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SOLDIERS BONUS
|. CONFERENCE WITH
PRESIDENT TODAY
Harding NJ a K e S Early
Engagement With Re-
publican Leaders.
MONDELL TO EXPLAIN
SITUATION TO HIM
Asserts Bill Puts No More
Burden on Treasury Than
/ Road Measure.
URGES RULES SUSPENSION
Eordncy. Campbell, Towpcr. Fcss.
: Mnnn and LonGworth to Gull ut
/ White House.
TO EXPLAIN
SITUATION TO HIM
Eordncy. Campbell. Towpcr. Fcss.
Mnnn and LonEworth {" Gull ut
white House.
GRy Associateh Press. ]


WASHINGTON. March l9.-Prcci
dent Harding made an engagement
today with Republican House lead
crs :or o:30 y. NJ. tomorrow to dis
cuss the soldiers bonus situation.
Because ot appointments made be
fore his return from Florida. he was
unable 10 grant their request for
conference tonight.
Representative Mondcil. OF wy
om!nE. the Republican floor leader.
would be laid before the President
and that the compromise bank loan
plan would he fully explained. Air.
Mondell would not venture an
opinion as to whether the bin would
hn called ny In The House tomorrow
under Il suspension Of the rules. hut
hc appeared 10 be confident, that
there would be no development, al
the White House conference that
would cause serious alteration OF the
plan 10 put the measure through
soon.
Says Bill Lays II:tie Burden.
we have 4 hill quite different
from anything tho President has ex-
pressed an opinion on" said ,AIr.
Mondcll. and L bill that lays no
more burden on the Treasury noxt
year than does the Forthcoming road
bill. for instance.
We suspended the rules two years
ago to pass the first bonus bill. and
there is good reason TO handIeA the
measure that way. There are men
who have no responsibility in the
matter. who would come forward
with amendments, not for the pur.
pose OF improving the bill. but TO
make trouble. II VIC have about the
best bill we can get there Is no reason
to allow the minority to cmbcrrass
our people.
I'VE have got the bcs, bill! We can
sc, aud 81 very GOOD one. ana tho
sooner wc pass 1t the better"
Among those who probably viii no.
company Mr.. Mondcll To the Whi.c
House tomorrow. is Chairman Ford
mey, OF tho Ways and Means CON
mit'ee; Chairman Campbell. Of tuy
Rules Committee; Chairman Towne.
"i the Republican House conference:
chairman Fcss, OF the Republican
congressional Committee: Rcprcsen-
tative Longworth. of ohio. a men,
her OF both the Ways and Means
Committee and steering committee.
and Representative Mann, OF uli-
noIs.
GiiIett TO Return.
Speaker Gilie,t was expected to
return here tomorrow from his Mas
sachusetts home and to preside over
the House. Whether he would see
the president before the House con-
vened was not disclosed. but some
Administrations officers said TO-DAY
that they were confident he would
not entertain IL motion to suspeud
the rules and pass the bonus bIi..
This question was one that House
leaders said they would take up with
the executive.
Soon after Mr.. Harding returned
today. he had an hours conferences
with Secretary Mellon at the White
House. There was no official state
ment as t" the conference. but +; was
understood that the bonus question,
was discussed.
An attack on the bonus measure
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