Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-20
TRAINERS OF
BONUS BILL
SEE HARDING
Situation Discussed at Meet
ing With President
This Morning
CONFERENCE HELD
Presidents Talk en- Pending Mea-
sures Has Been Attacked BY The
G.. O. i. Minority Committeeman.

Washington, March 20.--Presiden
Harding made ali engagement yes
terday with Republican House lead
crs for 9::?0 4. M, today 10 discuss
the soldier bonus situation. Because
of appointments made before his
return from Florida, he was unable
| 10 grant their request for a confer
cnce last night
Representative Mondell. OF Wyom-
ing, the Republican floor leader, said
last night that the whole situation
would be laid before the President
and that The compromise bank loan
plan would be fully explained Mr..
Mondell would not venture an Opn-
ion as to whether the bill would be
called up in the House today under
a suspension Of the rules, but he
appeared to he confident that there
would be no development. at the
White House Conference that would
cause serious alteration of the plan
to put the measure through soon.
ave have bill quite different
from anything the President has eX-
pressed an opinion on said Mr..
Mondell. and bill that lays no
more burden on the Treasury next
year than does the forthcoming road
bill, for instance.
I'VE suspended the rules two years
ago TO pass the first bonus bill and
there is good reason 10 handle the
measure that way. There are men
who have nu responsibility in the
matter who would come forward
with amendments, not for the pur-
pose cf improving the bill, but TO
make trouble. II we have about the
best bill we can get there is no rea-
son to allow the minority to embar-
rass our people.
I'VE have got the best 'Dil We can
get and very good one, and the
sooner We pass it the better"
Among those who probably will
accompany Mr.. Mondel TO the
White House tomorrow will be Chair
man Fordney, of the Ways and
Means Committee; Chairman Camp
bell, of the Rules Committee: Chair
man Towner. Of the Republican
House Conference; Chairman Fess,
OF the Republican Congressional
Committee: Representative Long
worth. OF Ohio. a member of both
the Ways and Means and steering
committees. and Representative
Mann, Of Illinois
Speaker GilIctt. who delivered an
address today in his home city of
Springfield. Mass. was expected to
arrive here today and to preside over
the House. Whether he would see
the President before the House con-
rened was not disclosed but some
Administration officers said today
that they were confident he would
not entertain motion to suspend
the rules and pass the Bonus bill.
Inns question was one that House
leaders said they would .ake up with
the Executive.
Soon after Mr.. Harding returned
here yesterday he had an hours con-
ference with Secretary Mellon ut
the White House. There was no Of
iicIa! statement as to the conference.
put 1t was understood that the bo-
ms question was discussed.
An attack on the bonus measure
'~'' '''>'''- ~ 1tA views Wnlcn
were made public today by Repre-
Scntatives Trcadway, o: Masachu-
sctts and Tilson. OF Connecticut. Re-
publican members of the Ways and
Means Committee. They declared
their belief that the bill. If enacted
INTO law, would do more harm to
the people Of the country. the vet
crans themselves and their families
included, than il would do good TO
the individual benciiciarics"
The committeeman centcred their
attack principally on the bank loan
provision Of the adjusted service GER
tiilcatc title and the land settlement
title They asserted that the loan
Schcme Seems to us just about as
unSound economically and urfortu-
nate from every point Of view at this
particular tine as could possibly be