Evening star., 1924-03-14
HOUSE BONUS VOTE.
TUESDAY ASSURED
Agreement Reached to Sus-
pend Rules to Get Action on
Measure at Once.

The House will vote next Tuesday
on the soldiers bonus bill under an
agreement reached today.
Speaker Gillett announced he would
entertain a motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill approved by
the ways and means committee.
Under that procedure a two-thirds
vote will be required for passage.
Only one day will be devoted to de-
bate and it will be impossible for
House members to offer anne endments.
Chairman Green had intended to
call the bonus bill up Monday, the
only day in the week on which mo-
tions to suspend the rules are in or
der, but Representative Longworth.
the republican leader, got unanimous
consent to take 1t up on Tuesday.
Representative Garrett. the demo-
cratic leader. protested against &C
ton on the bill under rules which
would cut off amendments.
Hits Majority Plan.
Representative Huddleston. demo-
crat, Alabama, who favored a
cash bonus. declared the suspen-
sion program was an effort to ram
down the throats of the House the
committees insurance policy plan"
The bill. which is substantially the
Racharach. republican, New Jersey,
provides for paid-up life insurance
policies and cash payments TO Veter-
ans not entitled to more than $50.
Three members of the committee op-
posed it on the vote to report II TO
the acknowledgements Tread
way, Massachusetts,; Tilson. Connec-
h.
licanS-
Differs from, 1922 Bill.
| The new measure differs materially
from the bill passed last session and
vetoed by President Harding.
The same basis of adjusted com
pensation allowed in the old bill. 81
| a day for home service and S1.25
F.! for overseas service. is provided. In
figuring the face value of the policy
| however, 25 per cent is added to the
adjusted service credit and also the
! interest on the total amount com
! pounded annually at 4 per cent for
| twenty years.
Loans after the first two years
| would be allowed on the policies UP
! to 30 per cent of the paid-up value.
Revised estimates showed the max
| imum total cost of the measure
| would be $2,119,000,000 spread oveI
a Ol lWcHtS
Pay From Current Revenue.
Chairman Green declared that care
| full inquiry had shown the cost could
| be met by the government from
| current revenue, without additional
| taxes. Chairman Madden OF the ap..
! propriations committee had assured
! the committee, Mr.. Green said, that
| the necessary funds for meeting the
annual payments could be met out
| of appropriations which would be
| available as result of the discon-
| of the vocational education and other
/! war welfare programs of the govern
/ ment.
| To provide for costs of the meas
| ure, sinking fund of $4,000, ,O0C
for the first year is provided. This
: crease annually until the payment in
F! the nineteenth year would be $91,0O0,-
/ 900.
Omit First Sixty Days.
! In computing the adjusted service
! credit the first sixty days of Serv-
/ ice would not be counted. All vet
erans including officers up to and in
i Army, Navy and Marine Corps and
! lieutenant in the Navy would be
1 eligible for the bonus, and also de.
: pendants of veterans who have died
! since the war.
| To bring the measure up under
! suspension of the rules, however, a
| two thirds vote must be had. Little
| opposition, however, is expected to
| the bill.
The cost of the measure would be
| much less. committee members said
. than the bill passed in 1922, which
provided four options-cash payments
to those not entitled to more than
$50: adju It ed service certificates, sim
liar to the present life insurance
nolicies; vocational training aid. and
, farm or home aid.