Evening star., 1922-03-17
HOUSE MARKS Time
ON BONUS SQUEST|ON
Awaits Speakers Decision on
Passage Monday Under
Suspension of Rules.

Both proponents and opponents %
the plan to put the soldiers bonus bill
through the House Monday under q
suspension Of the rules marked time
today, awaiting the return hero late
! today of Speaker Giilett, with whom
, rests the decision OIL this question.
Republican House leaders were un-
| decided whether they would confer
! with the Speaker tonight or tomor-
| row. Mr.. Gillett was expected to re-
main here until tomorrow night, when
he will go to Springfield. Mass, where
he is to speak Sunday. He will return
in time to preside over the House
Monday.
Leaders said they had had no direct
word from the Speaker as to his
views on procedure other than that
given them before he left for Florida
! with President Harding.
They were expected to inform him
at the conference here that a large
majority of the House membership
desired the bill taken up Monday un-
der plan that would cut off all
amendments and even a motion to
recommit. The Spekaer is known To
look upon this plan with disfavor.
uut tiloSt HdNliS charge OF pOIiuE
+, legislation apparently had not aban-
doned hope of such consideration.
No Minority Report.
Representative Garner of Texas,
ranking democrat on the ways and
means committee. said today that
neither he nor Representative Collier.
democrat. Mississippi, would present
a minority report on the bonus meas
ure. 1t still was undetermined
! whether Representative Kitchin Of
North Carolina. the third democrat
on the committee who voted against
reporting the bill favorabfy, would
submit minority views.
Chairman Fordney OF the HOUSE
ways and means committee, VINO
favors the rules suspension program,
said that if the Speaker held against
1t he would proceed with plans 70
bring the measure up under special
rule Tuesday, il such a rule could
be obtained.
Upon the outcome of the confer
ence between the Speaker and House
leaders depended whether those NOM
bers who want the bill open to
amendment when brought up would
ask for a conference of House re-
publicans to consider the whole Ques-
tion of procedure.
How Estimate Is Based.
The estimate of the majority mem
bers of the ways and means commit
/; tee. in the report from which Repre-
sentatives Treadway Of Massachusetts,
and Tilson of Connecticut disagreed,
that the total cost Of the bonus would
be S4.09S,719,350, was based upon the
| assumption that 20 per cent of the
1 4 wnnld l.
igible for compensation would accept
| adjusted service certificates; Pa per
cent vocational training aid; 10 per cent
farm and home aid, and ia per cent
10 per cent would be paid in cash
after passage of the bill under pro
vision requiring veterans whose ao
justed compensation would not ex-
ceed $50 to accept cash.
Total costs under the various op-
tions of the bill were estimated as
follows: Cash payments, $lS,o0o,0oO;
certificates, on account OF deaths
s577.571 900, and on account of ma
turity. s3154.S23,350: vocational train
| $1s6,o00,0o0. and land settlement
SIP. 100000.
! The greatest cost in any single year
was estimated at S5.154.se3.35o in the
fiscal year 1913. when the certificates
then outstanding would mature. The
the certificate, would cease. the report
isaid, in 1927. The last payments un
der vocational training would be in
1925; under farm and home aid IN
1926, and under land settlement IN
1927, After that time the only cost
each year until the year Of the matur-
ity of the certificates would be pay
ments on account of deaths of holders
of certificates.
! First Years Cost.
The cost in the fiscal year 1928. the
first year after the bill came into
operation. would be $74.279, 600, the
report said. and the costs for each
succeeding year up TO. but exclusive
of 1943. would be: 1924, s124,440,o0o
1895, s12l,370.000; 1925. s156.s25.000;