Evening star., 1922-05-29
SENATORS PUT. 0. K.
ON M'CUMBER PLAN
FOR SOLDIER BONUS
Measure Similar to House
Bill to Be Approved by
Finance Committee.
DEMOCRATS NOW AGREE
TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT
Several Important Amendments
Will Be 0ffered-Hope for
Action After Tariff.

The so-called McCumber plan for
soldier bonus, providing for the issue
OF certificates and similar to the
House bill, Will be adopted by the
senate finance committee ard reported
to the Senate, it was indicated today
at full meeting OF the Committee.
senator McCumber. chairman of the
committee. explained the provisions
OF his plan. Senator Smoot of Utah,
who has advocated a plan Of paid-up
insurance as q substitute, also dis
cussed his plan.
The democratic members Of the
finance committee, who attended the
meeting today on the bonus bill-the
first time tho democrats have been
called in-indicated that they would
support the McCumbe- plan in pref
erence to the Smoot plan.
Plan Further study. .
When the committee adjourned a
motion made by Senator Walsh. Mas
sachusetts, democrat. that the Nc
Cumber plan should be adopted, was
pending. The committee adjourned
until Wednesday to give further op-
portunity for the senators to con-
slider the various bonus plans
Democratic members of the COM
mittee made 1t clear that neither the
McCumber plan nor the Smoot plan
was satisfactory to them, but that
they preferred the McCumber plan on
the ground that It gave more imme-
date assistance to the former service
men.
Senator Simmons, ranking demo-
cratic member Of the committee, gave
notice that he would probably offer
some amendments to the bill in COM
mittee. He will certainly offer them
when" tAs-eill gets in the Senate. -
Aid for Relatives Urged.
Senator Walsh Of Massachusetts
and Senator Jones of New Mexico,
also democrat, have planned to offer
amendments. One of the amendment,
which Senator Walsh viii submit
would provide that the benefits un-
der the bonus bill should be paid to
the heirs OF those former service men
who died since the close Of the war
and the time OF tho passage of the
bill, and who had no government in
surance.
While the republican members Of
the finance committee have been
equally divided for several days on
Inc hCSuuDeT-SIuOOt plans, IL was
said today that one of. the republi-
cans had swung over to the McCum-
ber plan, giving the republicans the
majority among themselves In favor
of that plan.
The probabilities are that any dras-
tic amendments that may be offered
by the democrats in committee will
be voted down and that then the
committee will report out the Nc
Cumber plan with some modinca-
tions.
Bonus Next After Tarin.
Astute. the republican leaders will
urge the bonus bill be reported to
the Senate and placed on the cal
endar. The republicans will then
announce that the bonus bill will be
taken UP in turn as soon as. the tariff
bill has been passed. In other words,
they will hold the bonus bill over
the heads Of the democrats who are
delaying the passage Of the tariff bill
The hope is that the soldiers orEani-
cations which are pressing for action
on the bonus bill will help to dis
courage delay on the tariff bill.
When the committee took up the
bonus bill today no word, it was said,
had been received from the President
In regard to 1t.