The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-07
BONUS CREATES BITTER
FEELING IN THE HOUSE
ANIMOSITY SO GREAT THAT
. MEMBERS OF THE COMMIT
TEE DO NOT SPEAK.
UNABLE TO AGREE ON PLAN
Representative Hill. of Maryland,
Would Have Beer and Wine Pay
For Compensation. Many Factions
Make 1t Hard to Get Together.

| WASHINGTON, D. C.-Congress
today is a seething mass that, in the
house at least, has become so intense
that unless the bonus question is dis
posed of Immediately it threatens to
eliminate in personal rows between
the members.
So bitter is this personal feeling, es-
Ipecialy between members of the
house ways and means committee, that
they pass each other without the
slightest sign of recognition.
Representative Nicholas Longworth,
LOT Ohio, son-in-law OF the late Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt, today al
most precipitated a personal clash by
Iopenly charging that, if the committee
reports out a bonus bill without the
necessary means OF raising the reve-
nue. as it is now intimated, it will be
"a most arrogant bit of political COW
ardice on the part OF the members Of
the committee"
Mr.. Longworth followed this charge
when asked concerning the visit OF
Floor Leader Mondell and Chairman
Fordney, of the ways and means com
mittee. to the white house. if he had
talked to the latter, by declaring: Il
am not speaking to Mr.. Fordney."
Mr.. Longworth is one of the senior
members of the committee.
President Wants Money Provided.
Floor Leader Mondeli, after return
ing from a talk with President Hard
ling, declared that ''the president would
certainly not be pleased by the pas
..a~o - -, LII ,,,b;cb ~, aIyac M coeci41,,
provision for revenue"
From this Floor Leader Mondell be-
gan a discussion of the general aspects
OF the bonus and declared that the
country, in the main, is for the bonus.
EITHER enthusiastically or Indifferent
Ilyly," but strongly minated that
there would be some postponement OF
final passage of bill because OF the
difficult means OF raising money.
Hill Opens Debate.
The bonus bill got into house dis
cussion late in the day, Representative
Hill, republican, Maryland, opening
the debate by reading letter he had
written to Mr.. Fordney suggesting
elimination of all of the "hve-way"
plans except the cash feature.
He told the house that he had fairly
accurate information that 95 per cent
of the service men in Baltimore would
take the cash feature and that he be-
lieved very large percentage OF the
men elsewhere would do likewise.
Questioned as to how he would
raise the $1,500,000,000 necessary to
pay all OF the men cash Mr.. Hill said
1.-The money could be obtained by a
tax on light wines and beer.
That's no basis for estimate, that's
imagination" said Representative
Mann, republican, Illinois, amid much
laughter.
Compromise Plan Probable.
A compromise bonus plan under
which the cash feature would be elm
mated where the former service men
would be entitled to more than $50
adjusted service pay has been agreed
upon unanimously by republican mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee.
In the nature of a substitute for the
discarded cash feature there would be
added to the adjusted service certifl-
cate title provision which would en-
able men selecting the certificate OPP
ton to obtain Immediately from the
banks loan equal to one-half OF the
adjusted service pay, to which they
would be entitled on the basis OF 81
day for domestic service and Sis
day for overseas service.
Banks in making loans on the GER
tifcates could not charge an interest
rate in excess of"two per cent above
| the rediscount rate charged by the
regional federal reserve bank on nine
lty-day paper in the district where the
| loan was made.