Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-03-10
ARGUES in
FAVOR BONUS
Pocahontas Citizen Thinks Many
Mis-statements Are Being
Made 10 Influence Congress-
Against Aid to Soldiers.
Pocahontas, Va, March Z.
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Editor Clinch Valley News,
Dear SIR
have been reading, with interest
ana disappointment, your editorials
on what you term the "soldiers
bonus. l will enclose a clipping W wnic,
Will give you an idea of those VIII
have a right to call adjusted com
pensation u bonus.
presume that you are aware of
the fact that most of the articles;
you copy from newspapers are prop
uganda and judge that you have
some misgivings as to whether ,nerr
are such papers as those whose
names are signed to the letters yor
quote and copy. l don't think your
editorials will affect the situation one
way or the other but it is disappoinr
ing to see innocent, country papers
fall" for "stuff" that is meant for
simple folk.
A few days ago l read an article,
written by man who was opposed
to the "bonus" on the ground that it
would effect the value of liberty
bonds. l suppose that man boungr
bonds with his savings, made pos
sible by the war. presume too, that
he considered himself very patriotic
in SO doing. wonder if he realizes
that, were he as patriotic as he
thinks the soldier should be, he
would destroy those bonds and say i,
"Uncle Sam it was not more than
my duty that l should have given
my whole time and effort to the gov
ernment during the war"
Now, Mr.. Editor, did you give
your every effort to the government
during the war? Did you buy liberty
bonds If SO, did you do it as an in
Vestmcnt or from purely patriotic
motives? If you did it because o.
your love of country, where are
those bonds now?
Mr.. Editor, do you think the .bo.,
nus" will bankrupt the country? Ii
so the war would have ruined US had
it continued few months ions ell.
Mr. Editor. don't think the ex.
soldier is "big bum" as some would
like to make him appear. To my
mind, he is man who knows ina.
that the government exacted moro
from him than it did from others. Do
you think he should be censured for
asking that the accounts be squar-
ed? / suppose that had the govern
ment conscriptel labor as it did the
soldier and that had all men received
the same pay and treatment, in win
ming the war, that there would never
have been word said about ''ao,
justed compensation"
Senator Glass is, as you know, ~
bitter opponent of adjusted compen-
sation. One naturally wonders wheth-
er, if he had been n buck private and
had his son (who tho very yoa,lg
attained (?) to the rank of major
and perhaps even worse) been the
same, the gentleman would not look
n little more sympathetically upon
the question.
Thing on these things, Mr.. Lditol.
If you can get self out of it all, and
then believe that it is unjust and
unfair to adjust the burden of tho
war, then go ahead and spread all
the ink you please.
l am reminded of an Irish s.ory.
Mike seeing Pat struggle up II l.,u
der with hob on his shoulder, call
ed, "Pat faith'n you've got the nod
on the wrong sholder'' Pat was quick
to realize the fact and retorted, "Be
Gazzus'n you're right. 1t should be
on yours"
JOHN H. CRoWGEY.