The New York herald., 1922-08-23
Replies to Submitted Query
That He Has No Com
ment to Make.
RAIDERS DRUM UP HOPE
American Legion's Politicians
Express Confidence President
Will Reverse Himself.
ny LOUIS sEIBoLD.


Special Dispatch to TIE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C., Aug. 20.
The Senate tomorrow will take up
the $1,000, 100000 bonus raid under
conditions very different from those
which characterized its treatment in
the House.
There will be no handmade rules
brought into the Senate to coerce the
opposition. No gag" can or will be
applied by the bonus supporters to
limit or shut off debate. The opposi-
ton will enjoy the fullest privilege in
adequately expressing its opinions of
the scheme to award Government cash
to mercenary ablebodied soldiers.
How long the debate will last is
matter of conjecture. 1t certainly will
proceed without interference except
from one quarter, which it Is not
likely will be asserted. This is the
White House. The President. who will
view at a distance what promises to
be one of the most spectacular rows
ever staged in Congress, has no pres
ent intention of interfering with it.
President Declines to Comment.
In response to a polite question
submitted to him this afternoon, the
President replied that he had no COM
ment to make at present on the bonus
situation In the Senate. What his at
~ tat kt,, a.
! ties of tho conflict is "A matter of lively
speculation. He has repeatedly ex-
pressed his complete dsapproval OF
tho McCumbcr bill, which will have
the support of the majority of Repub-
lican Senators and an uncertain num-
Der OF Democrats. He does not regard
II as wise In an economic sense or adj
visable I'm the present financial condi-
ton of the country.
The Secretary of the Treasury. the
Comptroller of the Currency and the
Governor of the Federal Reserve Board
have also denounced the McCumber
scheme for reasons generally the same
as those offered by the President. II
is significant that not single mem
ber of the Presidents Cabinet has
said word in support Of the enter
prise. On the contrary. most Of them
have voiced the opinion that II should
not be passed.
Despite these authoritative and
wholly convincing objections the ma
jority OF Republican Senator'S purpose
to put through the McCumber bill or
a measure embodying its essential
features as soon as the opposition will
permit vote on 1t. That may be in
two weeks or two months. There is
no telling at the present writing.
The belief. which is shared by al
most every one of the ninety-six
members of the Senate. that the Presi-
dent will veto the McCumber bill will
not be permitted to interfere with the
frenzied purpose OF its advocates. The
chief ambition underlying the pro-
gram OF the bonus Senators is TO re-
cord themselves in favor of the scheme
TO award $4,000. 100000 of the tax
PAYERS money to ablebodied claimants.
What happens to the measure after 1t
has been sent TO the President Is
matter OF no importance
saunrinr OF Accounts.
Senators who have given their in
dividual pledges" to soldier voters
whose political support is desired feel
that they will have squared their ac-
counts by putting through the bill. A
number Of the Senators who will vote
for IL have indicated their determina-
tion to support the r. sidential veto
expected by voting against the repass-
age OF the measure. There are enough
of these Senator's on record to pre-
vent the bonus majority from recruit
ing the two-thirds vote necessary to
override an Executive veto.
Almost the sole hope TO which the
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