Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-14
TREASURY VIEWS
EXPECTED TODAY
ATBONUS HEARING
Secretary Mellon, Controller
Crissinger and GOV. Hard
| ing Called.
UNCHANGED BILL TO BE
REPORTED, SAYS F0RDNEY
Seven Republicans Join With Six
Democrats on Committee in
/ Call for Officials.

Call for Officials.
Secretary Mellon, Controller of the
Currency Crissinger and Coy. Harding
Of the Federal Reserve Board will be
esked to appear before the House ways
end means committee this afternoon to
give further statements with regard to
the bank loan provision of the soldiers
bonus.
Chairman Fordney said the bill
you'd be reported out as soon as the
9hree officials had been heard and
that he did not think the measure
Nould be amended any further.
The motion to call in the three ad-
{ninistration officers was made by
Representative Garner of Texas, the
ranking democrat, and was adopted
a3 to IL, after what was described as
2 sharp contest Seven republicans
Joined with six democrats in voting
were Longworth. Tilson. Bacharach.
Treadway, Watson. Young and Mott.
Two democrats, Tague and Carew,
Soted against the motion.
:. "Connicting Statements.o
In announcing that Secretary Mel
F3on. Gov. Harding and Controller Girls
'kinger would appear before the COM
nnittee at 2 pm. today in open ses-
Sion, Chairman Fordney said it had
been decided to call them because
fhey had made statements conflict
ing with one another"
The ways and means committee
Eoted down q motion to reinsert the
cash feature of the bonus and to i'm
pose the excess profits tax and an
pther motion to restore the war
time income surtax rate of IS per
Gent. These were said to have been
the only important amendments
brought up at this. the first meeting
pf the entire committee. to consider
the bonus bill
Immediately after the House con-
Fened discussion on the bonus meas
0re was precipitated when Represen-
fative Andrew, republican, Massa-
chusetts, obtained unanimous consent
to insert in the record a copy of a.
letter he had written to members OF
also the House. urging that there be
included in the bonus bill a provision
for adjusted compensation for the i'm
mediate relatives of service men who
died during the war or have died
since that time.
Question by Mr.. Garrett.
Representative Garrett of Ten
hessee, the democratic leader, asked
that Representative Mondell of Wyo-
ming. the majority leader. inform the
up and in what manner 1t was to be
considered. Mre Mondell said he
thought accurate information as to
enough in advance to give absent
m emberS time to return.
Representative Garner then asked
the Republican leader if it was the
plan to take the bill up Monday under
a suspension of the rules if the
Speaker of the House would recog-
nize him for that purpose.
Il don't think that a fair question
] am called upon to- answer at this
time" replied Mr.. Mondell.
Representative Garrett suggested
that the House adjourn so members
could attend the committee session
this afternoon. Mr.. Mondell said he
did not think the House should
neglect the business before it. Mem
bers who desired to do SO were at
liberty to attend the hearing, MIR.
Mondell said.
Representative Garner told Mr.. Gar
fett that the open hearing was in or
der because there was a sufficient
number of members of the committee
who desired information to send for
Secretary Mellon. Mr.. Crissinger and
Gov. Harding.
TT was done" he added, "over the
protest Of some committeeman"
Only Minor Amendments.
Despite uncertainty as to pro-
cedure for securing early action on
the measure by the House, republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee were prepared today to go
ahead with their plans to have the
compromise bonus bill reported out
at the postponed meeting today of
the full committee. No changes were
expected in the bill additional to the
minor amendments agreed on by the
majority members of the committee
yesterday when they decided to
stand pat on the measure despite
objections to it's provisions voiced by
Secretary Mellon and controller of the
Currency Crissinger.
The question of procedure in
bringing the bill to vote in the
House was being held in abeyance
today by republican leaders because
OF their inability to ascertain wheth-
er Speaker Gillett. who is in Florida
with President Harding, would en-
tertain a motion for suspension of
the rules under which it was hoped
to put the Ditl through next Monday.
Reports that he might oppose this
program, which would require two
thirds vote for passage of the bill
and would automatically bar all
amendments. were followed by the
conference late yesterday between
republicans of the ways and means
committee and members of the re-
publican steering committee. 1t was
decided at this conference to with
hold a final decision as toAprocedure
until the views of the speaker could
BE- learned.
Among developments of yesterday
b. the bonus situation were the is
fMance of statements by two men,
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