Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-19
SOLDIER BONUS
MIDDLE 9H|F IS
To WHITE HOUSE
Leader Mondell Asks
President for Confer
ence After Farley.
Speaker Unable to De-
termine Course in Ses-
sion With II Members.

On Board President Harding s
! Special Train. March i8.-(By The
Associated Press) Harding
does not plan to receive Chairman
Fordney and other public leaders for
conference on the soldiers bonus
question until Monday. Although the
house leaders had planned to meet with
the president Sunday night. it was said
that they had made no engagement for
such conference at the White House
and that the president did not intend
to discuss the question with them until
Monday at the earliest.
Instead, the president will hold a
White House conference with Director
Forbes Of the veterans bureau, Briqa-
der General Sawyer, his personal
physician and officials Of the Illinois
department of the American legion to
take up disqualification and vocational
training, two phases OF government aid
for foremr service men to which he
wishes to give immediate attention.
High administration officials were
said to believe that the president would
restate his sales tax position to the
house leaders Monday. and to feel that
the bill in its present form should not
sen1ed as believing that the senate
would not pass a bonus bill without,
some taxtion feature and as being Of
the conviction that the senate would
adjourn before passing it in such form.
Washington, March 1S.-The SOL
diers' bonus muddle is TO be referred 10
President Harding again.
Representative Mondell. of Wyoming,
the republican house leader. announced
Saturday that he had requested con-
ference with the executive for Sunday
evening after the return of Mr. Hard
ing from Florida. He said he would be
accompanied to the White House by
such other members of the house
handling the bonus legislation as the
president might wish to consult.
The specific purpose Of the proposed
conference was not disclosed by Mr..
Mondell. but it was reported that he
would seek to obtain the presidents a
views on the compromise bill with it's
bank loan provision in lieu of cash
bonus, as well as his opinion as TO-
whether the measure should be called
up Monday under suspension of the
rules as most house leaders desire.
Mr.. Mondelrs announcement followed
a conference between Speaker Gillett
and ~ republican house leaders ar
ranged primarily to discuss the ques-l
tion of procedure in discussing the
bill.
Caucus Petitions Held Up
Mr.. Gillett announced afterwards,
that he would not make up his mind
before Monday morning as to whetheri
he would entertain Il motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill Such
4 motion would block all amendments
and also prevent motion to recommitI
the bill with Instructions to the ways
and means committee.
The conference in the speakers Of
Fice lasted more than an hour and was
behind closed doors. Mr.. Mondel was
delegated as official spokesman. T.
Representative Linebergcr. of CALI
'ornia, former service man who holds
! petition bearing sufficient number Of
signatures of house majority members
o enquire the calling of party confer
.nce for next Tuesday morning at-l
ended the conference with the speaker
lie also had along talk with Mr.. Mon-| +.
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