The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
BONUS is OUT
AS ISSUE OF
LEGION FARLEY
Miami Meeting Is Found to
Have Little Sentiment
for Payment.

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WASHINGTON. Oct. The SOL
der bonus. that political bugaboo
viii be an issue Of no real conse-
quence at the coming American
Legion convention a. Miami. Pa,
Tor the first time since the veterans
organization was created. according
70 a canvass among the ex-soldiers
By Legion officials.
While there may DC minor bonus
agitation before the resolutions
committee. Il is expected 10 turn
thumbs down. This will keep this
infismmatory issue out Of the con-
vention
This viii be good news Tor con-
Eres men whose sleep often has been
haunted by the bonus specter as
well as for President Roosevelt, who
appeared personally before the con-
vention last year 10 stem a tide
sweeping toward advocacy Of cash
payment entailing an outlay Of over
$1,000 600 600.
Seek Interest Cancellation
While some congressman viii agi-
tate for the bonus. and other veter-
ans Organiza tons viii campaign
for Il. the position OF the legion viii
be a powerful factor.
State legion departments have
completed their conventions. Only
three went on record for cash pay
ment. This means there Will be no
real strength behind the bonus
movement among the legion dele
gates at Miami
The convention, meeting IN Miami
Oct. q 70 IS. is likely. however. TO
pass again. as il did last year. a res
olution for cancellation Of interest
due from veterans who have Dor
rowed on their adjusted service
compensation certificates.
The veterans complain that the
interest viii eat up the remainder
of the compensation which Will be
due them IN cash in 1914. so that
they viii receive nothing then. This
possibility was pointed out when
congress increased the loan limit on
the certificates during the Hoover
administration from 22i2 per cent
to so per cent.
Very few veterans paid back their
loans. The interest is being de-
Quoted from the remainder due. A
total OF 2.575. 658 certificates have
been pledged for loans totaling ST.
500. 587. 285. The total number Of
certificates issued was 3.716.853. The
veterans administration declines to
make public the amount of inter-
est outstanding.
The legion convention this year
will confne itself to relatively few
issues.
Seek TO Seize War Profits
II Will pass. as 1t has every year,
a resolution urging congress to en-
act a universal draft law and Will
push this measure actively in the
coming congress. Its universal draft
program calls for a universal draft
Of man-pOwer. with no exemptions;
for freezing prices at the inception
of war. ConfiscatiOn of 95 per cent
Of all war profits by the govern
ment, and a constitutional amend
ment 10 provide specifically for
congressional control Of prices dur
tng war time.
Beyond this. the convention will
adopt its usual army and navy pre-
paredness resolutions.
Its legislative program is to con-
tain little else. The legion, officials
say. received everything it advo-
Gated in the bill restoring various
benefits which congress passed last
session over President Roosevelt's
veto. The disqualification program
which it advocated has been COM
pleted by congress.