Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-21
HARDING is UNALTERABLE
ON SOLDIER BONUS MIDDLE
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would be taken UP and when answered |
in the negative, declared:
THE storehouse is either locked up
or gone dry, don't know which"
Aside from the committee Of house
leaders. President Harding discussed |
the bonus bill today with several other
members of the house. His callers in |
Guided Representatives Treadway of |
Massachusetts,, and Tilson of Connecti- |
cut of the house ways and means COM
mittee, who have presented minority |
views opposing the measure and Repre- !
sentative Mills of New York, newly !
appointed member of that committee, |
VINO favors a tax on purchases.
Representative Wood, republican. In
diana who recently completed a speech |
making tour in the middle west. also
was a White House caller. He said he
had found that the people wanted to
know what taxes they would have TO
pay when the bonus was enacted and
added that the president did not seem
dspleased when given this information.
Another attack on the bonus bill was
made today in a minority report from
ways and means committee members
REPRESENTATIVE Kitchin. North Carolina,
the democratic leader; and Oldfeld, Ar
kansas; Crisp Georgia; Carew. New
York and Tague, Massachusetts, all
democrats They characterized the GER
tifcate bank loan plan as a due bin
rain check borrow money bonus mode OF
payment and declared that it was an in
suit to every world war veteran and a
shameful discredit to congress and the
nation
Insisting that the bonus he paid out
of taxes levied upon the big. incomes
of miHonaires and multi-nilhonaires
and the conscienceless. excess profits OF
the big monopolistic corporation, the
minority charged that President Hard
! ing and Secretary Mellon boldly offer
/ bribe to the World war veterans TO es-
mouse the cause of the money power IN
their effort to establish as part OF our
| revenue system the VICIOUS policy Oh
general sales tax"
"They offer a bonus in consideration
of the veteran and his friends favoring
| = Gales tax" said the report. The
! vigorously fight a bonus without saIes
tax in the hope that the brave BOYS Will
he terpted to yield and be willing 10
he1p the president and Mr.. Mellon end
the money power TO drive the first eftec-
| five wedge under the established policy
of the income tax. founded upon the
PRINCIPLE of ability to pay
The report said the proposition in the
hin for hank loans was absolutely 2
gold brcFl' in view Of the attitude OF
| the comptroller of the currency, and
| aided:
so we are presented with the shame
full spectacle Of the party that aborted
| the war, divided our country's war as
| sociates. disgraced the peace. deluded
the people. deceived the veteran, desert
ed the wounded relieved the proffteer.
| rduced the millionaIre's income tax. re-
nealed the excess profits tax on the prof
iteers, and which still maintains bias
| phemous, bibulous boot-licker at the
court OF st. James to besmirch with his
drunken banquet table the high war
! purposes of the American people and
the inspiration OF the American soldiers
now Offering to redeem its reckless cam
raign pledges with an I. o. T.. desig-
mated a certificate, which the admins