The New York herald., 1922-03-16
Representative Kline, Guard
Veteran, Fights Measure
on Principle.
HUSTED'S STAND is SAME
Magee, Shell and Snyder De-
clare Themselves in Oppo-
sition to Treasury Raid.
Special Dispatch TO The New YoRK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
WaShinHfan. ID O.. Murch

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Washington. ID. c., March Is.
Most of the thirty three Republican
members OF Congress from New York
will cooperate with Senator Wads-
worth in trying to defeat the bonus
raid and will vote against it.
The nine Democratic members will
vote for the bonus. Several of the Re-
publican members have not declared
themselves one way or the other in
order to avoid the annoyance to which
by propagandists in favor of 1t. The
following Republican members de-
clared themselves to-day:
Ardolph L. Kline-"I am against a
bonus at this time. l saw thirty Ave
years service in the National Guard
and l favor anything that can be done
Tor the sick, helpless and needy veterans.
But the men that went overseas in the
service or their country and came back
unscathed are greater and better men
now than they were before and their
children will be greater men and women.
Would they sell this heritage for a mere
pittance? If my stand on the bonus
means a political defeat for me, then l
welcome defeat
James w. Husted-"I am against the
bonus because l believe it is wrong in
principle. Able bodied ex-seryice men
should not look to the Government for
gratuities. The veterans of the Spanish
American war have never received such
bonus and the veterans of the civil
war did not receive one until thirty
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gives the soldiers a bonus now they will
be coming back for more later on. My
opinion is that this legislation is un-
wise and undesirable from every stand
point, particularly from that of the ex-
service man himself"
Walter 8. Magee-"My sympathies are
with che ex-service men. j would go
further for them than / would go for
myself | would vote for a reasona BILE
adjusted compensation bill based upon
principles OF sound finance. The matter
should be absolutely divorced from poll
tics and considered upon it's merits The
pending bill in my judgment, is not for
the best interests of the ex-service men.
and II enacted into law would do in
calculable harm to the country AS a
member of the Committee on Appropria-
tons IL Is my duty to aid in economy.
not in impairing the finances of the
country. l cannot bring myself to the
point of voting for hooking pawn
broking) proposition.
Bertrand ii. SBeII-'T am opposed TO
cash bonus and shall vote against the
present bin. IL some sort Of a decent
bill we're brought up which would pro-
vide paid up insurance for the soldiers
| might vote for II. But this present bill
Is not only gold brick for the soldiers
but the people as we'll The party plat
form Is better business and better gov
ernment, and IL would be repudiatio o (
these principles to pas the present bill
In the face OF the advice from the
Treasury experts and President Har-
ding that IL is impractical"
Homer r. Snyder-'If this bill now
before Congress should become a law
and the Comptroller of the Currency
and the governor OF the Federal Re
Treasury maintain the same attitude
after It becomes a law. which they say
they will. there would not be one out
of ten Of the soldiers who could raise
money on the certificates. / do not
favor that sort OF legislation. That is
one phase Of the proposition and one
OF the reasons why / shall oppose the
bill The second is that the country as
pointed out by the Secretary of the
Treasury and by the President, is in
no financial condition to stand a bur-
den such as would be put on it il this
bill or any other bonus measure which
would carry with IL the expenditure Of
large amounts OF money within the
next tire or four years should become
law The country has gone down
10 the lowest depths OF depression. At
this moment business Is beginning to
get its head back above water. and
am convinced that bonus legislation at
this time would baclset II and do more
harm 10 the ex-servlce men than good"