The Arvada enterprise., 1922-02-23
Republicans Struggling With
Problem Of Financing the
Soldiers Bonus.
Denly TRIES TO SAVE NAVY
Aslts Personnel es 5000 and Appre-
psiatlen ef $500 900 General
Strike Of ceal Mlnsrs-impsnds
-cellIns and Craig Gem
Ing 70 Agreement.
sy EDWARD W. PickARD

NEARLY everyone II In favor Of
~ giving the ex.service man .
bonus, but no one is willing to help
pay for 1t. Every plan 10 far pro-
posed for raising the necessary rev.
enue- estimated at 385O.O00.O00 annu-
ally for the next three years-has
aroused determined opposition. Mem
bsss of the house ways and means
committee thought eight special taxes
would turn the trick, but every element
of the population that would be d.
rectly affected BY them raised an i'm
mediate wall.
Republican leaders appealed to Pres
ident Harding to suggest something
feasible. and he undertook to do 20 On
Thursday. But what shovld his plan
be but the same Old general sales tax
propositioa which It has been admitted
By nearly everyone cannot possibly get
through congressl Because this was
his only plan, and because he also
criticized the plan Of providing for the
payments Of cash bonuses In INSTALL
nents over q period Of two and half
years, It was assumed by many in
Washington that the President really
wished the bonus legislation again
postponed. though he hesitated to say
70 hatiy. The situation was plainly
uncomfortable for the Republicans.
and the Democrats were joyous'y tax.
ing every advantage Of the discomf-
turs Of their advessaries. The leaders
oe ~ agricultural bloc In both the
house azd the senate reiterated their
unqualified opposition to any kind of
. general sales tax.
Soms Of the Republican leaders
strongly favored the passage of 4
house bill without any plan Of financing.
They thought the necessary money
might be made available BY further re-
duction Of appropriations for certain
departments, especially the army and
navy. Mr.. Mondeli prepared q state
ment to show how nearly $500. .OOO.-
900 could be saved this way. But
even that would not he sufficient. and
many congressman urged again the H.
suancs Of bonds. OF course the def.
cit, after the problematical saving Of
$500. 100000 Ia appropriations, could
be made up by issuing short term Ger.
tiAcates, Of indebtedness, which It was
asserted the market would readily alb
sorb. Both the President and secre.
tary Mellon declare thst q big bond
issue would seriously embarass the
extensive refunding operations that
must be undertaken during the coming
year, causing an increase In interest
rates and disturbing the Liberty bond
market. Some other government ON
cials do not agree with them.
G ENATOR NoRAH Is consistently
, opposing the bonus because, he
says, It will interfere with the care
Of the soldiers now undertaken by the
government through the veterans
bureau. He predicts that within ten
years the annual expenditure for dis
abied soldiers will have reached 81
zoo, 900 OOO. Of which no one will com.
plain 80 long as the appropriations
are based on the necessities and re-
quireu.ents Of the disabled soldiers"
Director Forbes Of the veterans
bureau calls attention to the fact that
the total government expenditure re-
CURED for disabled soldiers for 1872
II $4,000. 900. and thus sets forth the
ways in which the bureau is using the
money:
Paying out 100000 cash every
lay, including Sunday, directly into
ne hands Of the ex.servlce man or Ills
lspsndents In compensation allot-
Dsnts.
Providing. without cost, hospital care
Nd treatment to $1,000 veterans.