The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-20
On
SALES TAX
IS OPENED
A gricultural Bloc
Leader Calls a Con-
ference

" \ Sll y % T ~ y. Feb. 90
MAJORITY members " the house
ways and mclua committee re-
fcfrvd back today tn the special
tax suh-tommrtrv the whole prob
lem of how the soldiers bonus b.
to boz financed n was announced
that the suh-coinuaitec would meet
tomorrow and would go into the
question OF q sales FAX, among
other things
Opponents &c the salos iaN began
tu luy their plans today fUr "a fight
uguiurt this proposition. Repre-
sentative Dickinson, republican, OF
IOWA. leader or the agricultural
uIDo called 70 meeting OF rcpubl-
can opponents Tor lave today.
Do was SAD that aside from o..
frrriuE the finance question tu the
suu.,1mmI' se Che majority mem
uer- d!sgusrod tine Fordn,y blI a-
1rIG ually introduced and nuur1,-
eI some slight changes. % H m.
IiUItel that furthvr action uy the
majority would await report
from the 'HN -uh-cpmmittoc.
Majority members uf the bou-.
way. and means commltte, wpuI
into executive session today tu wI,--
u' anew vita the soldier bonus
V. rrtIun.
Ilood of Letters.
Colncl1cut with tht meeting OF
the committee the statement Wa-
made uy white huus, official ihaf
MANY letters and trlpCrams nad
reached President Harding oppos-
luE enactment at ths time uf bonus
legislation, while tho Legislative
committee uf thr American Legion
uHHr publIU telegram to tho
president from the legion national
commander. H1utprd MacNIdcr
IHa..s ,hai The legislation he uB
longer delayed.
Ihs letters reaching - pres
idrut OPPOSING enactment az this
lmH ut bonus legislation greatly
nutuuutbtred those fayur.nr inms-
dlnte legislation % was announced
Hf tH, white house SuWv Of tho
opposition lr.f.ra 20 WIS added
showed however o. sim Nr.t5 m
form
Commander MaoNIder .n hits toll
rpr.w declared the negligible
minority iu opposition can De-
traced iu nearly every case TO Ger
tain selfish IutUrUaIa lufrcnChvl lu
p .A" H|.N.' .'' .'HH |'.'
Tho commander tad the Amcri
UaI Legion jII rHf understand
first commitment ami then zee
traction 900 in' bonus question
Much UI IHu Huusr ways and
means committee 81 time today was
given ottr TH consideration Of the
usigiua! turlu.E hIl us amended
hy % special subcommittee $50
changes lu iI. f., options were
made buf fhU Huu U0u uf making
more Httmc'ir, fN, insurance, nu1
-etflrmeUf hum. and y0vLtioUll
training options au H- tu reduce tho
nlH o. payments IH H minimum was
before th, entire committee major
i,y
sursrH ions 'h.f tb, cash pay
wcu'H o.. delayed for year or
longer HH. TpnIy have no. t.aru f4.
,oubly received by leading repub-
U.fu- on trr ,ouIm..,, Nuasr.
WHu Iurdr.y hHa said that 900 % s
Judgment tho bin should pro-. .u
..r ..e nnnr hu cash payments
H,Nt October
Public NisIrah.
Mr NBrNtdor loo hl- tslrErNu de-
.lar,I thr legion believes that fht
..aes now being raised relative d.,
iNr FNhnUN" IftfuftH fENu| |fHN NH
h' president tu he Included lu th,
ban ure being u.pd SOLELY fnr ths
purunsH nf mslradIuE ihr grnrrl
public.
ItD national commander further
asserted that Whenever the p.opl,
ct the United states have been
given ON opportunity 60 voice their
feelings on the question OF she
bonus their answer has always
Ls1 unmist0Eabie
Had capital and lshnr beer
irRf, 90 when men lives were
drnftcd the telegram continued
the present aggravated situation
wHult fuf rN.rf Whan f wa- D.
question uf o. mnur-.ur W4rrfTr
.rrar. fHr wHr rrufrHrfs mover fi
UH,I requiring -une fhr,, hl
Htu HHI#tra .rn such huy uuN Hr
was rHIHsH n was au obligation
Hul 10 WINS uaid Certainly thH
err I,os of fuo manufacturers ra.l
rood and shlppiuC Interests wer.
not POO much more uH'rIDifr rEHr
that Hf tN, mon who offered fhe.f
lives
NJ NnrNIder rne lude- tNsf
there D. O. cash feature. bat with
hundred ~ thousands of sN-s"r
vice men walking the streets oi
our cities looking Cor work W. a,