Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-03-08
HOUSE LEADERS
To PUSH BONUS
May Put Bill Through Under
Suspension of Rules, is
Report Today
WOULD BE MONDAY. 10Th
Say That President Will Not
Agree to Measure, Nor
Will Senate

WASHINGTON, March S--Repub-
lican leaders disclosed today that
they were considering a plan to put
the soldiers bonus bill through the
House under a suspension of the
rules which would shut out amend
ments of any kind and limit debate
to forty minutes. Under this plan Il
two-thirds vote would be necessary
to pass the measure, but leaders be-
leved on the basis of present senti-
ment among members that this ma
jority could be obtained with votes
to spare.
Monday March 20, will be the
next rules suspension day. The
army appropriation bill will be
taken up before the bonus measure
probably ON next Tuesday. This
probably would mean that in any
event the bonus event would be put
over until the week following. Rep
resentative Mondell, of Wyoming,
the majority leader, said today he
did not think the statement made
yesterday at the White House that
President Harding had not changed
his position set forth last month in
his letter to Chairman Fordney OF
the ways and means committee was
to be taken as an indica IN that Mr..
Harding was prepared to veto the
bonus measure, as now drawn win
it's bank loan provisions in lieu of
the cash bonus.
WASHINGTON, March S:-After
weeks of work and worry the House
WAYS and Means Committee major
ity has evolved soldier bonus bill
on which it apparently intends tt
stand pat.
Despite some criticism of the mea-
sure in and out of congress, Chair
man Fordney and co-workers believe
it will encounter only feeble opposi-
ton in the House unless there is
unexpected action among the ma
iority of members, who have been
insistent that some sort of bonus
legislation be enacted at THIS seS-
sion.
Senate Action Problem
Just what will happen to the bill
in the senate appears to be more
or less probematical. There, the
measure will be opened to amend
ment and also to unlimited debate
and it is regarded as more than
probable that it will be subjected to
change in some particulars.
Since President Harding advised
the House committee to pay the bo-
nus with a sales tax or postpone the
legislation. it is expected sales tax
proponents in the senate will renew
their fight for that kind of Il levy.
Among House members generally
liCnlIcSiOn now
the President viewed the bill thar
there was about it's fate after it lef1
the House on it's second start for tn,
statute books Trainers of the meas
ure appeared to be confident that 1
would not meet with the executive:
approval because it removed wha
they said was the fundamental OBJ
lection to the cash bonus plan-ar
immediate drain on the federa
treasury.
Some opponents of the measure
in the House predicted the bill VII
be unsatisfactory to both the coun
try and service men. They conten
ded it would not enable the men t.
get as much cash in three years al
they would have received on thu
original tax plan and the proposed
advances by the banks. If made
would initiate credit to the extent o
half a billion or more dollars owe
the period of the bank loan, thu
increasing living costs.
Proponents the bank loan plal
argued that through this provislol
the men could obtain Immediately
far larger sum than they would re
ceive under cash installment pay
ments plan originally proposed AM
this without imposition of any al
They contended also that when thu
treasury would have to begin payint
out money it could reasonably be as
sumed that there would be funds u
meet the payments through REDUCED
| government expenses and receipt
| from the refunded foreign loan
While discussions for and against tn
bill were continued in cloak room
and corridors. members generally be
gan study of the full provisions o
| the measure, which appeared toda.
/ in print for the first time.
| They first prepared not only TO
House consideration of the bill, bu
also for answering the many lnqul
ries which they have received from
constituents. The time of calling III
of the bill in the House will not b.
| definitely fixed until Chairmal
Fordney returns from a ttip in IN
| Middle West on which he started
Yesterday. 1t could be taken III
| Monday under suspension of rule
which would preclude amendmen
| and if not taken up then a specia
RI le could be brought out for it
| consideration under a parliamentary
situation, which would permit of an.
such changes as the commute