The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21

bureau of Publication and Education)
WASHINGTON. d. c., March 10.
The new soldiers bonus bill has been
completed by the house ways ana
means committee. Chairman Green
says he hopes to be able to bring the
bill up in the house for passage the
first of next week under unanimous
consent.
If this course should be followed
the bill would be closed to all chang
es by the house and could be brought
to a vote on final passage in forty
minutes. 1t is more than likely that
a lot of discussion of the legislation
will be demanded. Congressman will
want to talk about it, and their
speeches printed for home consump-
ton in the coming campaign.
AS decided upon by the committee
the bonus is a two-way plan. It is
founded upon payments of 81 day
for home service and Sl.25 for for
eign service, with % per cent of to-
tai pay added.
All bonus payments will be made
as soon after passage of the legiSla-
ton as they can be checked up. All
bonus payments of $50 or less will be
made in cash, the total cost of which
is estimated at Sl6,000,000.
Bonus payments over $50 will be
by paid-up insurance certificates
having a cash value. The GER
tificates will be for 20 years, dated
from January l next. They will be
written for the total of pay allowed,
plus 25 per cent, and will be given
to ex-service men and to the depend
ents of ex-service men who have died
since the war.
Tax Return Advised
All hope is gone for an immediate
25 per cent cut in 1923 income taxes
due March Is. Republican Floor
Leader Longworth has served notice
on the president that passage of a
resolution for the retroactive rebate
is absolutely impossible at this stage
Meanwhile, the treasury suggests
that, as the taxes may be paid in four
installments, taxpayers pay only
three-fourths of the total. Then If
the rebate is passed between now and
December Is next, they will not have
to pay the final installment.
CatnOllcS Aroused
Catholics everywhere are aroused
over the widespread campaign against
the parochial school system, which
they term as "the most vulnerable
point Of attack on the Catholic
church in America" They cite the
passage of the Oregon anti-parochial
school law and attempts to put
through similar legislation in Michi-
gan and Washington.
They are thoroughly scared and say
in print: eve must not permit the
enemy to lay his plans and complete
his work -unhindered and unchal-
lenged. 1t is our duty to meet him
on his own ground and fully present
to the non-Catholic people the mer-
its and demerits of the controversy
now being forced on us. We must
spread abroad our viewpoint. We
must marshal our forces to fight. We
must remove prejudice with a full
and lucid explanation. We must ed
ucate our friends and neighbors In
the reasonableness of our positions
and the Righteousness of our cause
| We must show them the truth of our
attitude towards the public schools
and toward the education of future
citizenship"
Something must be hurting. At
last some one has stepped on the Ro-
man toes. They don't like a dose OF
their own medicine, viz. propaganda
and propaganda seems to be work
ing o. X. for Protestant Christians
in this country nowadays.
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