The New York herald., 1922-09-05
CONFEREES Will ACT
ON THE BONUS TO-DAY
Disabled Veterans 0rgani-
zations Enter Battle For
and Against 1t.
PRESSURE ON HARDING
Head of League Fears Raid
Will Hamper Care of
Crippled.
M'NARY PROPOSAL TO GO
Virtual Agreement Reached to
Strike Out Land Reclama-
ton Feature.
M'NARY PROPOSAL TO GO

Special Dispatch TO THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau !
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 4.
Chairman McCumber OF the Senate
Finance Committee announced to-day
that "the adjusted compensation bill, "
popularity known as the bonus bill,
providing $5,00o,000,000 raid on the
Treasury for ex-service men. will be
taken up by the conferees tomorrow.
He explained that while 1t has not
been definitely decided to lay aside
the tariff bill temporarily for its con-
sideration, the indications are such a
course will be pursued. He intimated
that he had sounded out the committee
on the proposal and the majority
seemed to favor that course, predicated
on the belief that the bonus bill will
be disposed of quickly.
A new spirit has been injected into
the fight over the bill by the activities
of the Disabled American Veterans of
the World War National Commander
Cook of that organization is here to aid
in the fight against the Presidents veto.
Pressure on Harding Urged.
Mr.. Cook has also urged local and
State chapters to send resolutions to
the White House urging favorable ac-
tion, and has appealed to individual
veterans to send letters asking Presi-
dent Harding to sign the bill. He ex-
poets to present arguments In person to
the President ir support of the bill.
On the other hand, John L. Nolan,
commander OF the National Disabled
Soldiers League is making a hard fight
to prevent the bonus bill from becoming
a law. He points out that it now re-
quires more than $1,000,000 a day for
the Government properly to take care
of the disabled veterans and that with
in few years 1t will cost $1,000, 600, 900
annually for that purpose.
Mr.. Nolan takes the position that il
the nation should grant the proposed
$4,000, 100000 bonus, much of which
would go to able-bodied veterans in
good financial circumstances. the proper
care of the disabled would be placed Ii
jeopardy.
While there is a possibility that the
conferees will '1ock horns" over the
Senate amendments to the bonus bill
the McNary reclamation feature and
the plan, to raise the needed revenue by
the use of the interest on the foreign
loans-the opinion prevails at the Cap
itol that only a feint of battle will be
made for their retention by the Senate
conferees.
McCumber's Optimism.
Chairman MeCumber is convinced that
IT will require only brief time for the
conferees to agree on the bill. That
optimism is based largely upon the as
sumption that the controversial matters
the two amendments referred to--will
be quickly eliminated. Thus the bill
VIII be the same as the original House
measure with the exception of the land
settlement option. which the Senate
struck out and for which the McNary
reclamation plan was substituted
Floor Leader Mondell was largely re-
sponsible for the incorporation in the
House bill of the land settlement clause,
which called for elaborate irrigation and
drainage prOiectS in yarioiiS Statas