Evening star., 1926-12-06
PRESIDENT HOLDS
BREAKF Asst PARLEY
Four Senators and Four
Representatives in Confer
ence on Legislative Outlook.

4 variety of legislative subjects
vas informally discussed at a break.
rtst conference held at the White
Touse today, at which the President
Md as his guests four Senators and
fur Representatives. They were
Senators Mclean of Connecticut,
Wadsworth of New York, Edge of
New Jersey and Oddie of Nevada, and
Representatives French of Idaho.
White of Maine, Strong of Kansas
and Gibson Of Vermont.
1T was said afterward that this
conference primarily was for the pur-
pose of getting better acquainted"
as the President describes the invita-
tons to join him at breakfast. But
during the meal, which as usual was
featured with pancakes and sausage,
and for half an hour or so afterward
there was an informal exchange of
ideas regarding the major matters
that are likely to come up for action
during the present session of Con-
greSS.
Radio Control Discussed.
The discussion of proposed radio
control legislation is understood to
have come in for the greatest amount
of comment during this informal gath
ering. Representative White is au-
thor of a radio control bill, which ap-
parently meets with the approval of
the President and which passed the
House. and is now in conference along
with the bill sponsored by Senator
Dill of Washington, which was passed
by the Senate.
This is the third breakfast confer
ence the President has held within
the past ten days. and according to
him he expects to have a number of
others during the Winter.
The President today was appealed
to by Theodore Stitt of New York,
ommander-in-chief of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, to have the Govern
ment officials cooperate with the lat
ter organization in locating honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors and ma
rineS who are now inmates of some
prison, with the view to granting
them their bonus.
Comdr Stitt also urged the Presi-
dent to recommend to Congress that
sufficient funds be provided to place
in actual complete operation the ma
tional defense act, explaining while
his organization Is not militaristic or
an alarmist it is interested in pre-
paredness such as will save the coun-
try from needless sacrifice in the
future.
Men Deprived of Bonus.
Comdr. Stitt told the President that
there are many eX-service men in
prison today who have the impression
that they lost all rights to the Fed
eral bonus when they were convicted
Of some crime or miSdemeanor. he
explained that his organiZa ton is CnX-
ious to locate these men and to urge
them to apply for the World War ad-
iuSted compensation. He added that
his organization is not moved by any
foolish sentmentality toward the con-
victs, but has undertaken this work
in the interest of the many innocent
dependents of these soldier prisoners.
Comdr. Slit was accompanied to the
White House by Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director of the Veterans Bu-
reau, who has been assisting in a
canvass of the prisons to locate sol
dier-prisoners.
The President today received a call
from the board of managers of the
National Home for Disa bled Volunteer
Soldiers, of which he is an eX-officio
member, and which organization is
holding its annual meeting here. Gen.
George II. Wood of the National Mill
tary Home at Dayton. Ohio. president
of the board, said that the object OF
the call was to pay respects to the
President and acquaint him with the
work the organization has been dcing
the past wear.