Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-07
SNAG IS STRUCK
BY COMMITTEE
IN DRAWING UP
BONUS MEASURE
Formal Presentation to the
House VIII Be DELAYED
for Several Days, Is or
tiCial Announcement,
MINORITY MEMBERS
WILL STUDY BILL
Proposal to Have Democrats
Cast Their Votes Without
Having a Chance to Con-
slider It. Opposed,
tRY The Assoclntcd Pressl

Wy INV faNNNfAhNNA AFNNrF
Washington, March 6,-Houss
ways and means committee repub-
leans encountered some apparent-
ly unlocked for snags late today
in further consideration Of the
compromise soldiers bonus bill,
with a result that the formal pre-
sentation OF the measure to the
house will be delayed for several
days. 1t was understood that an
unsuccessful effort was made to
confine the bonus largely to the
ton The other differences were
said to have peen unimportant.
After q morning session Of the
majority committeeman, Chairman
Fordney announced that it was the
plan to complete the bill in the
afternoon, introduce 1t in the
house Immediately and formally
present it tomorrow after a ses-
sion Of the entire committee. He
added that meantime he might
discuss the measure with President
Harding.
May Be Completed Today.
1t seemed that the proposition
to require the democrats on the
committee to cast their votes on
the bill without having fun oppor-
tunity to consider it met with
some opposition from the major
ity side and it was indicated that
when the measure was put into
final form by the republicans the
minority members would he given
time to study it's provisions before
final committee action. The bill
will be taken up again tomorrow
by the republicans. it was said.
with the hope that it could be
completed before night.
Changes made in the bill at the
two sessions of the majority
members today were said TO have
been largely of a technical char
acter. Committeeman declared
that no important alterations had
been made in the compromise plan
eliminating the cash bonus except
where the men were entitled to
$50 or less. ana substituting q bank
loan section to the adjusted serv-
ice certificate title authorizing ma
tional and state banks and trust
companies, organized under state
laws, to loan certificate holders up
to so per cent of the adjusted serv-
ice credit
Majority Not Disturbed.
Representative LOngworth OF
Ohio. a member of the COMMITTEES,
told newspaper correspondents in
reply to a question that the ma
iority was not disturbed by criti-
cisms of this section of the bill.
He thought the former service
men would have no difficulty IN
realizing on the certificate, saying
that the amount of each loan
would be small and that the small
banks would be asked to advance
only comparatively small total.
The certificates would NOT be
rediscountable by federal banks,
he continued, nor could the bank
making the original loan have the
certificate rediscounted by other
banks.
The suggested provision of the
bill under which immediate rela-
tives of service men who have died
since their discharge from the
armed forces would be paid on the
basis of the value of the adjusted
service certificate was not reached
by the majority today. There is
some opposition to such provision
and fight over It was forecast.