The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
WAY FOUND TO PREVENT BONUS HALT Budget Director Lord Ar ranges To Pay Cler-
 ical Fees COOLIDGE BANS
 EXTRA SESSION No Solution Yet Found For Income Tax
 Refunds RECLAMATION NEED TO BE BRIDGED OVER pras;dent Orders Work To Extend Whatever
 Aid Is Possible
RECLAMATION NEED TO BE BRIDGED OVER
By THOMAS l.. STOKES, fRy Leased Wire to Age-Herald)

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10. President Coolidge has 8 turned thumbs down on an extra session of Congress as the bonus muddle clears up and the other dilemmas left by Congress when it rushed away in a hurry are gradually being adjusted.
 Threatened delay of six months or more in payment of the bonus has been averted. Arrangements were made Tuesday by Director Lord, of the budget, to pay the clerks who will administer 1t out of unexpended and current. funds ap- uropriated for ether purposes. Then work will go forward immediately as planned.
 Tax Repayment Delayed
 Other troubles began to clear up, except the income tax tangle. No so- lution has been found for this com plication, and those who paid all thelr taxes in a lump sum on March 1O- numbering a million-likely will have to wait until Congress returns in De- cember before they can, get the refund of 26 per cent allowed under the new lav. Eunds for standardization of the bonus and for tax refunds were In the desiriency appropriation bill which failed in the last-minute jam in the Senate.
 As the situation began U clear, word came from the White House that the President does not intend to call an extra session of Congress. Numerous demands had been made that Congress be called back.
 Stronger than these demands, how ever, are those from progressives and insurgents, who want Congress to re- turn for enactment of farm and rail road legislation. Some of these saw in the delemma lever to get Con- gress back. Coolidge does rot intend to let this happen.
 The solution of the bonus difficulty came Tuesday as result of series Of conferences, between President Coolidge and various officials, including Director Lord, Assistant Secretary of War Davis, and Adjutant General Robert c. Davis, in general charge of bonus administration. It appeared at first that the payments, beginning next March, might be held up for six months or more beyond that time because of lack of funds to pay the 4,00O clerks who will make out all preliminary pa- pers and handle records and claims.
 Davis said that about $2,0O0,O00 would be required for administration purposes until January, next year. Within a few weeks, he expects the machinery to be so well-oiled that it can handle 60,000 claims day.
 Predicts Enactment
 In discussing the other omissions of Congress, a White House spokesman declared President Coolidge does not believe that failure of the naval con- struction and modernization bill will affect his plan to call another limita- tion of armament conferences, as had been claimed by some who were push ing the legislation appropriating $150,- 100000. As the bill was held up in the Senate on a technicality, the Presi- dent believes it will be enacted imme- diately upon return of Congress.
 The President has directed Secretary of the Interior Work to do everything possible to assist those affected by fail ure of the reclamation. bill. -r