The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-29

bill that received more attention was known as the fourfold measure This bill embodied the following four fea- lures: l. Land settlement aid ?. Farm and home aid. 3. Vocational trainins. {. Cash adjustment of compensation.
 The hopes of the service men and women reached a high pitch when the Sixty seventh Congress convened on April Il, 1921; on that day the au- justed compensation bill was intro duced in the House as H. R. No. 1.
 At this time the fourfold bill was amended and fifth plan was added by the ways and means committee Of the House. At the time 1t was sug gested, Senator McCumber felt that there was very little doubt that thIs will be the most popular of the five options.
 About that time the United States Chamber of Commerce hopped on the bonus measure with both feet That body gave out glaring and exagger- ated figures on what the bonus meas ure would cost the country.
 A great many hot exchanges took place between the American Legion and Chamber of Commerce. Of course che upshot of 1t all was that the Stn- ate made the bill the unfinished busi- IicSS Ol lndL DOQy py tHC labhCl AC- markable vote of 46 to 4.
 Next the Secretary of the Treasury earnestly recommended that the bill should not be passed. Following Mir. Melons request the President sent an address to the Senate on July 12 1921. urging the Senate not to pass the bill
 President Harding's message is a well known part of current political history. Following the Presidents request the bill was recommitted In the Senate by vote of 47 to 29. The bonus fight has steadily grown hotter since that day.
 It now looks as if 1t is only a question of whether the money shall be raised by sales tax or whether it shall be paid out of the interest of the allied debt. It appears to be taken for granted that it is only a question of a few days until the i've fold plan will become a law.
 The American Legion, though not responsible for the origin of the bonus measure, has fought for its passage steadily since 1913.
 The legion believes that adjusted cornpensation is due the service men. not as a bonus for military services rendered, but as an adjustment of the economical losses he sustained by reason of his services. Congress drafted the soldier and ordered him to serve at s1.25 a day. Wages dur ing the war period were doubled and trebled. The soldier came back home to find himself out of step and out of touch with things generally. He had not received the high pay which his brother who remained at home re- ceived. He was rusty on the subject of his former occupation and was out of a job
 The legion pointed out that our government drafted the soldier, that evoldier the rate of Sf.25 day is therefore not a bonus for military services, but only an approximate adjustment of his loss during his period of service.
 The legion contends that the pur- pose of the bill is to give to the sol- dier who offered his life with his services a compensation that will more nearly approach that of the la borer who remained at home secure from danger. and whose compensa- tion increased from 200 to 300 per cent, and measured by the amount of labor actually performed, far beyond tkese figures.
 NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON JOB By Frank Dixon, National Committee man from Alabama Department Commander Harry Ayres, Adjt. Joe Yates and are just pack from a meeting of the national