Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-03-21
BONUS MEASURE
To Be ADOPTED
BY HOUSE THIS
WEEK, IS CLAIM
Leaders Are Baked in Their
Desire to Bring the Bill
Up Under a Suspension
of the Rules,
HARDING REVIEWS
WHOLE SITUATION
President Is Said to Have
Given No indication One
Way or the Other As to
His Opinion,

Washington, March 2O.-Balked
| in their esire to get the measurH
! up today under suspension of tins
rules, republican house leaders In
charge of the compromise soldiers
! bonus bill, still were determined
tonight to put the measure through
| TINS week. Their expressed inte1-
| tton was to call 1t up Thursday uu-
der suspension OF the rules If
! possible; otherwise under special
rule. which probably would shut
out amendments.
Harding Is Silent,
Before the house met today, ths
whole situation was laid before
President Harding at the White
House by committee of house
leaders, but the executive declined
to make any recommendation Up
on leaving the presidents offtca
Representative Mondell, of Wyom-
| ing, who headed the committee. IS
sLed this written statement:
"The legislative situation re-
lating to the bonus bills WINS
fully presented TO the prcsi-
dent, with detailed explanation
OF the pro isiOns which remove
the menace of excessive drafts
on the treasury in the imme-
diate future and avoid any
program of added taxation. The
president went over the entire
situation, with an appraisal of
commitments made. He adj
Nised the committee that the
legislation Is responsibility
of congress, and i'm view of cx-
prcssiOns previously made, he
did not think 1t essential 10
Offer any recommendation"
Speaker Gillett also had an en-
gagement with the president in tha
forenoon to discuss the question Of
la suspension Of the rules, but tha
executives conference with the
house committee lasted so long tina,
the speaker was obliged to foreeu
his appointment in order to be at
the capitol at noon to preside over
the house. Reaching the capitol ha
made. ..kRnMn to those IN charge Of
the bonus legislation his decision
not to entertain motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill,
Further Conferences.
This ne -ess tated further con-
ferences among the leaders, who re-
fused to abandon their plan to call
up the bill with the rules suspended
so as to cut off a motion to re
commit the bill as well as all
amendments. the whole question
of procedure was discussed at tha
conference held in the speakers
office after the house had ad
journed following a fifty-minute
session. Present at this conference
were members of the ways and
means committee and the party
steering committee as well as other
leaders.
No final decision on procedure
was reached, but there was at least
taCit agreement that the bill
would come up Thursday.
Representative Mondell issued
this statement when the conferences
broke up:
Tomorrow we shall reach
decision, possibly by neon rs
towhen and how the MESSAGE
will be brought IN for consid-
Grafton. There win be no par
ty conference"
Asked if the bill would come UP
this week, the floor leader said:
"Oh, undoubtedly, probably not
later than Thursday"
Things Are Unsettled.
Speaker Gillett said things
were unsettled as they were" adj
ding "the only thing certain is that
the bill will come up Thursday"
In their meeting with the speak,
er the members went over the
whole situation. Representative
Lineberger Of California, a former
service man, wanted a party con-
ference called to thresh out tho
bonus question and the speaker
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