Evening star., 1922-03-19
PRESIDENT TO TAKE
UP OTHER SOLDIER
AID BEFORE BONUS
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bill, reported to the House, which
contains a bank loan provision, in
stead of a cash bonus. The Presi-
dent will be consulted also as to
whether the bonus bill should be
called up in the House Monday under
a suspension Of the rules, as most
of the House leaders desire.
Republicans in Conference.
Mr.. Mondelrs anpouncement fol-
lowed a conference between Speaker
Gillett and twenty-seven republican
House leaders, arranged primarily to
discuss the question of procedure in
considering the bill. Mr.. Gillett an
nounced afterward that he would
not make up his mind before Monday
morning as to whether he would en-
tertain a motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill. Such motion
would block all amendments and also
prevent a motion to recommit the
bill with instructions to the ways and
means committee.
The conference in the Speakers 5
Office lasted for more than an hour
and was behind closed doors. Mr..
Mondell was delegated as official
spok esman and made this statement:
I'VE discussed the question OF the
bonus in all its phases. fully. freely.
sood-naturedly, but did not reach any
definite conclusion or make any dell
mite arrangement"
Chairman Fordney of the ways and
means committee said he had nothing
i to add to that statement.
Il want to call up the bill just as
soon as possible he said. Its 60
ing to be passed quickly. l don't
! think we will change the crossing of
u or the dotting OF an i" We have
! q good bill"
Representative Lineberger of Cali
fornia, a former service man, who
holds a petition bearing a sufficient
! number of signatures of House ma
iority members to insure the calling
| of a party conference for next Tues
day evening. attended the conference
| with the Speaker. He also had a
! long talk with MIR. Mondell. but de-
clined to say what had transpired.
| Mr.. Lineberger is Withholding the
presentation of his petition to Chair
! man Towner of the House republican
! oreanization. explaining that he hop
| ed it would be possible to achieve
; without conference the things that
| he and other signerS Of the petition
expected to accomplish through d
party meeting. When he circulated
| the petition he said it was the pur-
| nose to have the whole bonus queS-
| tion threshed out by the republican
| membership.
! Those in Conference.
| Besides Mr.. Mondell and Mr.. Line
berger, those comforting with Speak
! er iillett were Representative Fess
of Ohio, chairman of the republican
| congressional committee; Chairman
| Campbell Of the rules committee
Chairman Tireher of the agricultural
| committee, Representative Walsh OF
/; Massachusetts,. speaker pro tempore
Chairman Madden of the appropria-
| tjon committee. Representative TOWN.
er of Iowa. Representative Wood
iruff of Michigan, former service
| man: Representative Mann of Illinois
and Representatives Dunn, New York
! Nolan, California;: Sanders, Indiana
and Anderson, Minnesota, all men,
bers of the republican steering COM
| mittee.
| Members of the ways and means
| committee present were: Fordney
| Michigan; Green. Iowa: Longworth
| Ohio: Hawley, Oregon; Treadway
| Massachusetts; Tilson, Connecticut;
|Copiey, Illinois: Mott. New York;
/! Frear, Wisconsin,: Young, North Da-
lkota: Timberlake. Colorado: Hadley
| Washington. and Chandler, Oklahoma
!; Preparation of minority reports on
| the bonus bill by both democratic and
republican members of the ways and
means committee went ahead yester-
J day, but they will not be presented
/! until tomorrow. Representative kitch-
| in of North Carolina, the democratic
| House leader. who appeared uneN-
| pectedly at the Capitol yesterday for
! the first time in nearly a year, and
| other democrats were writing re-
| port opposing the bank loan pro.
vision. Representatives Treadway and
| Tilson were preparing joint repor,
| for the republican minority.