, 1922-10-22

OF having the matter in the HAND OF
one committee in order to securs def
mite action, Mr.. Monden assisted in
making provision to hav all such leg
isladon referred to the Committee on
Ways md Means. and this commIttee
in the course OF hearings asked h
officers Of the American Legion for a
concrete suggestion of legislation The
result was the fourfold plan proposed
by the Legion-one of the four major
provisions being the Mondeil Soldier
Settlement Bill
The Committee on Was and Means
promptly reported a bill somewhat
modifying and enlnrging the fourfold
plan. and containing h land develop
ment feature. and in this form the bill
passed the House Of Representatives
by. a large majority in 1920, but wns
not considered by the Senate.
The Soldier Compensation Act Of 1922
Owing TO the pressure OF other
business. the House Of Representa-
tives did not take up the question OF
adjusted compensation in the Sixty
seventh Congress until March OF the
present year. Much difficulty was ex-
perienced in securing an agreement on
the legislation. but the bill was final
ly reported. after which there was
much difference Of opinion as to the
why II should be considered. Mr..
MondelI. as Floor Lender. was of the
opinion that II should he passed
promptly. and therefore It was mr.
ranged to bring 1t up under a rule pro-
viding for suspension of the rules 1t
passed the House on March 23rd by
an overwhelming majority. continuing
as one OF its principal provisions the
Mondell Land Settlement Bill-or as
II Is called in the bill, tn .-lnd Set
Element Plan. Some time before the
| final reporting and passage through
the House of this bill a very strong
drive was mad against 1t in the East,
but Mr.. Mondell remained steadfast in
his opinion that the party and Con-
gress We're pledged to the legislation
Issues of Justice and Reform.
While Mr.. Mondell has declined to
pose as a reformer, he has been au
unfailing supporter of legislation In
volving moral issues and tending to
establish social and political justice.
Coming from IL suffrage state, 1t was
natural that he should be n supporter
of suffrage. and he was prominently
Identified with the movement for the
adoption of the suffrage amendment
to the Federal Constitution.
Mr.. Mondell was also favorable to
the Eighteenth Amendment and has
steadily supported legislation for its
enforcement. Mr.. Mondell has always
supported legislation intended to pre-
vent the exploitation of child labor. II
Is well known that it was largely Mr..
Mondell's influence us Floor Leader
that secured the legislation whereby
the National Government aids the
states to restore TO lives of usefulness
those who are injured and crippled in
industry.
Mr.. Mondell supported and urged
the passage of the so-called Infancy
and Maternity BIZ which recently be-
came q law. In short. he has
ed faithfully the legislation before the
Congress involving moral and humani-
tartan issue.
In the Interest of Labor.
AS mighr be expected of one who
knows the problems of labor from ex-
perience, from the days of his expert
ence in h State Legislature Mr.. Mon
dell has always supported legislation
in the interest Of labor. He has al
ways been for employers liability and
workmen's compensation acts. He has
always supported legislation for an
eight-hour day.
In Congress Mr.. Mondell voted for
the so-called Clayton Act and for the
Adamson Act. AS Il member of the
Committee on Appropriations he IA
vored and aided in securing increases
in the pay of the lower paid of he
Government employees, especially
women.
Quite recently Mr.. Mondell piloted
through the House the so-called Civil
Service Employees Redistribution
Bill, which would remove many of the
present inequalities and injustices of
pay in the Government service. 1t is
now before the Senate.
During his entire career as a leg
islator Mr.. Mondell has proven him
self a. sincere friend of labor and of
labor's interests.
Service to Veterans of the World War
Since the signing of the Armistice
MIR. Mondell has been able to render
helpful personal service to hundreds
of wyoming men who served in ta.
Army, Navy or Marine Corps during
the World War, aiding them in secur-
ing prompt consideration and allow
anee of claims for insurance, compen-
sation and vocational training, as
well as securing relief for the depend
ents of those who made the supreme
sacrifice. He has also been person
ally active in arranging for special
"Cleap-Up Squads" and contact Off
GERS for Wyoming, thus aiding in To-
eating new worthy cases n expedit-
ing their relief.
The Homesteaders' Friend.
Acknowledged as the best-posted
man on public land matters in or out
of Congress, Mr.. Mondelrs aid has
naturally been sought by thousands of
homestead and other public lane en-
trymen who located in Wyoming and
who found themselves, through mis-
Information or lack of familiarity with
the land laws, threatened with the loss
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