New-York tribune., 1922-02-17

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islation IN anticipation of these
things, the President declared. re
fcrrIng to this legislation aud 10 tie
sale of government property. hut +
would be a prudent plan to await
Developments, and can see IN such
a postponement no lack Of rogar,,
for the service men in whom all tic
American people are 50 genuinely
, Interested
Business Kc>i0al Vital
Emphasizing the belief he aas *
pressed privately ses.srai 4,nos " 30
last fcv weeks IT, many prop1 90
forms OF revenue would DO much haru
to the country through making TINS
harder. the President said:
81 take it that the cX-serrice n.u
themselves are no les concerned than
others about the restoration Of bus.~
ness and the return 10 abundant eH'
plcyment.'
The President also toos occasion to
meet the constantly suadc attempt co
have the public thuA IN terms @
wounded and disabled men ia come.
ton with the bonus. lie pointed o'.-
that those mon arc being cared fpr
nov by the government with the NOS
liberal generosity the nation can he
stow He refcr1ed to the building ~
hospitals, and called attention - jlse
fact that already the governments IS
spending $to0.000o00 a year or com
pensation hosptalization and rehabiii-
taton
"These things are rccitod." re said
"to reassurc you that such deiay -
Will enable Congress TO act IN nrudcnc'
for the common good Will have ITO sug-
gestion Of unmindfulness or 'usiati
tudc.'
Next Step Probiematical
Tho Presidents letter ONLY marks
stage Of tho fight in Congress. No clear
path has been marked TO the soluton
OF the problem. Tho most likely lhir~
would seem TO be. judging from Il can-
vass OF tho situation. that the heau7
bill will BE- passed after some Il ,a.'
with the sales tax feature attac
This IS made doubtful. i'owever. %. .e
tremendous opposition 10 tho sale ,aa.
especially among the Senator'S and
members representing, farming dis
tricts.
Politicians here generally think that
the farmers OF the couair. arc opposed
to the sales tax. Y ith almost every
Senator and every member OF the
House with very few EXCEPTIONS
weighing the whole bonus question
carefully on q scales the dial Of which
shows estimated votes for or against
himself personally at the next election,
Il, a hs+ h.
representatives of farming states will
vote against the bonus bib il it is load
cd down with the sales tax.
But there are some farming members
who are more afraid of their soldier
votes than their farmer votes. that
it is almost impossible TO apply ANY
general rule save the broad. general
one that every one IN voting r;ill have
his eye cooked carefully at NoVcmbeS
next
Committee Meets To-day
For the present botn the Senate ana
House apparently arc agreed upon dc
laying the decision put up to them bV
the President. Far from making their
choice. their program calls for meet
ing OF the Ways and Means Committee
tomorrow morning to consider the re
port of its sub committee. headed by
Repre- sentative Green. OF Iowa, WnicH
has been drafting the Administration
provisions OF the bonus bill.
1t is also definitely understood thss
an effort will be made beginning to-
morrow to sound out the American
Legion and the other more ardent ad
vocates of immediate enactment on the
possibility Of eliminating from the bill
the entire cash feature.
This demand comes from consid
cradle number of members of both the
Senate and House, who declare thst
such action would simplify the whole
problem greatly. They feel that when
the veterans realize that the cash
bonus would really be extended over
ten quarterly payments and that the
man. for instance. who would receive
the maximum of $500 for service nor
overseas would get only $50 at a time
and would not receive the total for
two and half years. there will he
only small percentage who Will elec.
that feature Of the plan. Compared
with this, the adjusted service certifi-
cate" which is really paid-up twenty
year endowment Insurance, has ohyi-
ously many advantages. they point out
The move also will give Doth ends o.
the Capitol time in which to consider
the real question now before them and
at the same time permit crystallization