The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-09-27
Legion Head Lauds
Pittman' S Efforts
Senator Pittman Condemns Insin-
cerity of Statesmen Who Pretend
ed to Favor Bonus Measure

A letter from Hanford McNider,
can Legion, to Senator Pittman,
commencing the Nevada Senator for
his efforts to get square deal for
the eX-service men and women in
the matter of adjusted service COM
pensation is appended below along
with a letter from the senator COM
menting upon the insincerity of the
statesmen who pretended to favor
the measure but who cut out the
features of the bill without which
they knew 1t would be vetoed by
President Harding. Following are
the letters:
The Honorable Key Pittman,
United States Senate, Washington,
ID. G.
My dear Senator: | want to con-
gratulate you and thank you on be-
half of all the returned service men
and women not only for the splen-
did stand you have taken in regard
to the Adjusted Compensation legis-
lation and the fine way you have
fought our battles for US, but upon
your most excellent presentation of
our case before the Senate.
1t was eloquent and most effec-
tive. 1t proved to US the loyalty
and real friendship of the man who
delivered it. 1t is gratifying to
know that men of your character
and ability are with us in our bat
ties for the right We shall not for
get.
Yours most sincerely,
(Signed) HANFORD MaeNIDER,
National Commander
Reno, Nevada, Sept. %, 1922.
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Yada.
Gentlemen: | herewith enclose
copy of letter addressed to me by
Hanford MacNider, National Com
mander of The American Legion, in
which he takes occasion to comment
upon my support of the Soldiers Ad-
justed Compensation Bill, which has
just been vetoed by the President.
| frankly admit the sincerity of
some of the statesmen who opposed
the bill, although l was unable to
discover the slightest foundation for
their opinion. These same states
men voted to adjust nearly every
body else's compensation except the
soldiers. They adjusted the compen-
sation of thousands of government
contractors. They adjusted the COM
pensation of the railroads, yet for
some strange reason they consider
its improper to adjust the compensa-
tion of the highest service and low
est paid of any of our citizens.
It is not the opposition of the sin
cere opponents of the bill that
condemn, but rather the insincerity
OF those statesmen who pretend to
favor the bill and who at the same
time did those things which they
knew would result in the veto OF
the bill. The President long ago
stated officially that he would veto
any Soldiers Adjusted Compensa-
tion bill that did not provide in the
bill the method of securing the nee
essary moneys with which to carry
out the terms of the Act. Having
this declaration in mind, the leaders
of the House passed the bill without
any such provision in it. The lead
ers of the Senate reported the bill
to the Senate without any such pro-
vision in It. Senator Simmons OF
North Carolina. the ranking Demo.
crat on the Finance Committee, of
fered an amendment providing the
means for the payment of the ad
| justed compensation as required by
/ the President His amendment pro
vided that the interest on our for
eign debt should be applied to car
rying out the terms of the bill. The
Senate adopted the amendment b,
unanimous Democratic vote ant
about half the Republican vote. TIL,
Republican members of the confer
! ence committee, to which the bill