The Washington herald., 1922-03-17
weighing and Webbing" on
Bonus Question


May 1 express the opinion of one
Of the great mass Of unorgauized
veterans of the world war in your
open Forum columns. Regarding
the present discussion of the bonus.
have been watching a Republican
PRESIDENT. Senate and Congress
wiggling and webbing all over the
map in an effort to please big bdsi-
ness and the soldier vote. While
out in California as a patient in a
government hospital during the re-
cent PRESIDENTIAL campaign 1
counted ffty-siN large bill boards
with a picture of Candidates Hard
ing and Coolidge and the words
stop WEIGHING and wobbl;.7r:
Elect Safe and sane Candi5s,es.
IN large letters. These bill boa rds
were between Pasadena and los
Angeles on the Pacific Electric Line.
l saw them twice a day for MANY
days. How many thousands OF
California voters got this message
ard now we witness the great and
S-and old party supreme in power.
DONG more wigEling and webbing
than any administration preceding
ever did!
The former service men who bore
the brunt of the fighting during the
war are Informed the Secretary of
the Treasury is opposed to the cash
bonus and that his comptroller has
cautioned the banks not to loan
money on the certificates issued To
former service men.
We learn from the newspapers
that there are nov, 200, 900 veterans
out of work, according to the Ame--
lean Legion. but there are thou
sands of others in the same boat
that the American Legion never
heard from. In spite OF this ana
other facts that show the condI-
tlon of many thousands of men
who served well and faithfully. We
find opposition to the bonus com
ing from some OF our leading
newspapers, both Republican and
democratic. The United State,
Chamoer OF Commc-C zee ard kindred
organizations are spreading some
OF the worst poison gas ever nut
over on trench or battlefield.
Personally feel that il is time
nov for all veterans in this conn
try organized or unorganized 10
get busy and present their side OF
the case. / spoke for the Victory
loan after returning from Franco.
during April and part OF May. 1918,
AL that time 1 spoke to over zoe. 900
people. and 1 am convinced that IL
the veterans will present their case
to the common peopleinow with the
force that the loan was presented
to the people by veterans of the
war then, there won't be any on
position left when we get through.
1t is time to let the public know
that the veterans are tired of all
this argument. delay and linger
stun. I have in my hand now a
copy of the Speakers Hand Book.
used in the Victory loan drive while
I was a speaker on Victory Loan
Train No. l. Pennsylvania Railroad
The following should be Of special
interest to the bonus haters:
What would have been the result
4 the war had continued six months
longer?"
Answer-It would have cost the
United States $4,000. zoo. 900. CFrom
Speakers Hand Book, Third Fed
eral Reserve District, Philadelphia.
PAD
In concluding this letter I wish
to point out that the disabled vet
Grams (the majority are not opposed
to a cash bonus, and never have
been.
Much has been said concerning
the bohus, and people are under the
impression that IL a bonus is given
1t will take money from those dis
abled men who need IL. This is
just one of the many smoke screens
used by the opposition.
1 am a daily reader of your pa
per, and I trust you will fad space
to publish this letter IL you think
II worth while.
II. B. FoULKRoD.