The New York herald., 1922-03-24

\ come without lue HelP VI ills Soi
gress. which, by passing this measure,
irretrievably commits the Government
I to a policy of increased expenditures
and continued war taxes. ! hope l
have overdrawn the picture and exag-
gerated the consequences. But surely
the dangers are sufficiently patent
enough 10 warrant prudent men in ac-
cepting the Presidents advice and
postponing action"
want Job, Not Certificate.
A blow to the proponents of the bill
was delivered by Representative
Mann (Ill), former Republican leader
in the House.
"This measure will add TO the In
dustrial depression" said Mr.. Mann.
THE added strain on the credit of
! the country will tend to retard our
emerging from the depression now
prevailing. The boys are out Of work.
and what they want Is a job. not a
certificate. BY approving this bill you
lessen their chances to get work."
Representative Mann took a fling
at the land settlement feature of the
bill saying; at will probably lead to
an orgy of extravaganza"
That the men who lad the nerve to
put their lives in jeopardy for their
country deserve some compensation
was the gist of the argument adj
vanced by Representative Langley
| (Ky.) in favor of the bill.
Representative Bacharach IN. J.), a
member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. explained in detail some pro-
visions of the bill. He declared il
would be no strain on the banks to
ance certificates to. accommodate the
ex-service men the next three years.
Representative Brennan (Mich.) the
boy of the House." created laughter
! by advocating a tax on -intoxi-
eating beers to pay the bonus. He
said the fact that the measure did not
carry any provision for financing il
would probably cause it's defeat in the
| Senate. For that reason he suggested
fth 4x
star performer on the bonus
sida 4 The argument was Representa-
olas Longworth, son-in- law
Il
preventative, who has been
the most ardent workers for
! the bonus in the lower house, char
acterized as cheap and vulgar" some
of the statements in the Democratic
minority report, particularly those re-
lating to Ambassador Harvey. He said
that never before in Congress had
such an example of bad taste been
presented by either party. He at
tackled the Democratic lack of pre-
paredness in approaching the world
war.
II am proud that it was my party
which urged preparedness on the
country. l was proud to follow those
two pioneers in their insistence, day
in and day out. for preparedness. I
refer to my former beloved colleague
in this House, Col. Augustus 7. Gard
ner, and to one of the greatest of all
-Americans who ever lived without this
House.
I'm going to do something now
which I've never done before, and that
is to read a portion OF letter from
a former member in my family. This
was written to me a few days after
| the death OF Gus Gardner, and the
sentence which / wish TO read is as
follows:
Poor Gus. He was the first advo-
cate of military preparedness and eff
ficiency, and the first victim of mill
tary appropriateness and inefficiency.
| This Is signed IT. r."
Applaud RoOseveIt's Name.
There was applause on both sides
of the chamber at his indirect refer
ence to the late Col. Roosevelt Mr..
Longworth read the quotation from a
slip of paper he held in his hand.
He went on to compare the Republi-
can attitude during the war with
that of the Democrats.
you say the Republican party was
divided over the war and disgraced
the peace. With some of you gentle
men / was sitting in the gallery when
Mr.. Harding's great Secretary of State,
Mr.. Hughes, in twenty minutes did
more to secure the lasting peace of
the world than Bryan and Wilson
ever did in twenty years. You say we
shamed the peace? What we did was
to see that the un-American mon
strosity the League of Nations was
beaten by a popular vote OF seven
millions"
When Mr.. Longworth was contend
ing that the bonus bill would meet
4 the objections of President Harding
Representative Cochran, Democrat
New York, interrupted TO say:
4 Gould the gentleman assure us now
that this measure will be approved a,
the other end of the avenue?
II shall answer the gentleman
frankly" replied Mr.. Longworth. u
have read every statement, written or
oral. that has been made by the Presi-
dent of the United States. / have
conversed with him repeatedly. both
before he was President and since he
has been President, about this ques-
tion. and while I do not assume for q
moment. as no man should speak for
the President, ] say from my knowl-
edge OF what believe to be his views
that tilis bill meets his Fundamental
objections to House Bill No. 4. And !
will say that II by any chance the bill
should pass the Senate (aughter) in
anything like Its present FORM |
should be very much surprised IL II
did not receive the approval of the
President"
Mr.. Garner read statement made
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