The New York herald., 1922-04-22
BONUS NOTES ARE
URGED BY RAIDERS
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less is coming in for more attention
In the Senate than some Of the more
bizarre proposals submitted by bonus
advocates. More is likely to be heard
Of it during the gyrations of bonus
Senators previous TO the framing of a
bill by the Finance Committee.
Secretary Mellon and other Treas
ury officials will have to be heard in
connection with the foreign debt sug-
gestion. Unless they have radically
changed their opinions they will prove
that it is contrary to law and inn
practicable. The chief reason they
have given for their opposition to the
scheme is that there is no telling when
any of the debtor nations will come
across with any part of the vast
amounts they borrowed from this
country during the war.
Hopes Pinned ON Great Britain.
Bonus Senator's who are turning to
the foreign debt scheme pin their hope
on Great Britain to pay up enough
money to take care of the first cost of
the bonus bill. The Treasury has al
ready shown that beyond acknowledge
ment of it's debt to this country Great
Britain has made no actual provision
for taking care of any part of it.
Both Republican and Democratic
Senators are manifesting considerable
impatience with the Finance Commit
tee-almost as much in fact as the
outside bonus propagandists are dis
playing toward the Senate.
The job of framing an acceptable
bonus bill is up to the Finance Com
mittee. The bonus measure passed by
the House was reported to the Senate
a month ago to-day and referred to
the Finance Committee. Officers of the
American Legion and Veterans of For
eign Wars then predicted it would be
reported by the Finance Committee
within two weeks. On this point Ed
win S. Bethlehem, chairman of the
legislative committee. Of the Foreign
War Veterans. said
II have expressions in writing from
every member of the Finance Com
mittee except two-Frelinghuysen and
Williams-favoring the present bonus
bill. / think the bill will be out OF
the Finance Committee within two
weeks and passed in the Senate by
the same methods employed in the
House."
The failure of the Senate Finance
Committee to comply with the de-
mands of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars has natu-
rally provoked great dissatisfaction
in those quarters.
There is no reason to doubt the de-
sire Of Senator McCumber to produce
bonus bill as soon as possible. His
own election may or may not depend
on it. He has expressed the opinion
that with little modification the non
descript and discredited House meas
ure can obtain the Endorsement of the
Finance Committee and be reported to
the Senate.
Its passage In that body seems as
sured at the present moment. The
bonus Senator's OF both parties who
are candidates for reelection are con-
fident they are strong enough numer-
ically to jam through any kind of
bonus bill that may come from the
Finance Committee. They are like
wise confident that when the commit
tee reports a measure they will be able
to disregard the wishes expressed by
the President to Senator Watson that
the tariff bin be pressed to vote
without interruption.
II the confidence OF the bonus Sena-
tors is justified the tariff bill will be
shunted TO a sidetrack as soon as the
Finance Committee reports a bonus
measure and left there 10 rust pend
ing the disposition OF the $4,000, ,000,-
600 gratuity measure.
Senator McCumber and some of his
sympathizers, while not questioning
the statements made by Senator Wat
son after his interview with the Presi-
dent, appear to attach great deal of
importance to the conference which
the North Dakota Senator expects to
hold with Mr.. Harding. They have
expressed the belief that Mr.. McCum-
Der may induce the President to shift
his position on the bonus to meet the
ever changing political breeze AMI
save some Of his friends In the Senate
from the wrath Of the American Le-
gion and other bonus propagandists.
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