New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Plan T. to Paw
Soldier Ron,,s
In January %
Harding viii Confer Will
Party Leaders Early Ncx,
Week on Means Of Ri.
ing Compensation Furd.
Fordney Sees Prcsiden,
Bill Probably viii Be r.
ported to House Befors
Twentieth of February

WASlIlNGTON. Feb. Navs ~,
means of financing The soldiers' ho.n.
will be- discussed A. conferencs !.
tween President Har5ing and Re,,hr
can leaders Of tlp House and s.r,..
early next week. lt uas stalled so-dav =.
the White llousc II is understood ia,
tho various sp2ccstions advanced s,u
he canvass.d with q view % dottrn;,
ing upon definite program Chairm.,
FordneY of .hc committee ,oasorr.,
with the President to-day On the bonn,
4 decision as IL o.etaods Of rs;.i,s
the necessary reveruc, reached n agree.
ment bctveen fac Administration A.,
Conglc s'onal leaders. vog'a solr. =.
most difficult problem before ino Hons.
committee charged with drafting T..
adjusted pcnSatlo1 ieg alton sss
would bo expected TO epeed 10 fn,'
enactment Of The measure hs rer1a~ir,
"hat otherwise night prove spbiec.,
e serious di-sgref nent between II,
House and Senate
Members OF the Wa and Ma
Committee said to-day mat .hs bin .ot
De reported 70 the House. probable
within two weeks. would provide n,
beginning the cash pay ments to the for.
'ner service men orr January !. is23
They said this would gave tine in which
TO raise the revenue and Dass upon tn,
applications for the cash bonus.
Excess Profits Tax Urged
Rc-enactm7nt of the excess pros.,
tax az method Of financing The bona.
was urged before the VA ard Nes7s
Committee TO-DAY by Repre- sentatirs.
Woodruff, OF Michigan. and Brown ~
Wisconsin. both Republicans Onposi
ton to such Il proposal was voiced b.
some Of The Republican members q.
the committee. and in the coioouy ths,
followed Mr.. Woodruff said that the -.
peal Of This tax vas zone o. the mos.
prehensible acts ever committed BIZ
Congress-
Both NJ Woodruff and Mr.. Brow
opposed any form Of sales tag. as did
previous witnesses, including Il. c. Ne
kenzie. Of Walton. T. l. representin.
the American Farm Bureau federation.
and Edward + McGradv. egislativ.
representative OF the American Fedora
tion Of Labor
Representative Nolan Republican O.
California, told the committee that
there was no need 10 levy ans add
tional taxes 10 paw the bonus f Con
gress would cut down the army ani
navy appropriations.
Opposition 70 the kind Of cash bonn.
proposed was voiced by Represents
tive Griffin. Dem ocrat. cf New York, =
veteran OF. the Spanish-American Wal
Beer levy Discussed
Because Of the uncertainty as to th.
number Of former service men who
will take the cash feature, the House
committee is having difficulty in deter
mining just what the cost Will be far
the first two years.
The experts who have come before
have conceded that the estimate that
so per cent OF the men would take cast
is little more than a guess. Some est
mates arc as high as 81 per cert.
Arguments for and against a tax Or
beer as means Of raising funds .o'
the bonus were heard to-day. and L
was indicated very clearly that such
tax was not TO be considered.
Representativ Green. Of Iowa. ranking
Republican, declared that, aside from
the titutional uestion ir:volved the
arguments against legaiizing the sale
of beer were so com peilng that II.
proposal could not be entertained
Representative Garner. Of Texas. The
ranking Democrat. said t was waste
OF time to talk about raising revenue
when two-thirds Of both the House and
Senate were opposed 20 the beer and
light vine proposition.
The argument Cor 2.75 beer WAS made
by Levi Cook, Washington attorney
who said he spoke for the pubic.
WAYNE b Wheeler. general counse
for The Anti5a loon Ieaguc. opposed
the suggestion. arguing that Congress
under the Eighteenth Amendmen!!
could not legalze the sale either o.
2.7o per cent beer or Of light wines.
Publishers Heard
Newspaper and magazine publishers
as represented in the National Publish
ers' Association, to-day protested TO
Secretary Mellon again his suggestion
that funds for a bonus be raised IN
part through increased rates on second
class postage. Calling attention to tns
present rates, which were declared VI
have been imposed strictly as a "wstI
measure" the association said rates o.
newspapers and other periodicals pa
been increased 3T5 per cent N the 10"
four years.