Arizona republican., 1922-03-20
HARDING AND.
LEADERS To.
DISCUSS NEW
TO-DAY.
Mondell Says Compromise
Bonus Bill Best House
Can Get And The Sooner
1t Passes The Better
[RepublIcan A. P. Leased WIrel

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19-Presi-
dent Harding made an engagement
today with Republican house leaders
for g.: 80 a. m. tomorrow to discuss
the soldiers bonus situation. Because
of appointments made before his re-
turn from Florida he was unable to
grant their request for a conference
tonight.
Representative Mondell of Wyo-
ming. the Republican floor leader
said tonight that the whole situation
would be laid before the president
and that the compromise bank loan
plan would be fully explained. Mr..
Mondell would not venture an opin-
ion as to whether the bill would be
called up in the house tomorrow un-
der suspension OF the rules, but he
appeared to be confident that there
would be no development at the
white house conference that would
cause serious alteration of the plan
to put the measure through soon.
we have a bill quite different
from anything the president has ex-
pressed an opinion on said Mr..
Mondell, "and bill that lays no more
burden on the treasury next year
than does the forthcoming road bill,
for instance.
1--WE suspended the rules two
years ago to pass the first bonus bill
and there is good reason to handle
the measure that way. There are men
who have no responsibility in the
matter who would come forward
with amendments not for the purpose
OF improving the bill. but to make
trouble. II we have about the best
bill we can get, there is no reason
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our people.
I'VE have got the best bill we can
get and a very good one and the
sooner we pass it the better
Among those who will probably
accompany Mr.. Mondell to the white
house tomorrow will be Chairman
Fordney OF the ways and means
committee; Chairman Campbell OF
the rules committee. Chairman
Towner of the Republican house con-
ference, Chairman Fess OF the Re
publican congressional committee.
Representative I.ongworth OF Ohio, 9
member of both the ways and means
and steering committees and Repre-
sentative Mann of Illinois
Harding and Mellon Confer
Speaker Gillett. who delivered an
address today in his home city OF
Springfield, Mass, was expected TO
arrive here tomorrow and to preside
over the house. Whether he would
see the president before the house
convened was not disclosed. but some
administration officers today said
they were confident he would not en-
tertain a motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bonus bill. This ques-
ton was one that house leaders said
they would take up with the execu-
tive.
Soon after Mr., Harding returned
here today he had an hours confer
ence with Secretary Mellon at the
white house There was no official
statement as to the conference, but IT
was understood that the bonus ques-
ton was discussed.
An attack on the bonus measure
was made in minority views made
public today by Representatives
Treadway of Massachusetts and Til
son Of Connecticut, Republican MEM
bers OF ehe ways and means com
mittee. They declared their belief
that the bill, IL enacted into law,
would do more harm TO the people
and to the country, the veterans
themselves and their families includ-
ed. than it would do good to the IN
dividual beneficiaries."
The committeeman centered their
attack principally on the bank loan
provision of the adjusted service GER
tificate title and the land settlement
title. They asserted that the loan
scheme seems to us just bout as
unsound economically and unfortu-
nate from every point of view at this
particular time as could possibly be
devised"
"The land settlement title" they
said "offers untold opportunity for
reckless expenditure, is dan
gerous at the worst and uncertain at
the best" They added that there
is firmly grounded belief in the
mindss of many that this provision
has been saddled upon this bill, with
the hope and expectation of carrying
through congress, on the sturdy
backs Of the veterans, measure so
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