, must wait. 1t is commerciali-
zation OF patriotism when his COM
pensation is to be adjusted"
The Arizona senator said he must
remind the senate that the original
demand for the bonus came not from
the former service men, but from
men and women who believed that
the service men were entitled 10 the
bonus.
Ransdell Supports Bill.
Also supporting the bill, Senator
Ransdell, Louisiana, told the senate
that if congress wished to settle it's
obligations to the veterans it could
find means 10 do so and that If it
did not there were "a thousand ex-
cuses to hide behind.
1T seems to me-" he said, that as
long as the war was on there was no
end to the amount OF money the
United States could raise to foot its
bills, but now when victory is won
and the national security assured, we
suddenly become too poor to adjust
the soldiers salaries on an equitable
basis. In the meantime, however,
our government has seen fit to repeal
the excess profits tax, which yielded
about 6l5,000000 a year.
THE shameful conduct OF this gov
ernment toward its soldiers since the
war" Senator Ransdell continued,
Stands out in bold contrast when
compared with the treatment of
other soldiers at the hands of their
countries"