The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-04-27

enlisted pcrSonnel Of $4,000 instead
or OI,ND men. a few days later this
was confirmed by record vote Of
22l to lIS and then the bill was
passed and handed on to the senate.
Ninety Republicans voted against the
personnel Increase and 4S Democrats
supported IT, The measure carries IL
total appropriation of S251. .2G9, 900.
which is $1S.OOO.OOO more than was
hNed by the appropriations commit
tee. Further increases are expected
in the senate.
ME fight Of those who believe I'm
adequate national defense is now
centercd on the army bill. In this
the American Legion is taking active
part, National Commander MncNidcr
appearing before the senate approp!ia-
lions committee to dcnollncc the honso
olll which provides for only 10000
enlisted men. He said:
"the American Legion unuuaito,l-
~ backs up the President. the Spcrc-
tarE OF war. and General pcrShin. in
their support of necessary appropra-
uonS for the National Guard organ
iZed reserves, reserve officers train
Ing corps, and civilian military train
ing camps rs recommended by the
war department. and also supports
the position that Approximately 1lO.-
200 men is the minimum number
needed for the regular establishment
to perform It's proper mission in our
plan Of national defense"
& OAlE'FlME during the present sea-
- son the senate will pass soldier
bonus legislation. SO much was de-
tcrmined by the Republican senator's
in caucus by to 1 vote, and they
asked the finance committee to report
a bill "withn n reasonable time"
But they reached no decision as to
the form the bill will take The right
of the senate t" 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.
ana 1t is understood that If these are
found available through the work Of
the foreign debt commission, Prcsi-
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
Dill 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 lonr-term
British securities will be available.
FLOODS and tornadocs have been
playing havoc in the Middle West
Through much Of the MiSSiSsippi river
VhlleH the rivers and streams have
broken their levees and overtiowed
their banks. doing vast damage in
many towns and inundating millions
OF acres Of land. UnSeasonnbly 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
crn Indiana. Several towns were
badly wrecked and about fifty lives
were lost
ME two Portuguese aviators who
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 Cane
Verde islands. but smashed their plane
In making the difficult landing there
a new plane will be senr to them bv
the Portuguese government to enable
them to complete their journey.
N/OMEN from all parts Of the
Western Hemisphere assembled
IN Baltimore Md. at the call of the
National League OF Women Voters TO
confer on such subjects as education.
chlid welfare. women i'm industry, nrc.
Vcntion of the traffic in women. civil
and political status of women ana In.
tcrnntional fricndlncSS. 1t is hopcd
thr conference will lead to close co.
operation among the women OF the
entire world.
p REPRESENTATIVE BLAND of In
diana has drafted a bin which
authorizes the President to appoint
coal investigation agency" composed
OF thc director OF the geological sur
NeN. director of the bureau Of mines,
director of the census and commits.
Sl"h"r OF labor statistics and six 9th.
erS ne confirmed by the senate. 1t
would be given sweeping powers to
obtain information. ).