The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-20
FIVE YEAR
FIGHT IS
MON
Continued from First Page,l

lean Legion, the needed factor 10
7 keep the facts squarely before the
people Of the country was PUB
LICITY.
''In the final days when the op-
posing pressure on the members
81. Congress was strongest and 1t
was known that some who had ad'
~ocated the measure were about to
withdraw their support, the power
and Influence Of the Hearst news
paper was placed behind the efforts
of those seeking it's passage.
''The Washington Times and The
Washington Herald confronted the
T situation slpendidly and the dis
patches carried by Universal Ser
vice and International News Ser
vice to the newspapers throughout
the country emphasized this help"
CHAIRMAN GREEN of the
+. House Ways and Means Committee,
who was in charge of the bill on
!. its final legislative journey through
: The House:
while many of the big dailies
Z were bitterly attacking the bonus,
the Hearst newspapers rendered
Q great service in putting the real
facts before the country and In
showing that the bill actually was
& q moderate one; that it did less
y for the soldiers than other countries
u weak financially, like Canada and
:, Australia, had done; that Washing
= ton, Lincoln, and other great Amer
leans had received similar adjusted
compensation; that the measure was
] only a deserved recognition Of the
value Of the services rendered and
the country'S appreciation thereof.
"Above all, the Hearst newspapers
have shown how little there was in
the argument that this nation, rich
beyond comparison with any other,
: cannot afford to expend annually q
sum that is only about two-thirds
of what England pays us each year
to apply on the principal and in.
terest Of it's debt"
CONGRESSMAN ROYAL G.
JOHNSON, Republican of South
Dakota, q former service man aud
chairman Of the House Veterans
: Committee:
For five years the Hearst news
papers have been on the firing line
for the former service men. The
fighting never was too hot nor the
odds too great. Without their con-
z slant support / am confident the
battle could not have been won
Now that we have gone over the
> top I accord full credit and thanks
e to this great organization"
CONGRESSMAN LORING M
1 BLACK, Democrat, Of New York:
william Randolph Hearst has
been the outstanding champion of
the bonus legislation and the care
of the wounded and disabled vet
Grams since the armistice. He has
fought courageously for their cause
against the opposition of some of
the most powerful interests of 1.-THE
$ country. l doubt that the bonus
bill would have reached the happy
conclusion Of today without his &C.
tive personal and Journalistic sup
port
CONGRESSMAN FIORELLA III
LAGUARDIA, Progressive Repub'
Iican, Of New York:
1.-THE Hearst newspapers again
batted 1000. Their long, consistent
and untirlng fight for the bonus
legislation did more than any other
forces working in behalf Of the
ex.service men,"
CONGRESSMAN JOHN M. Mel
SON, Of Wisconsin, chairman OF the
Progressive Republican bloc:
The Hearst newspapers stood by
the soldiers and their friends IL
Congress who were trying to push
the bonus against the combined
opposition Of two administrations
the reactionary press and selfish
Wall Street. and other big business
interests. These publications sup
piled the driving force outside Con
Rress that kept up the sentiment
Of the people in favor Of doing
Justice to the men who saved the
nation and the wealth and property
Of the very interests that sought
by any means, fair or foul, to deny
this Justice"
CONGRESSMAN JAMES I'll
MACLAFFERTY, Republican, o.
California:
"The men who were for adjust
ed compensation for the veterans
and felt 1t was due to them, have
every cause to be grateful for thu
assistance given by the Hearst
newspapers all over the country
with this cooperation we have
been enabled to give the soldiers
what they asked for and wha'
their recognized leaders say II
satisfactory; we have taken q
highly controversial question ou
of politics, and we have removed
one Of the chief arguments o.
those who would stir up antago
nism to our institutions among thu
former service men,"
CONGRESSMAN NATHAN ID
PERLMAN, Republican, Of New
York:
1.-THE Hearst papers stood al
most alone among the great dailies
of the country in their support Of
the soldiers in their Just demand
for adjusted compensation. But
the force of this great organization
was too great for nearly all the
others on the side of the wal
profiteers, whose compensation
was adjusted by the Federal Gov
eminent without thought Of Thu
added tax burden on the people
1t was q. Great victory for q great
cause and the Hearst papers
played a great part in the winning
thereof"
CONGRESSMAN CLARENCE j
MCLEOD, Republican Of MichiEan:
when the former service men
came to Congress with their fight
for adjusted compensation they
found there had been before then,
to. lay the groundwork the Hearst
newspapers, who had come out fol
this recognition of their service tc
the nation before the soldiers them
selves had recovered sufficiently
from their overseas duty to think
OF such matters at home. To the