The New York herald., 1922-08-31

pass bill which will result In levying
upon the American people to the third
and forth generation of those who live
an immense amount of money. then
come out and have the courage 10 do it,
but among the pretenses and evasions
the particular pretense and evasion Of
fered by the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Bursum, Is the most plausible ana
the more praiseworthy of the two.
Senator Borah's Comment.
Senator Borah confined his remarks
TO discussion Of the simmons amend
ment proposing the use of the foreign
debt and calling attention to the OBJ
jections OF the President TO the bonus
bill passed by the House and slightly
modified by the Senate. He said in
part:
"Of course, / have no means OF know
ing what the Presidents views are at
the present time with reference to this
measure and l do not discuss that ques-
ton at all: but | call attention to the
fact that If we go back TO the Presi-
dents address upon the twelfth OF las.
July we will find that this bill does
not meet at all the objections which
the President made at that time. which
he later repeated in his letter to Mr..
Fordney and which Mr. Mellon has
repeated upon two different occasions
in his letters. / call attention to some
OF the views expressed by the Presi-
dent last July. He says:
The enactment of the compensation
bill in the midst OF the struggle for re-
adjustment and restoration would him
der every effort and greatly imperil
the financial stability of our country
Mr.. Simmons want to say to the
Senator that | think he was not in the
chamber when l was discussing that
matter, but l stated at the time the
President delivered that message that
the bill then pending, and which he
asked to be recommitted. practically
provided for cash payments, whica
would have involved a tremendous out
lay by the Treasury. amounting to three
or four billions OF dollars. The bill that
we have under consideration now Is one
that provides only for a small annual
payment.
Idaho Senator's Reply.
Mr.. Borah--"It Is not, Mr. President,
the cash payment that embarrasses the
question OF restoration and readjostment.
That which entbarrasses that program Is
putting upon the Government an addi-
t.onal obligation, whether paid to-day,
OF, tomorrow, of from four to five or
six billions of dollars 1t is perfectly
idle to say that Notwithstanding the fact
that you impose that tremendous obliga-
ton upon the Government, which we
have to face. that because to-day you
only drew $7S.000,000 of it. therefore It
does not embarrass nor impede the pro-
gram of restoration and rehabilitation
"But, Mr.. President, this menacing
effort to expend billions in gratuities
will imperil our capacity to discharge
our first obligation to those we must
rot fail to aid. What is the situation
with reference to our obligation to the
disabled men OF to-day compared with
what 1t was at the time the President
spoke?
Il call attention to the fact that
at the present time we are expending
s4SS, 900 900 q year on the disabled SOL
diers, about s1,264.000 every day of the
year, and about 1000 every minute OF
the day, and that will increase during
the next two years, so that 1t is calcu-
lated that IL will easily reach SS00.000,-
600 year.
80 the obligation with reference to
toking care of the disabled soldier Is
greater heavier and more burdensomc
by far than IL was at the time the Presi-
uent spoke a year ago. ana It Is now dis
closed that 1t is to continue TO IN
crease at a more rapid rate than was
anticipated at that time.
List of Expenditures.
1.-THE expenditures for soldiers 70
April / of last year were as follows