Evening star., 1922-09-16
BONUSb|LL'SFATE
HINGES UPON VETO
House Sure, But Senate Un'
likely to Override White
House Disapproval.
FOUR OPTIONS PROVIDED
Estimated Burden of Measure on
Federal Treasury Is Approx
mately $4,000, 100000.

The fate of the soldiers bonus Dill
TODAY hangs upon the action or fresi-
dent Harding. The conference repoi
on the measure was adopted Wy
Senate late yesterday, ana the o'i-
now awaits the approval or disap-
proval of the chief executive.
prompt action by the President Is
.~,sc,ed Reports have it that the
President would veto the Dill. II eo'
the opponents of the bill assert 'i'H'
it cannot be passed over the veto III
the Senate.
The vote in the Senate on the cou
ference report yesterday was thittS
six to seventeen in favor OF auoptioii.
Couceding that whIte the aueS'ioii
of the Presidents attitude "as,
senator Harrison, democrat, Mlssis
sinni exnress,d il, up in the ar.
Senator McCumber, republican, Nor m sn
Dakota, in charge OF the Dill salu iis
..honed TO Cod the President wouio
sign it
Hope TO Override Veto.
.T think he ought to sign 1t. ne
declared adding that If Senators VIC
wanted Ito help the soldiers woulu
remain in Washington until "a fnai
vote" there would be Suhclenl "ole'
to pass it over mis- veto.
Some leaders in the House were
of the opinion that II the Presloeis
decided TO veto the measure /. ~
be returned to Congress early IN tne
coming week In that event IL was
the plan to bring up speedliy IN w @
House the question OF oNeiriuih6 -
veto Proponents of the leslsiatlol
wore confident that the necessary
two-tbirds majority could be obtained.
the House having passed the pili ps
a majority of more than four 10 one
In the Senate, however, opponents
claimed thirty-four Senators IN Up
position, two more than necessary "
sustain the veto.
I-Don the presentation of the con
ference report, Senator Harrison fndue
point of order that the cohlerees
had exceeded their authority IN eIilu-
mating the land reclamation optlon,
which in one form or another, had
been approved by both the House anu
Senate. After long debate the point
or order was overruled by senator
Cummins, republican. Iowa, president
pro tempore, and this ruling was ap-
proved by the Senate, 80 to IL
Differ Over Land Clause.
Chairman McCumber and Senators
Underwood and Harrison disagreed
regarding the effect the inclusion or
the Smith McNary reclamation agree
ment would have on the President
decision regarding the LEGISLATION.
that it would have greatly endan-
gered' the measure, while Senators s
Underwood and Harrison declared 1t
would have operated to influence the
President in favor of the bill.
Senator Underwood said that, with
the reclamation provision in, he
would hesitate to vote to sustain
veto. 80,
THE chances of having the bill
signed depend upon how small the ap-
finy
three years. returned Senator NC.
Cumber I'VE could not get tax bill
through the House. The reclamation
matter ought to be handled lnde-
pendently.
AS it goes to the President, the bonus
bill would provide four options.
Adjusted service pay if the veterans S
adjusted service credit at the rate Of
81 a day for domestic service and $1.25
p day for foreign service did not
exceed $50.
Adjusted service certificates having
a face value equal to 3.015 times, the
amount of the adjusted service credit.
and payable at the end Of twenty
years, or sooner at the death OF the
veteran.
Vocational Training Aid.
Vocational training aid at the rate
with the total payment limited to 140
per cent of the adjusted service credit.
Home and farm aid in an amount
equal to the adjusted service credit
increased by % per cent.
Banks would be authorized to make
loans on the service certificates dur
ing the first three years in amounts
not to exceed so per cent of the ad-
justed service credit, which credit
, would be limited to $500 in the case
of veterans who had no foreign serv-
ice and S625 to those who had foreign
ernment would make loans on the
certificates.
The estimated cost of the bonus is
approximately S4,O00.000.000, which
would be made a direct charge against
the federal treasury, as no provision
is made in the bill for financing.