The Holly chieftain., 1922-04-27

enlisted personnel of $4,000 Instead
Of 67,OO0 men. A few days later this
was confirmed by a record vote of
221 to 14S. and then the bill was
passed and handed on to the senate.
Ninety Republicans voted against the
personnel Increase and 4S Democrats
supported 1t. The measure carries u
total appropriation of $251, ,269, 600,
which is $1SOO0,OOO more than was
fixed by the appropriations commit
tee. Further increases are expected
In the senate.
THE fight Of those who believe in
adequate national defense Is now
centered on the army bill. In this
the American Legion is taking active
part, National Commander MacNider
appearing before the senate appropria-
tions committee to denounce the house
bill which provides for only $4,000
enlisted men. He said:
''1'he American Legion unqualified
ly backs up the President, the secre-
tary of war, and General Pershing In
their support Of necessary appropria-
tions for the National Guard, organ
lied reserves reserve officers train
ing corps, and civilian military train
ing camps as recommended by the
War department, and also supports
the position that approximately 150.-
QUO men is the minimum number
needed for the regular establishment
to perform Its proper mission In our
plan Of national defense"
COMETIME during the present sea-
" son the senate will pass soldier
bonus legislation. So much was de-
termined by the Republican senators
in caucus by 3 to i vote, and they
asked the finance committee to report
bill "within a reasonable time"
But they reached no decision as to
the form the bill will take. The right
of the senate to add any revenue pro-
visions to the bill passed by the house
is questioned, since the Constitution
requires that revenue measures must
originate in the house. Republican
leaders of both senate and house are
again discussing the plan of financing
the bonus by the sale of British bonds,
and 1t is understood that If these are
found available through the work Of
the foreign debt commission, Presi-
dent Harding will not object to that
method of raising the funds. With
this In view efforts are being made to
postpone senate consideration Of the
bonus measure until after the tariff
bill has been passed, by which time
1t is expected the work Of the COM
mission will be far enough advanced
to give assurance that the long-term
British securities will be available.
FLOODS and tornadoes have been
= playing havoc in the Middle West.
Through much Of the Mississippi river
valley the rivers and streams have
broken their levees and overfowed
their banks. doing vast damage in
many towns and inundating millions
Of acres Of land. Unseasonably cold
weather added to the distress of the
people who were driven from their
homes. The windstorms were most
severe In southern Illinois and SOUTH
ern Indiana. Several towns were
badly wrecked and about fifty lives
were lost.
THE two Portuguese aviators who
1 started from Lisbon to fly across
the Atlantic to Brazil in several
Jumps" got as far as st. Pauls rock,
about thousand miles from the Cape
Verde islands, but smashed their plane
in making the difficult landing there.
A new plane will be sent to them by
the Portuguese government to enable
them to complete their journey.
NIoMEN from all parts of the
w Western Hemisphere assembled
In Baltimore, Nd, at the call of the
National League of Women Voters to
confer on such subjects as education.
child welfare, women in industry, pre-
yention of the traffic In women, civil
and political status of women and In
ternational friendliness. 1t Is hoped
the conference will lead to close co.
operation among the women of the
entire world.
D REPRESENTATIVE BLAND of In.
N diana has drafted n bill which
authorizes the President to appoint a
'coal investigation agency" composed
of the director of the geological sur
yey, director of the bureau of mines
director of the census and commits
sioner of labor statistics and six 9th.
ers to be confirmed by the senate. II
| would be given sweeping powers to
obtnin information.