New-York tribune., 1922-03-06
Committee TO Report ii
Back Tomorrow; Early
Action Predicted, With
Little Open Opposition
Fight Is Expected
TO oCome in Senate
Borah and Others Assert
Certificate System Is
Worse Than Cash Plan
From, Tn, Tr.burs's yvo7h4aotos sv,onx

rom fhc lEtDQfs 3 " CSFffTtoH bureau
WASHINGTON. March s. Rcpreskn
tativc Fordney, chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee, will introduce
the new soldier bonus bill in the
House tomorrow It will be formally
referred to the Ways and Means Com
oittee, reported back TUESDAY,, and
plans will be made for taking it up
for action in the House at an carly
date.
Chairman Fordney expects to confer
With President Harding on the bill
as soon this week as practicable after
its details have been worked out The
ing on the bill will meet tomorrow
morning to shape up it's terms and
after that Mr.. Fordncy will introduce
the measure in the House. The refer
ence of the bill back to the Ways and
Means Committee is a legislative for
mality, the labors of the Republicans
OF that committee upon it thus far
having been of an informal nature.
Hardings Approval Predicted
President Harding will approve the
bill, in the opinion Of Mr.. Fordncy
and Of other prominent Republicans
on the Ways and Means Committee.
They scout talk to the contrary which
has been heard in some quarters.
Without attempting to speak for the
President Mr.. Fordney said tonight
he had reasons to believe that Mr..
Harding was pleased with the solution
which had been found by the Ways
and Means Committee Republicans.
With respect to House action Mr..
Fordney considers the bill certain of
passage.
"The sentiment in the House is prac-
tlcslly unanimous" said Mr.. Fordney
~ have not found single member Of
the House who disapprove6 it,"
Members of the Ways and Means
Committee and others in Congress whu
arc in close touch with the Amerc
Legion chiefs say they have reason to
believe the Legion will accept the GER
tfcate plan in lieu of the cash bonus.
Colonel Hanford MacNider, COM
mander Of the American Legion, has
advised friends that he will be in
Washington this week, and his attitude
will be disclosed then. A great many
members of the House and Senate arc
on needles and pins awaiting definite
word from the head Of the American
Legion. If he indorses the plan or
lets it be known that it will not meet
the disapproval of the Legion these
members will get back Of the bill and
help crowd it to passage.
NIacNider's Endorsement Sought
1t is understood that efforts will be
made to have Colonel MacNidcr COM
NIT himself openly to the bill Mem
bers of Congress who are watching the
political angles of things closely take
the view that if this is done their
dier vote ia concerned.
Among Senators comparatively little
attention has been given to the Ways
and Means Committee bonus bill. Mem
bers of the Finance Committee have
been much occupied with the tariff
bill and hence have not devoted much
attention to the new phases of the
bonus question. Among Senators gen.
orally, however, the talk is that if the
House passes the bill and it becomes
known the Am merican Legion chiefs will
accept it it will be passed by the Sen
ate. A Republican Senator who has
made numerous inquiries among his
colleagues about the Ways and Means
bill said he had found strong dis
position to pass it provided it did not
encounter opposition from either the
White House or the American Legion.
1t is plain, however, that while the
bill can be rushed through the House
speedily, under the ironclad rules Of
that body, it will take time to force it
through the Senate. The Senate oppo-
nents of the bonus have not been by
any means entirely pacified by the new
certificate proposition. Some of them
regard it as more Objectionable than
the cash bonus. Senator Borah, who
took the lead in the Senate in opposing
the cash plan, looks on the certificate
plan as in some respects worse than
the cash plan.
Certificate Plan in Detail
The certificate plan, as it has been
agreed on by the sub committee Of
Ways and Means, calls for issue to the
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